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Offline Aleph

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Hundreds of Roman gold coins found in basement of old theater
« on: September 09, 2018, 07:49:54 pm »
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Re: Hundreds of Roman gold coins found in basement of old theater
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2018, 09:23:44 pm »
Saw this.   Amazing!
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Re: Hundreds of Roman gold coins found in basement of old theater
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2018, 11:58:18 pm »
Quite the picture of that!
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Re: Hundreds of Roman gold coins found in basement of old theater
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2018, 04:30:27 am »
Hi folks,

Interesting story.

This is perplexing because the theater opened in 1807.

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Re: Hundreds of Roman gold coins found in basement of old theater
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2018, 08:09:16 am »
I visited Lake Como and surronding villages a few years ago, the topography of this region of Italy is breathtaking.

What an important and wonderful archaeological find.
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Re: Hundreds of Roman gold coins found in basement of old theater
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2018, 07:19:12 am »
From the History Hunters Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/298463540700297/photos/a.306967369849914/343267386219912/?type=3&theater

This Roman hoard was discovered in Como early September in the excavation of the basement of a former modern theater. They were exactly one thousand gold coins, each about 4.5 grams, dating from early first century to AD 472-474, plus three earrings, three rings and the fragment of a ingot contained in a Roman Amphora.
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Re: Hundreds of Roman gold coins found in basement of old theater
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2019, 10:44:21 am »
Very nice find. Hope one day I'll discover some in my old house at countryside.
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Re: Hundreds of Roman gold coins found in basement of old theater
« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2019, 07:30:26 pm »
Woah, what a find. Crossing my fingers I stumble on a healthy cache one day.
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