Two metal detectors stumbled across a coin cache It dates from biblical times in a unique discovery, according to European officials.
The Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency has announced a discovery, consisting of 404 Silver and gold coins, In a press release on January 27th. The cache is a mixture of Roman and British coins, which makes the discovery particularly unusual.
A couple of metal detectorists called Gert-Ja Messelaar and Reinier Koelink found coins in Bunnik, located in the Utrecht province in the fall of 2023. Although the coins have been in the possession of the Dutch government for months, they have not been discovered to the public so far.
42 British coins, which historians call “statars”, are forged between 5 pr. And 43 ad, and are made of gold, silver and copper. The name of Čunobelina, a British king who ruled from 9 to 43 AD, was found on coins.
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A couple of metal detectors found hundreds of coins dating from biblical times. (East/Agency for Cultural Heritage of the Netherlands (RCE))
A total of 288 coins were Roman and forged between 200 BC until the age of 47, and the “youngest” Roman coins date back to Emperor Claudius, and archaeologists have found that some of the coins have never been in circulation.
“Total, 72 Roman gold coins (Aureiunique Aureus) were found, dating from 19 years BC to 47 AD, “a statement for the public, which was translated from the Netherlands, was read.” The two gold coins are forged with the same seal and did not use – they do not show signs of wear. The owner apparently received them from a crowd of freshly forged coins. “
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Most of the coins were Roman, while a good part came from the pre -Christian Britain. (Agency for the Cultural Heritage of the Netherlands (RCE))
Officials explained that at a time when the coins of the blacksmith, the Roman troops began to sail the northern sea to conquer the British islands. Experts believe that the coins belonged to Roman soldiers who brought them back after the mission in Britain.
“Probably the coins were returned to Bunnik, returning Roman soldiers from Britanni after the first conquests: Roman coins as salaries, and British as a prey war,” the statement explained.
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The detection of coins is the first of its kind in continental Europe. (Agency for the Cultural Heritage of the Netherlands (RCE))
In a press release, RCE noted that the discovery “supports the key role of lower Germanic lime in the Roman conquest of Britanni.” Lime relates to the border of the Roman Empire, distinguishing Germany inferior and germanium magnia.
Not only is it archeological discovery The largest of its kind made in Utretcht, it is the only Roman-Britan discovery of a coin in continental Europe-a similar cache found in the UK.
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“These coins form a unique combination of Roman and British coins, buried in the northern border area of the Roman Empire (Donji Germanic Lime), which at that time passed through the Netherlands,” the statement said. “Such a Roman-Britan finding has never been placed on the European mainland.
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