From The History Blog
“Six years after the discovery of a
massive treasure of Roman coins in Tomares, a suburb of
Seville, Spain, the first report of the findings has been released by
archaeologists and numismatists from the University of Seville.
“The hoard was discovered during city work on the El Zaudín public park. A mechanical digger unearthed 19 large amphorae filled with Roman coins, breaking 10 of them in the process. Workers alerted authorities and archaeologists were promptly dispatched to salvage the coins from the broken amphorae and recover the intact amphorae without damaging them.
“Archaeologists estimate that the total number of coins in the 19 amphorae is more than 53,000.”
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/65601
A find in Misurata, Libya, totaled more than 100,000 coins.
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