Spanish construction crew unearths 1,300 pound hoard of Roman coins
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GILLIAN EDEVANE
One Roman's loss is a modern historian's gain.
A giant trove of Roman coins dating back to the 3rd and 4th centuries B.C.E. has been unearthed in Spain by a construction crew, CNN reported Friday.
The collection of bronze coins — weighing a staggering 1,300 pounds —
was buried in 19 amphoras, a type of Roman jug, in Tomares, Andalusia,
near Seville. Ditch diggers who unearthed the lot were working to
install a water line to a nearby park when they noticed "irregular
terrain" inside a ditch, CNN reported.
A video from The Washington Post shows researchers talking to reporters and examining the found hoard.
A giant trove of Roman coins dating back to the 3rd and 4th centuries B.C.E. has been unearthed in Spain by a construction crew, CNN reported Friday.
A video from The Washington Post shows researchers talking to reporters and examining the found hoard.
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