Amateur archaeologist finds 934 Roman silver denarii in German field
Roman coins on display at the LVR State Museum in Bonn: the coin at the centre dates from 148BC, when Rome was still a republic. Photograph: Rolf Vennenbernd/DPA/APView image in fullscreenRoman coins on display at the LVR State Museum in Bonn: the coin at the centre dates from 148BC, when Rome was still a republic. After all, banks didn’t exist back then,” said Erich Classen, a state archaeologist and the director of the office.View image in fullscreenRoman coins on display at the LVR State Museum in Bonn, Germany.
- ▪Roman coins on display at the LVR State Museum in Bonn: the coin at the centre dates from 148BC, when Rome was still a republic.
- ▪Photograph: Rolf Vennenbernd/DPA/APView image in fullscreenRoman coins on display at the LVR State Museum in Bonn: the coin at the centre dates from 148BC, when Rome was still a republic.
- ▪After all, banks didn’t exist back then,” said Erich Classen, a state archaeologist and the director of the office.View image in fullscreenRoman coins on display at the LVR State Museum in Bonn, Germany.
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Roman coins on display at the LVR State Museum in Bonn: the coin at the centre dates from 148BC, when Rome was still a republic. Photograph: Rolf Vennenbernd/DPA/APView image in fullscreenRoman coins on display at the LVR State Museum in Bonn: the coin at the centre dates from 148BC, when Rome was still a republic. Photograph: Rolf Vennenbernd/DPA/APGermanyAmateur archaeologist finds 934 Roman silver denarii in German fieldThe hoard, buried south of Cologne in the second century AD, is the biggest coin treasure ever found in Germany from the time of HadrianAssociated Press in BerlinTue 22 Sep 2026 10.54 EDTLast modified on Tue 22 Sep 2026 10.59 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleAn amateur archaeologist who discovered several Roman silver coins in a field in western Germany realised he…
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