Roman Collector Posted January 2, 2023 · Patron Share Posted January 2, 2023 From the article: A Romanian man who went for a stroll to walk off Christmas lunch stumbled on a hoard of 800 Roman coins in western Romania, the state news agency Agerpres reported. Csaba Koloszvari who made the find at Christmas in a plowed field in the western county of Alba, is already known in the area as a keen amateur detectorist. He found a trove of 100 silver coins this autumn in the nearby town of Ocna Mures. He and a friend ” wanted to burn some calories after all those sarmele (meat and rice stuffed cabbage rolls). We’re keen treasure hunters so we got out our metal detectors but didn’t find anything and were about to put them away, but then came across 729 Roman coins, plus dozens of others which have been here for 2,000 years.” Koloszvari called round local archeologists he knew and eventually found one who came to the site and and dug out the coins which had been stored in a clay pot which was broken, he said in a post on Facebook. 23 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanxi Posted January 2, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 2, 2023 Nice find. Nearly 100 years of coinage. I see Otho, Domitian, AP, Faustina I and II, but no coins after AP. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steppenfool Posted January 2, 2023 · Member Share Posted January 2, 2023 3 hours ago, shanxi said: Nice find. Nearly 100 years of coinage. I see Otho, Domitian, AP, Faustina I and II, but no coins after AP. I think I spot a Verus in between a Faustina II and a Pius towards the bottom right of the pile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewStyleKing Posted January 2, 2023 · Member Share Posted January 2, 2023 Yes , quite a mixture of rulers and family, yes a good Otho and a Verus and a AP, so why is it called an Antonine hoard...that is asinine! and insane! Any more pics anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted January 2, 2023 · Patron Author Share Posted January 2, 2023 8 minutes ago, NewStyleKing said: Yes , quite a mixture of rulers and family, yes a good Otho and a Verus and a AP, so why is it called an Antonine hoard...that is asinine! and insane! Any more pics anywhere? Because the hoard contains Antoninus Pius, Faustina I, Lucilla (whom everyone is mistaking for her mom), and Lucius Verus, and no coins later than that, it must have been hoarded in the Antonine period. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qcumbor Posted January 2, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 2, 2023 Impressive. Do I see a Nero at the top of the pile on the left ? Q 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kali Posted January 2, 2023 · Member Share Posted January 2, 2023 Nice group, would love to clean those beauties up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted January 2, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted January 2, 2023 Nero's there too. What a crazy find!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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