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Roman coins discovered in ruins of Japanese castle
fox news ^ | 09/28/2016

Posted on 09/28/2016 11:56:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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1 posted on 09/28/2016 11:56:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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No mention of the Japanese government finding this stuff elsewhere and planting it like it belonged their yet?
To me it is like finding more Dead Sea scrolls under the Belagio Las Vegas.


2 posted on 09/28/2016 12:00:59 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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Their = there yet


3 posted on 09/28/2016 12:01:35 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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“No mention of the Japanese government finding this stuff elsewhere and planting it like it belonged their yet?
To me it is like finding more Dead Sea scrolls under the Belagio Las Vegas.”

It’s not that crazy. There was an amazing amount of commerce in the ancient world. The coins could have easily gotten there along trade routes. They may have been a curiosity held by Japanese who had never heard of the Roman empire.


4 posted on 09/28/2016 12:02:43 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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Sailors sail. Anywhere they can go.

Archaeologists never seem to understand this. Possibly none of them own a boat.


5 posted on 09/28/2016 12:04:25 PM PDT by buffaloguy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_commerce

Not surprising.

They were already trading with China.


6 posted on 09/28/2016 12:04:54 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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I look at this way. Those coins had 1,000 years to find their way to Okinawa. Plenty of time.


7 posted on 09/28/2016 12:05:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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How do they explain the Yoshiama beef bowl burried with it?


8 posted on 09/28/2016 12:06:46 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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Most likely a tourist just from Italy accidentally on purpose dropped those coins there.


9 posted on 09/28/2016 12:09:40 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("They Say That Nobody's Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: BenLurkin
The 3rd and 4th centuries were periods of massive debasement of the Roman coinage. A folis in fair condition from the time of Constantine can be had on the collector market for less than $100 and in the condition of the one pictured... somewhat less.

The China connection is the most likely source but the Portuguese were in Japan in the early 15th century. Neither were too scrupulous and either might have dumped a load of worthless old coins off on unsuspecting Okinawan merchants.

10 posted on 09/28/2016 12:15:47 PM PDT by InABunkerUnderSF (Proudly deplorable since 2016.)
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Interesting. It has to be noted that the coins were 3rd Century and the Castle is 12th + century. Plenty of opportunity to get to Japan over the ancient trade routes and via China.


11 posted on 09/28/2016 12:23:36 PM PDT by JimSEA
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They may have been a curiosity held by Japanese who had never heard of the Roman empire.

Or maybe the Japanese were just holding them until they got a better exchange rate on the Forex.

12 posted on 09/28/2016 12:30:43 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: A CA Guy

Yoshinoya


13 posted on 09/28/2016 12:52:35 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: BenLurkin

The Silk Road had an extension across the Japan Sea. These coins could easily have been carried to Sakai during the Kofun era (300-550 AD), and from there somehow found their way to Okinawa some time in the succeeding 1000 years or so.


14 posted on 09/28/2016 1:05:36 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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Yoshinoya

More likely Coco Curry :-)

15 posted on 09/28/2016 1:06:33 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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Sailors sail. Anywhere they can go.

Archaeologists never seem to understand this. Possibly none of them own a boat.

And never were in the Navy............

16 posted on 09/28/2016 1:06:44 PM PDT by Red Badger (YES, I'm Deplorable! I Deplore the entire Democrat Party!....................)
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“Or maybe the Japanese were just holding them until they got a better exchange rate on the Forex.”

Very, very funny. Brightened my afternoon.


17 posted on 09/28/2016 1:09:19 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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Romans had great ships—almost as good as Columbus had. They could and may well have reached China Why?
1. Japanese Junks have eyes on the bow like Roman Ships had.
2. Pompeii had orange trees—Oranges existed in Canton only.
3. Romans Loved Chinese silk—lots of trade.
4. Romans built a canal from the Nile to the Red Sea. Why? Trade to India and beyond.


18 posted on 09/28/2016 1:16:26 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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I am reading a book on the Roman Indian Ocean & West Africa trade. It’ s a hot new area in Roman history & archeological research.


19 posted on 09/28/2016 1:23:38 PM PDT by Reily
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High labor costs and excessive regulation drove Roman coin production off-shore.


20 posted on 09/28/2016 8:46:20 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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