Posted on 06/09/2021 6:09:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Brescello, the ancient municipium of Brixellum, is a small town in northern Italy near Modena. Originally, it was a Gallic settlement on banks of the Po River that was romanized after the area was annexed by the Roman republic...
It was in this city that in the year 1714 one of the most remarkable numismatic discoveries ever recorded took place. A peasant, while ploughing a field, accidentally found a vessel containing about 80,000 republican aurei, that is, approximately 650kg of pure gold!
The treasure was composed entirely of only 32 varieties of types coined between the years 46 and 38 BC, so it is quite safe to assume that it was buried in 38 or 37 BC. The latest coin identified was an aureus minted by Octavian that mentions Agrippa as consul designate for the year 37 (Crawford 534/1).
The hoard was most likely the treasure chest of a warlord of the period of civil wars. Its nominal value was 2,000,000 denarii. To put that figure on an understandable scale, it must be considered that the annual pay of a legionary in that period amounted to 250 denarii. Of course, the current value of the treasure would be much higher. A fairly conservative estimate of about $ 1000 on average for each coin gives a total value of $ 80,000,000. Undoubtedly, it is the most valuable hoard of Roman coins ever recorded, and by a wide margin...
Unfortunately, very few of the coins discovered at Brescello survived. At the beginning of the 18th century there was not a sufficiently developed numismatic market as to absorb such a number of ancient coins. Therefore, after dispersing a relatively small part, the rest was melted to mint ducats!
(Excerpt) Read more at a-coins.blogspot.com ...
I tried to watch a YT vid about the six largest Roman treasures ever found, it was horrible, but it may result in a few more topics, so...
>>The treasure was composed entirely of only 32 varieties of types coined between the years 46 and 38 BC, so it is quite safe to assume that it was buried in 38 or 37 BC.
He was worried about the looming Year Zero breaking everyone’s abacus.
I once found a 1940 penny while digging in the strawberry patch in my back yard. But never 80,000 gold coins.
(this is the video mentioned above)The 6 Most Valuable Roman Treasures Ever Discovered | April 20, 2021 | toldinstone
yer gonna piss off higenmiester...
The Cal Zone -- a sandwich place run by a guy named Cal -- is just another great idea.
He was worried about the looming Year Zero breaking everyone’s abacus.>>>
that is funny
There’s been a few topics about the Hoxna hoard, I’m pretty sure. Here are links for the other four, for me, for later.
https://www.google.com/search?q=1628+trier+silver+hoard
https://www.google.com/search?q=boscoreale+hoard
https://www.google.com/search?q=trier+gold+hoard
https://visitworldheritage.com/en/eu/the-trier-gold-hoard/6fccf983-d303-448d-a022-1ca45d254a50
https://www.google.com/search?q=reka+devnia+hoard
Oh, okay, no hits on Hoxna on FR.
[end of old joke]
Bank manager: “My, that’s quite a sum to open an account. Did you hoard all that money by yourself?”
Customer: “No, my sister hoard half of it.”
Yeah, that’s the other graphic. Marcus V. Agrippa, Augustus’ best friend and bacon-saver.
Wheat pennies were fairly common when I was a kid. Now I’m lucky to find one in a year.
That’s because most people hoard them.
LOL!
BTTT!!!
Now that’s funny.
Cleopatra’s trousseau?
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