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UK treasure hunter finds 52,000 ancient Roman coins
Yahoo ^ | July 6, 2010 | Robert Barr

Posted on 07/08/2010 11:14:24 AM PDT by GeronL

LONDON – A treasure hunter has found about 52,500 Roman coins, one of the largest such discoveries ever in Britain, officials said Thursday.

The hoard, which was valued at 3.3 million pounds ($5 million), includes hundreds of coins bearing the image of Marcus Aurelius Carausius, who seized power in Britain and northern France in the late third century and proclaimed himself emperor.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: carausius; davecrisp; epigraphyandlanguage; frome; godsgravesglyphs; romanempire; somerset
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Carausius was the commander of the Roman North Sea Fleet who siezed control of Britain in AD286 and proclaimed himself emperor. He was treacherously slain later that same year by his trusted first-minister and treasurer Allectus. Allectus, whom he had put in charge of his treasury, assassinated him and assumed power himself.[10] His reign would last only three years, after which he was defeated and killed by Constantius’s subordinate Julius Asclepiodotus.[11]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carausius


42 posted on 07/08/2010 12:58:22 PM PDT by anglian
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To: Pan_Yan
Very noble of him to call the proper authorities and hand it over knowing that he will get nothing and instead it will be locked up somewhere or sold to pay for more fabulous British health care.

Under English Common Law treasure trove belongs to the Queen, unless someone can prove the treasure belongs to them, i.e. he is the one, or the heir of the one, who hid it. Concealing the fact you found a treasure is a misdemeanor and punishable by fines and a prison term.

In practice the government goes over the treasure, takes the items it feels like keeping, pays the finder for them, and returns everything else to the finder. But you have to report your find to have any chance of getting good title to it.

43 posted on 07/08/2010 1:15:44 PM PDT by Cheburashka (Stephen Decatur: you want barrels of gunpowder as tribute, you must expect cannonballs with it.)
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To: GeronL

Good news you found 52000 thousand of old roman coins bads news they are worth less because there are 52000 more of them on the market.

I would have kept my mouth shut and sold them off a few at a time to keep the value high


44 posted on 07/08/2010 1:24:56 PM PDT by edzo4 (You call us the 'Party Of No', I call us the resistance.)
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To: edzo4

Yes, the market is clogged now.


45 posted on 07/08/2010 1:38:26 PM PDT by GeronL (Just say NO to TV, it rots your brain!)
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To: dragnet2
just under the surface and oceans, holds many undiscovered, fantastic objects.


46 posted on 07/08/2010 11:06:53 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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To: GeronL
Here's a short video clip of Mr. Crisp, the happy hobbyist.

Metal detector finds buried Roman treasure

47 posted on 07/22/2010 7:03:33 PM PDT by csvset
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48 posted on 05/17/2020 5:36:25 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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