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Amateur Archaeologist Finds Germany’s Biggest Hoard of Ancient Roman Silver Coins
The 934 silver denarii weigh 3.1 kilograms and may have been buried to keep the fortune safe, archaeologists said.
- On Tuesday, the LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn began displaying Germany's largest Roman coin hoard from Emperor Hadrian's era, featuring 934 silver denarii weighing 3.1 kilograms discovered near Wesseling.
- Oliver Riedl discovered the trove a year ago near Wesseling, south of Cologne; after his metal detector signaled repeatedly, Riedl contacted authorities, prompting experts from the LVR Office for the Preservation of Archaeological Monuments to excavate.
- Research associate Rahel Otte noted a Roman legionary earned 300 denarii annually, with half withheld for equipment; saving all disposable income, a soldier would require six years to amass this fortune.
- State archaeologist Erich Classen said the coins were likely buried for safekeeping because banks did not exist, adding the owner may have died unexpectedly without passing on knowledge of the treasure.
- General Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa established the military outpost that became Colonia Agrippina, known today as Cologne, to secure the Rhine River border during the region's Roman history spanning 39 BC to AD 459.
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BERLIN (AP) — An amateur archaeologist who discovered several Roman silver coins in a field in western Germany realized he had stumbled upon something bigger when his metal detector kept beeping. Oliver Riedl called the authorities for
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