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302 Roman Coins Found in Croatia May Mark the Last Pay of a Danube Watchtower Garrison
The first coin appeared in the soil of a defensive ditch. Then another surfaced. Within a small area near the village of Mohovo in eastern Croatia, archaeologists soon realized they were not dealing with ordinary lost change, but with a concentrated hoard of 302 Roman coins buried beside a frontier watchtower on the Danube. The…
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Nearly 300 Roman Coins Found Where Soldiers May Have Buried Their Pay on Croatia’s Danube Frontier
Nearly 300 Roman coins have been discovered near the Danube in eastern Croatia, where archaeologists believe a small frontier garrison may have buried its pay during a moment of danger. The hoard was unearthed in Mohovo, a village on the banks of the Danube River, during archaeological excavations focused on the Roman Empire’s defensive network…