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A Roman Coin Was Already 270 Years Old When Someone Buried This Silver Hoard in Germany
A silver coin minted in 148 BC was still part of someone’s savings more than 270 years later. Archaeologists found it among 934 Roman denarii buried in a field near Wesseling, Germany. The newest coin in the hoard dates to AD 124 or 125, raising a question the excavation cannot answer: who kept this money…