Ancient British coins taken by Roman soldiers found in Europe
The hoard contains 44 British coins that bear the name of British Celtic King Cunobelin, who reigned from around AD5 to AD40 ...
Smithsonian Magazine12d
Two Metal Detectorists in the Netherlands Stumbled Onto Hundreds of Looted Coins From the Roman Conquest of Britain
The 404 coins, including 44 from Britain, are believed to be a mix of military pay and the spoils of war, stashed by a Roman soldier after he returned to the European continent ...
Archaeologists unearth ‘exceptionally rare’ Roman helmet buried in strange ritual
Archaeologists unearth ‘exceptionally rare’ Roman helmet buried in strange ritual - Such a helmet has never been found in ...
Hundreds of gold and silver coins buried 2,000 years ago unearthed by metal detectorists in the Netherlands
Several dozen other coins, made of an alloy of gold, silver and copper, come from what is now Great Britain and were stamped ...
Ancient and rare British coins taken as ‘spoils of war’ by Romans found in Dutch field
Ancient and rare British coins taken as ‘spoils of war’ by Romans found in Dutch field - The 44 gold coins were unearthed by amateur archaeologists in a field near Utrecht, Holland ...
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What was life like in the Roman army?
A group of Roman re-enactors. The Roman army was the largest fighting force ... Roman soldiers weren't always at war - they spent most of their time training for battle. They practised fighting ...
The Sun17d
Incredible haul of Bible-era British gold coins found in the Netherlands ‘were spoils of war from conquering Romans’
A STASH of hundreds of Bible-era coins have been found by metal detectors in The Netherlands. The haul of over 400 early Roman-era coins was found near the city of Utrecht, about 30 miles south of ...