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Rare ancient coin sold for record price of nearly 2.1 million USD
On December 9, an ancient Roman coin bearing the portrait of Brutus - a close general and mastermind of the assassination of Emperor Julius Caesar - was sold for a recor…
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Unearthed a 300-year-old coin hidden by a Polish scammer
Metal detectorists have unearthed a treasure trove of coins that may have once belonged to a charlatan who hid in the mountains of south-central Poland after scamming pe…
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A badger dug up 200 ancient coins dating back to Roman times, but scientists 'confiscated' them all
With a total of 209 coins found by the badger, this is determined to be the largest collection of ancient coins ever discovered in northern Spain.
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Discovered 'terrible treasure', up to 5,500 ancient coins buried in the river
Thousands of silver coins were hidden about 1,800 years ago for unknown reasons, during the flourishing Roman Empire.
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Special gold coins appeared for sale up to 50 billion
Stephen Lloyd, an Islamic coin expert at the auction house, said the coin was really too great.
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Ha Tinh farmers dug three pots of coins
Mr. Nguyen Van Phu (from Vu Quang district) rented a excavator to dig the house, discovered three crock pots containing more than 100kg of coins at a depth of 1.5m.
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Discovered a thousand-year-old vault worth £ 50,000
The ancients could bury the ancient money, estimated to cost £ 50,000, out of concern
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Found 200 silver coins buried under the old battlefield
Jaroslaw Musialkowski and his brother found hundreds of coins under a tree at the scene of the Battle of Roslin, Scotland, in the early 14th century.
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A worker accidentally unearths medieval treasures
Go to help you build a house, a worker stumbles upon a treasure with 14,000 coins dating back to the Middle Ages.
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Nghe An: Digging the foundation of the house with the treasure of ancient coins
A 36kg coin pot has just been discovered by Lang Van Trung (SN 1984), in Cam Hoa village, Cam Son commune, Anh Son district (Nghe An) while digging a foundation to build…
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Poor falling into the sky suddenly changed into a millionaire by finding out this one no one uses
Paul Coleman is an amateur treasure hunter in the UK. He discovered more than 5,251 super rare ancient Anglo Saxon coins during an excavation at Christmas.
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Mysterious 5.6 tons of ancient coins buried under Chinese villages
Experts try to understand why hundreds of thousands of coins were buried underground.
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The image depicts the portrait of Jesus on an ancient coin
A small bronze coin from the first century is said to hold the only image of Jesus.
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Unexpectedly dug the treasure of 1,000 ancient coins in the field
A British farmer was famous after discovering more than 1,000 coins on a field dating back hundreds of years.
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First time finding ancient Roman coins in Japan
On September 28, Japanese archaeologists said they first found ancient Roman coins in the ancient castle ruins on the southern island of Okinawa.