The 'star finds,' dating from the 3rd and 4th centuries, were found near a Roman fort on one of the Channel Islands, which are possessions of the British Crown.
An archaeological dig has uncovered two ancient Roman coins, among other remains, on a small island that measures just 3 miles in length.The coins are a silver 'Antoninianus' dated to A.D. 255 that depicts the short-lived teenage ruler Caesar Valerian II, and a bronze featuring an image of the emperor Valens from A.D. 364-367.
'We have so far identified three rooms in the building…plus three areas of paving which may be courtyards,' Jason Monaghan from Dig Alderney, who is leading the project, told Newsweek. 'The Roman land surface is where we found two coins. The Valens coin dates to around the period we think the fort was built.'The discovery of the coins indicates that the fort site was occupied and used late into the Roman period.
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