Archaeologists unearthed a collection of 27 silver coins that officials say date back to the ancient Roman Republic.
A collection of ancient silver coins was unearthed recently on a small island in the Mediterranean Sea, officials said this week. The treasure trove dates back more than 2,000 years, with the origins estimated to be somewhere between 94 B.C. and 74 B.C.
The coins were minted during the Roman Republic, which existed for nearly 500 years until the the founding of the Roman Empire in 27 B.C.This latest find came after another trove of the same variety of silver Roman coins, dating back to roughly the same time period, was discovered at the same site on Pantelleria in 2010. Officials said that initial haul included 107 coins.
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