The museum's curator of Iron Age and Roman coins, Dr Eleanor Ghey, said:"At the time of the burial of the hoard around AD 307, the Roman Empire was increasingly decentralised and Britain was once again in the spotlight following the death of the emperor Constantius in York."As the largest fully recorded find of this date from Britain, it has great importance for the study of this coinage and the archaeology of Lincolnshire.
Recalling the discovery, Mr Jones said he and Mr Craig started to dig after their metal detectors started beeping. He said:"I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I've found a few things before, but absolutely nothing on this scale."It's an incredibly humbling experience knowing that when you discover something like this, the last time someone touched it was nearly 2,000 years ago. I was completely flabbergasted."
The coins were officially declared treasure under the Treasure Act 1996 at Lincoln Coroner's Court on Thursday.
That’s were the chancellor kept all the money for police and NHS funding 🤔🚑🚕
Frome hoard in Somerset had 52000 coins in it why try and make this story something it is not.
If only the eu was as kind as the romans
B*stard!...I knew it was there somewhere .......
Pretty sure this was a few years ago now...
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