A Metal Detectorist Exploring a Field in Germany Discovered a Massive Hoard of Roman Coins
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An amateur archaeologist near Cologne, Germany unearthed 943 silver denarii spanning nearly 300 years of Roman history, from 148 B.C.E. to 124 or 125 C.E.—the largest coin hoard from Emperor Hadrian's rule ever found in Germany and the fifth largest in the world from that period.
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