Sevilla
Building works uncovered 19 amphorae with bronze coins which had not been in circulation.
Apr 29, 2016 - 7:13 PM
600 kilos of Roman coins – some dozens of thousands - have been found in Tomares (Sevilla).
Building works uncovered 19 amphorae with bronze coins which had not been in circulation.
Apr 29, 2016 - 7:13 PM
The coins weigh between eight and ten grams, dozens of thousands have been found in 19 amphora. They are bronze covered in mud, dust and history. Some workmen doing drainage work in Tomares has uncovered 600 kilos of roman coins from the centuries III and IV A.D. ‘It is a discovery of enormous importance, still to be quantified, qualified, studied and analysed.
Indeed, from the history Roman Empire and Lower Roman Empire in Spain, we have never seen anything similar, assured Ana Navarro, director of the Sevilla Archaeological Museum, who has take care of the treasure.
The discovery of the amphorae full with bronze coins was produced on Wednesday during works Park of Olives in Zaudín of Tomares, a municipality around 10 kilometres from Huelva City.
‘These are not amphorae for the storage of wine or oil, those are far smaller and these have been used to transport other merchandise. I am surprised they have been filled with coins’ explained Navarro after finding the coins. ‘On the front appears the figure of an emperor, Maximiano or Constantino. On the reverse, we have found several Romanic graphics showing abundance’.
‘We have already sounded out Italian, British and French experts who agree with us over its grand importance. It is a discovery of enormous importance, but until we start studying on its dimensions we cannot understand how much is left to discover’
‘In these few hours, we have only had time to classify and study a tenth of the coins and we really can’t rule out anything’
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Indeed, from the history Roman Empire and Lower Roman Empire in Spain, we have never seen anything similar, assured Ana Navarro, director of the Sevilla Archaeological Museum, who has take care of the treasure.
The discovery of the amphorae full with bronze coins was produced on Wednesday during works Park of Olives in Zaudín of Tomares, a municipality around 10 kilometres from Huelva City.
‘These are not amphorae for the storage of wine or oil, those are far smaller and these have been used to transport other merchandise. I am surprised they have been filled with coins’ explained Navarro after finding the coins. ‘On the front appears the figure of an emperor, Maximiano or Constantino. On the reverse, we have found several Romanic graphics showing abundance’.
‘We have already sounded out Italian, British and French experts who agree with us over its grand importance. It is a discovery of enormous importance, but until we start studying on its dimensions we cannot understand how much is left to discover’
‘In these few hours, we have only had time to classify and study a tenth of the coins and we really can’t rule out anything’
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