The sum of all the coins was approximately two months’ salary of a soldier at that time.
Roman treasure found in Switzerland / Photo: Collage: Today
Amateur archaeologist Daniel Ludin discovered a cache of fragments of pottery and coins dating back to around 330 AD near the 13th-century Wildenstein Castle in Switzerland with a metal detector.
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He sought help from specialists who carefully dug up the pot and performed a CT scan of its contents.
In total, the pot contained 1290 coins from the reign of Emperor Constantine the Great.
The coins are composed of a copper alloy with very little silver. The value of all the coins probably corresponded to about two months’ wages of a soldier at the time, writes archaeologie.bl.ch.
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Source: Segodnya
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