Ancient Roman coins, including counterfeits, discovered in new archeological site in eastern Poland
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Reported by Jerusalem Post:
The "Group of Explorers" has uncovered a collection of rare Roman coins and artifacts in a “previously unknown archeological position” in Księżpol, eastern Poland, CBS News reported in late July.
The "Group of Explorers," led by Janusz Szabat and Piotr Magoch, recently searched fields around Księżopol and found various metal coins, including several counterfeits, CBS reported.
Among their discoveries were several rare Roman silver coins: three featuring Emperor Antonius Pius (from 138-161 AD) and one showing his wife Faustyna the Younger (from 141 AD), as well as a coin of Marcus Aurelius (from 174 AD). One of the Antonius Pius coins was partially cut, likely from trading, the report noted.
Along with genuine Roman coins, the searchers found some counterfeit denars (short for Denarius, the name of the Roman coin) made by the Visigoths, a Germanic tribe ruled by a king living in the Roman Empire. One of these fakes was hard to read. However, according to the report on CBS, the counterfeit showed the image of Emperor Antonius Pius and copied the real coin’s inscription.
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