New Find Gold of Carausius - Ancients.info - The Online Resource for Ancient Coins & Antiquities

marcus flavius · Jan 24, 2008, 06:13 PM

Just googled this and had to share it with everyone,

www.timesonline.co.uk/news/uk/article3241299.ece

GMoneti · Jan 24, 2008, 06:45 PM

Here are larger pics of the coins and some more info:

http://www.finds.org.uk/wordpress/

Both articles say that the discovery of the coins "sheds light" on Carausius. How is that? Yes, his aurei are very rare, and the first one aparently unique, but in what way do they suggest anything new about the emperor?

cogito · Jan 24, 2008, 07:54 PM

The farmer should have held out on submitting the coin until the Brits can figure out if they are going to continue to fund what, heretofore, has been an extremely valuable cooperative effort between private and public interests.

Jeff

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Jan 24, 2008, 07:54 PM	#3
cogito Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Piedmont of North Carolina Posts: 1,721	The farmer should have held out on submitting the coin until the Brits can figure out if they are going to continue to fund what, heretofore, has been an extremely valuable cooperative effort between private and public interests. Jeff