The coins are thought to date from around 50 or 60 BC and would probably been used as gifts to pay or bribe mercenaries fighting with the Gauls against Julius Caesar.
I'm not sure why that site has the new coins playing in the story ... but if you read the article, they're old gold, with pics.
> The coins are thought to date from around 50 or 60 BC and would probably been used as gifts to pay or bribe mercenaries fighting with the Gauls against Julius Caesar.
I'm not sure why that site has the new coins playing in the story ... but if you read the article, they're old gold, with pics.
That damn ad for gold at th top of the page is annoying as hell though - LOL - I should have archived that link to silence it!
That damn ad for gold at th top of the page is annoying as hell though - LOL - I should have archived that link to silence it!
2000 coins minted in 2017? Lucky find, but I don't see what that has to do with archaeology. :-p