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| Amateur treasure hunter finds nearly 1,500 ancient Roman coins in Romania |
| 2025-04-27 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] In Romania, amateur treasure hunter Bebe Manjak has found almost 1,500 ancient Roman silver coins. This was reported by the Jam Press agency. According to the agency, the 43-year-old man decided to walk with a metal detector through the hilly terrain near the village of Letki-Veke. During the walk, his detector found something metallic at a shallow depth. Manjak began to push aside the upper layers of soil, and soon he began to come across silver coins. "The coins kept coming up. My hands were shaking. I didn't want to leave anything behind. When you realize you've made a hard-won discovery, part of you wants to celebrate, and another, more instinctive part of you tells you to hurry," he said. The publication specifies that the treasure hunter eventually found 1,469 silver denarii that had been buried in that location about 1,700 years ago. Some of the coins depicted the Roman emperor Trajan, who ruled in the 1st–2nd centuries AD. Manjak also dug up ceramic shards. The man specified that, according to Romanian law, he had only 72 hours to hand over the artifacts to the authorities. At the same time, if the find is classified as treasure, the finder is offered a reward of 45% of its value. In the end, he met the deadline, but the total value of the find remains unknown. It was also specified that Manjak gave the authorities the coordinates of the place where the coins were found, and archaeological excavations will be organized there. As reported by the Regnum news agency, in September 2024, specialists from the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences discovered a treasure trove during excavations in Veliky Novgorod dating back to the last quarter of the 10th century. The treasures were located on the Sofia side of the city. The hoard contained about 1.9 thousand items, of which 1.8 thousand were silver coins. We are mainly talking about dirhams of the Arab Caliphate. According to archaeologists, the oldest of the coins was issued between 974 and 975. In addition, the institute's employees found about 80 pieces of jewelry. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 Well, it isn't called "Romania" for nothing. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2025-04-27 08:31 |