BBC - Roman coin hoard found in Jersey

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Roman hoard in Jersey

[Mongo]

That is amazing! Im gonna go dig up my garden now

[Generic Lad]

Let's hope they make it to market soon, some of the Celtic ones look like they might be interesting.

[pies]

doubt they will come to market they are destined for a museam (sp)

[Peckris]

Roman hoard in Jersey

Correction: each individual coin WAS worth between £100 and £200 - suddenly they are worth rather less! (If they make it to market, that is).

[copper123]

Probably an early example of quantitive easing from the roman period - obviously a roman bank manager buried a few stashes from the central bank of rome and forgot where this one was.

Edited June 27, 2012 by copper123

[copper123]

A bit of reserch on the net brings up the name fridericus goodwinus.

He now insists that it was not from the roman central bank but indeed part of his pension pot fron julius caeser that he just forgot about

[Peckris]

A bit of reserch on the net brings up the name fridericus goodwinus.

He now insists that it was not from the roman central bank but indeed part of his pension pot fron julius caeser that he just forgot about

Is that the same Fridericus Goodwinus that was a member of the Equestrian Order until he was expelled? Cathedra homo of Civilis Occidens Ripam? Or was it the Regius Ripam Caledoniae?