Roman Treasures of Iron Age Scotland
The Ancients
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The Most Extraordinary Coins Survive
Coins are the indything you might expect to find forded tey're often hoarded in great numbers. But size isn't everything with the hord, because it really does seem these are some of the most extraordinary items when we focus in on the smaler ones that survive absolutely. Clipsilique are vanishingly rare in any other province outside britain. And when you do find them, they tie into brits abroad. So a number of them are connected with the movement of soldiers leaving britain in four o nine under he usurper constantine the third. These are coins that have come from britain to the continent. They are otherwise,
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