600Kg of Roman coins found

[seekerGH]

Construction workers have found 600kg of ancient Roman coins while carrying out routine work on water pipes in southern Spain.
600 Kg worth several Million Euros!

Roman coins found by Spanish workers

 

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I wonder if Italy will ask Spain to give em back? Just a thought?

 

[Vox veritas]

I'm thinking seriously, as an Italian, that Spain return all the monuments, mosaics, coins, statues etc. Roman in the geography of Spain in the same way that Spain claimed their foreign shipwrecks.

 

[Oddjob]

Looks like this just went political.

Well I am sure if the high and mighty Spanish Minster for historical artifacts was asked for it to be returned to Italy then she would do it her self that same day.

Not really, that unprofessional cry baby would claim it was their history mined for their ore. Just as she pleaded to to our agency to go after a certain American group that never did anything wrong.

I hope the construction workers kept a few for them selves.

 

[nuclearwhiskey]

I hope the construction workers kept a few for them selves.

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[Darren in NC]

More pics...

Spanish pipe-layers find large Roman coin hoard - BBC News


Roman Coin Cache Discovered in Spain - Archaeology Magazine

 

[Vox veritas]

Looks like this just went political.

Well I am sure if the high and mighty Spanish Minster for historical artifacts was asked for it to be returned to Italy then she would do it her self that same day.

Not really, that unprofessional cry baby would claim it was their history mined for their ore. Just as she pleaded to to our agency to go after a certain American group that never did anything wrong.

I hope the construction workers kept a few for them selves.

In Spain who finds and declares (as required by law), automatically becomes suspicious by law enforcement authorities.
You are entitled to a prize (finder's right) if the finding is casual. The problem is assess what was found.
Cultural authorities priced is very low, when the actual value is very high.
So, no one says, and if they can not say anything, but museums are empty.
Find and not declare is a crime.

 

[Vox veritas]

In Spain who finds and declares (as required by law), automatically becomes suspicious by law enforcement authorities.
You are entitled to a prize (finder's right) if the finding is casual. The problem is assess what was found.
Cultural authorities priced is very low, when the actual value is very high.
So, no one says, and if they can not say anything, but museums are empty.
Find and not declare is a crime.

I told you:

Workmen unearth massive 600kg cache of ancient Roman coins thought to be worth millions - Mirror Online

 

[Oddjob]

In Spain who finds and declares (as required by law), automatically becomes suspicious by law enforcement authorities.
You are entitled to a prize (finder's right) if the finding is casual. The problem is assess what was found.
Cultural authorities priced is very low, when the actual value is very high.
So, no one says, and if they can not say anything, but museums are empty.
Find and not declare is a crime.

Yes I am well aware of how Spain operates, they petition our agency far to often citing Cultural Property when they are trying to steal artifacts not found in their country or waters.

 

[MORE AND BEYOND OSSY]

I'm thinking seriously, as an Italian, that Spain return all the monuments, mosaics, coins, statues etc. Roman in the geography of Spain in the same way that Spain claimed their foreign shipwrecks.

Hola Vox or is it Chow
Didn't the Romans enslave the locals when they took over Hispania , and worked them in the Galica gold mines to built the Roman empire.
700 year visit till the Visigoths kicked them out ! And Marcus Aurelius was your best General his parents were locals .
Who pays who
Claudio I have contacts I can give you a one way ticket back to Rome

 

[MORE AND BEYOND OSSY]

In Spain who finds and declares (as required by law), automatically becomes suspicious by law enforcement authorities.
You are entitled to a prize (finder's right) if the finding is casual. The problem is assess what was found.
Cultural authorities priced is very low, when the actual value is very high.
So, no one says, and if they can not say anything, but museums are empty.
Find and not declare is a crime.

Claudio , museums empty Just recently was at the Madrid historical museum with unbelievable artifacts " Roman " Gold everywhere !
Best Roman Helmet I've ever seen , look new . you could spend days in there.
The Wealth of History in Spain is untouchable .

 

[Vox veritas]

Hola Vox or is it Chow
Didn't the Romans enslave the locals when they took over Hispania , and worked them in the Galica gold mines to built the Roman empire.
700 year visit till the Visigoths kicked them out ! And Marcus Aurelius was your best General his parents were locals .
Who pays who
Claudio I have contacts I can give you a one way ticket back to Rome

The issue is very controversial. Many of the shipwrecks that today, Spain wants to be his property, were seized from their rightful owners. Until the arrival of Bourbons in Spain (1700), this country did not have a proper navy. They embargoed the best ships. The problem is that, in many cases, the crown (the state) did not meet the embargo conditions (pay the owners). So, now, should be examined case by case, what are truly the ships that Spain can claim sovereign immunity, as was the case of the Mercedes with the supposed treasure recovered by Odyssey in 2007, and I say supposed because no I am entirely convinced about its true origin.
About museums, many are full because the artifacts seized or abducted, ended in them, as in the case of the Mercedes treasure. Significantly, the Underwater Archaeology Museum of Cadiz, is called by the Cádiz people el museo de la na '' (the museum of nowhere).
Kindly offered on the ticket, I'm fine in Seville, where I returned because my ancestors founded a place called Italica, a few kilometers from this city.

 

[MORE AND BEYOND OSSY]

The issue is very controversial. Many of the shipwrecks that today, Spain wants to be his property, were seized from their rightful owners. Until the arrival of Bourbons in Spain (1700), this country did not have a proper navy. They embargoed the best ships. The problem is that, in many cases, the crown (the state) did not meet the embargo conditions (pay the owners). So, now, should be examined case by case, what are truly the ships that Spain can claim sovereign immunity, as was the case of the Mercedes with the supposed treasure recovered by Odyssey in 2007, and I say supposed because no I am entirely convinced about its true origin.
About museums, many are full because the artifacts seized or abducted, ended in them, as in the case of the Mercedes treasure. Significantly, the Underwater Archaeology Museum of Cadiz, is called by the Cádiz people el museo de la na '' (the museum of nowhere).
Kindly offered on the ticket, I'm fine in Seville, where I returned because my ancestors founded a place called Italica, a few kilometers from this city.

I'll be back next year Claudio maybe we can get together.

 

[grossmusic]

I wonder if Italy will ask Spain to give em back? Just a thought?

My first thought too.

 

[seekerGH]

aside from the ownership arguments, this is a very cool find.