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Gareth Harney

@optimoprincipi

Historian and author celebrating the endless wonders of the classical world. My book 'Moneta: A History of Ancient Rome in Twelve Coins' is OUT NOW.

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A hoard of twelve Roman denarii buried inside a bronze cowbell. The coins date from the age of Julius Caesar (46 BC) all the way up to the reign of Vespasian (AD 69-79) and were most likely concealed soon after this date in the late 1st century. The hoard was revealed by a farmer

A hoard of twelve Roman denarii buried inside a bronze cowbell. The coins date from the age of Julius Caesar (46 BC) all the way up to the reign of Vespasian (AD 69-79) and were most likely concealed soon after this date in the late 1st century. The hoard was revealed by a farmer