Roman gold coins found in Italian theatre

[Still Waters]

Hundreds of ancient Roman gold coins have been discovered on the site of an old theatre in Como in northern Italy, the Ministry of Culture said.

The coins date back to the end of the Roman Empire in the 5th century and were found in a kind of stone urn in the Cressoni theatre basement, not far from the site of the ancient city of Novum Comum.

According to Italian media, the coins could be worth millions of euros.

https://www.thelocal.it/20180909/roman-gold-coins-discovered-in-italian-theatre

[Grandpa Greenman]

I was wondering where I left those.  

[pallidin]

Given the invasion volatility during early times, I can only imagine the secreted (buried) wealth yet undiscovered.

Gold, silver, jewels of very high value.

 

[Seti42]

23 minutes ago, pallidin said:

Given the invasion volatility during early times, I can only imagine the secreted (buried) wealth yet undiscovered.

Gold, silver, jewels of very high value.

 

I was just thinking about that too. Some will never be found, ie: under modern structures that aren't going to be dug up/renovated anytime soon...If ever. Under private property, under water, etc. Hell, there could be a huge cache of gold just a few feet to the left of someone's freshly dug backyard pool. That might have been found, if they wanted a slightly larger pool!

I wonder how much treasure of historical value was found, but not by anyone who gave a damn about history...I mean, it'd be tempting. If I found some gold that was clearly in the form of an historically important relic, I might just sell it (if I could find a way to) under the radar and pocket the cash. Especially if I could get a million in non-sequential bills, LOL. If you tell the local government, museum, or university about it, you might lose it entirely. Also, what if you find it in a city or state park? Or on private property that's not yours? What if you find 'modern' treasure, like a briefcase full of 100 dollar bills? Again, I'd be tempted to keep it. Sure, it's probably evidence of a crime, but hey...

I did find a gold bracelet just laying on the sidewalk once. Kept it for years, wound up selling it. It was real gold, and I got about $200 for it.

Edited September 12, 2018 by Seti42

[DieChecker]

Coins worth millions. What would a hand carved soap stone amphora go for? Millions?

As a former D&D player, the more valuable treasure isn't always the coins.

Edit: I found ceramic amphora on sale for about $10k, but not carved soap stone ones.

Edited September 13, 2018 by DieChecker

[hetrodoxly]

17 hours ago, Seti42 said:

I was just thinking about that too. Some will never be found, ie: under modern structures that aren't going to be dug up/renovated anytime soon...If ever. Under private property, under water, etc. Hell, there could be a huge cache of gold just a few feet to the left of someone's freshly dug backyard pool. That might have been found, if they wanted a slightly larger pool!

I wonder how much treasure of historical value was found, but not by anyone who gave a damn about history...I mean, it'd be tempting. If I found some gold that was clearly in the form of an historically important relic, I might just sell it (if I could find a way to) under the radar and pocket the cash. Especially if I could get a million in non-sequential bills, LOL. If you tell the local government, museum, or university about it, you might lose it entirely. Also, what if you find it in a city or state park? Or on private property that's not yours? What if you find 'modern' treasure, like a briefcase full of 100 dollar bills? Again, I'd be tempted to keep it. Sure, it's probably evidence of a crime, but hey...

I did find a gold bracelet just laying on the sidewalk once. Kept it for years, wound up selling it. It was real gold, and I got about $200 for it.

Trying to sell such things on the open market would raise suspicion straight away and you'd be caught, you'd only get a 10th of it's worth for scrap value ie melted down, i declare everything i find to the my local museum it's known as 'portable antiquities scheme' they give you a written form stating what it is and it's age etc, in these days of sophisticated forgery this gives your find provenance if you wish to sell, if your find is deemed 'treasure trove' and the museum wish to purchase it you get full market value.

[AllPossible]

19 hours ago, Seti42 said:

I was just thinking about that too. Some will never be found, ie: under modern structures that aren't going to be dug up/renovated anytime soon...If ever. Under private property, under water, etc. Hell, there could be a huge cache of gold just a few feet to the left of someone's freshly dug backyard pool. That might have been found, if they wanted a slightly larger pool!

I wonder how much treasure of historical value was found, but not by anyone who gave a damn about history...I mean, it'd be tempting. If I found some gold that was clearly in the form of an historically important relic, I might just sell it (if I could find a way to) under the radar and pocket the cash. Especially if I could get a million in non-sequential bills, LOL. If you tell the local government, museum, or university about it, you might lose it entirely. Also, what if you find it in a city or state park? Or on private property that's not yours? What if you find 'modern' treasure, like a briefcase full of 100 dollar bills? Again, I'd be tempted to keep it. Sure, it's probably evidence of a crime, but hey...

I did find a gold bracelet just laying on the sidewalk once. Kept it for years, wound up selling it. It was real gold, and I got about $200 for it.

Crazy part is all those ship wrecks in the Carribean that are still on the ocean floor. My uncle lives in Florida & finds random things from shipwrecks usually after a hurricane stirs up the water & sand. There is so many undiscovered valuables that like you said will probably never be discovered