An 8-year-old German boy has unearthed an extremely rare silver coin while playing in a sandbox, dating to about 1,800 years before he was born.
An eight-year-old boy has unearthed an extremely rare silver coin while playing in a sandbox, dating to about 1,800 years before he was born.
He rushed home to show the treasure to his family in Bremen, a city in northern Germany, upon finding it in August 2022. The coin was identified as a Roman denarius minted during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, who held the throne from A.D. 161 to 180,The heavily worn coin, which weighs 2.4 grams, was minted during a “time of coin deterioration” when the Roman Empire decreased the silver content in its currency as a direct result of inflation, Uta Halle, the state archaeologist, said.
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