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Archaeologists in the Channel Islands off the coast of France have discovered two Roman coins — one featuring a caesar who was"bumped off" as a teenager and another depicting a Roman emperor who was killed by invading Goths.
"We're starting to think that the Romans were here to keep an eye on that little stretch of water between here and France," Jason Monaghan, an archaeologist with the excavation and secretary of Dig Alderney, a charity for archaeology on the island, told Live Science.
An excavation of the Roman-era building revealed that it had three rooms, a courtyard on one side, a paved area on the other and a garbage dump to the southeast. One of the coins was found in this dump: A silver coin, known as an"antoninianus" that dates to A.D. 255 and was worth two denarii, a standard silver coin minted during the Roman era.
By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.Monaghan noted that because the Roman Empire had a lot of inflation during this period, they were"diluting their coinage," so the coin isn't solid silver.—Ancient hoard of gold Roman coins discovered in plowed UK fieldIn later layers of the building, archaeologists found the other coin — a bronze of Roman co-emperor Valens dating to between A.D. 364 and 367.
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