Two amateur freedivers while on vacation off the eastern coast of Spain clearing sea debris have uncovered a heap of historically valuable Roman gold coins.



According to foreign media such as CNN on the 23rd local time, on the 24th of last month, two freedivers who were picking up garbage in the sea of ​​Cala del Portixol, Alicante, Spain found a total of 53 Roman-era gold coins.



It is said that the two divers, known as brother-in-law and brother-in-law, found a gold coin about 7 meters from the beach and soon realized that it was a treasure and started a full-scale search.



▲ Cesar Jimeno (far left in the photo) and Luis Lance (second from left) who found a Roman gold coin


In an interview with the local media, they said, "At first I thought it was a 10-centimo Spanish coin," and "I found it for the first time in a very small hole."



They went back to the ship with a single gold coin and looked closely at the coin and thought it was a lost treasure.” After checking the face of the coin, they went back to the scene and picked up a corkscrew and a knife. use hand excavated to add the rest of the treasure.



they are the 53 found coins were reportedly donated to Spain in Alicante University. University side was entrusted the commission for coins college affiliated firm archaeological heritage institute.



the inscription engraved on coins the were told that the conservation status is very good thanks enough to read that the survey work easier.



those gold coins of different emperors face was to be cast in the Roman period between the fifth century, early in the fourth century, the reign of the Roman Empire Engraved The



Roman emperors in the gold coins revealed so far are said to be Valentinian I, Valentinian II, Theodosius I, Arcadius XVII, Honorius X, etc.



Professors of the Department of History at the University of Alicante in Spain said, " It is one of the largest heaps of Roman gold coins found throughout Europe,” he explained.



Meanwhile, a pile of Roman gold coins discovered by the two divers will be on display at a local local museum.



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(Photo=University of Alicante)