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Amateur archaeologist finds Germany’s biggest hoard of ancient Roman silver coins

22 Sept 2026, 13:30 UTC · 4 independent sources

🚨 934 ROMAN SILVER COINS FOUND IN WESTERN GERMANY Oliver Riedl, an amateur archaeologist, discovered several Roman silver coins in a field in western Germany. Experts later found a total of 934 Roman silver denarii. The hoard was buried south of Cologne in the second century AD. Source: The Independent, The Guardian, CBS News, abcnews.com #Germany

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