这160枚金币是1911年在英国北umberland郡的Corbridge一座罗马房屋地板下发现的。它们的年代大约是公元160年左右。这些金币被存放在一个铜壶里,两个铜币被卡在壶口,隐藏了它们的真实价值。当壶被从地下提起时,金币的重量把它压坏了,露出了藏品。这个壶是由英国遗产(Corbridge挖掘基金的受托人)提供的。
These 160 aureus coins were found below the floor of a Roman house in Corbridge in 1911 CE. From Corbridge, Northumberland, UK, circa 160 CE.
They were stored in a bronze jug, their true value hidden by 2 bronze coins wedged in its neck. When the jug was lifted out of the ground, the weight of the gold broke it, revealing the hoard. The Jug was lent by the English Heritage (Trustees of the Corbridge Excavation Fund).
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