By Jordan Joseph
Archaeologists excavating a late Roman fortification in Holzthum, Luxembourg, uncovered a hoard of 141 gold coins from the late fourth century. The find draws a clear line between everyday life on the frontier and the uncertainties that forced someone to stash away wealth.
The coins show nine emperors from the final decades of united Roman rule, and three of them feature the short-lived western ruler Flavius Eugenius.
That mix turns a pocket-sized cache into a compact history lesson about power, religion, and survival.
This is not just a pile of shiny metal. The hoard sits inside a small fortified tower, part of the border defenses that once watched the roads and valleys of what the Romans called Gallia Belgica.
Coins are time-stamped in ways pottery and bones are not. Emperors change, mints move, and designs evolve, so numismatists can narrow the date of burial with unusual precision.
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https://www.earth.com/news/roman-treasure-trove-of-gold-coins-unearthed-after-1700-years/
