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The Trier Gold Hoard is a hoard of 2516 (or 2518) gold coins with a weight of 18.5 kg found in Trier, Germany, in September 1993 during construction works. It is described as the largest preserved Roman gold hoard worldwide.

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[–] somnuz@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

still kinda crazy for me, how they stumbled upon exactly 2500 gold coins — feels like some arbitrary, made up amount..