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"It's an exceptional find." Archaeologists in northern Spain recently came across the largest trove of Roman-era coins ever ...
The largest collection of Roman coins found in Spain is now on exhibit. The museum display features 50,000 ancient coins from the third and fourth centuries A.D.
Following Spain’s arrival to the Americas, the kingdom began minting copper Maravedis in the early 1500s specifically for distribution among its colonies. By the discovery’s minting in 1661, Spain was ...
Considered the Holy Grail of all shipwrecks, the Spanish galleon San Jose blew up and sank in 1708 at the hands of British cannons, and it took with it what experts have estimated to be $17 billion in ...
Experts have confirmed that dozens of gold coins scattered across the ocean floor off the coast of Colombia belonged to the San José, an ill-fated Spanish treasure galleon that sank over 300 ...
The conservation group say they found 37 coins dating back to a 1715 shipwreck off Florida’s Treasure Coast. 50 coins in total were reportedly stolen and sold in 2015 by Eric Schmitt, a diver ...
Gold coins worth $1M from 300-year-old Spanish shipwreck are recovered after 'salvager illegally sold them' By ISHITA SRIVASTAVA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM. Published: 02:14 EDT, 27 November 2024 | Updated ...
At least until early on April 30, 2024. That's when Brisben received 36 texts sent over 32 minutes from Eric Schmitt who admitted keeping 50 gold coins found during the same June 17, 2015 salvage ...