There is a very rare gold Roman coin that features the face of a murdered Roman emperor.
The coin depicts Emperor Volusianus, who co-ruled the Roman Empire with his father until he was assassinated by his own soldiers at the age of 22. Coins bearing his face are rare because of his short reign. Varga, an archaeologist at the University of Szeged in Hungary, said that gold coins from the Roman period in Hungary are rare.
The excavators have no idea who the owner of the currency was. Varga told Live Science that it was likely a stray that someone lost.
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The coin was found by a museologist and volunteers at the museum. The group was excavating a Roman settlement in Somogy County in southwestern Hungary, but Varga wouldn't say where the site was.
The exact location of the site is being kept under wraps as the archaeological site is being investigated.
The gold coin was found during a metal detector survey of the site. The coin was made between A.D. 251 and 253.
One side of the coin has a portrait of the bearded emperor with a crown of rays on his head, while the other side has Libertas, the personification of freedom.
The coin was a double aureus and not a small change. The first Binio coins were issued in the first century B.C. and then disappeared again in the third century A.D.
The discovery of the coin is wonderful and exciting, according to Pileki.
The Roman site has ongoing archaeological work. Varga said that it appears that the settlement existed in the third and fourth centuries, when this region was a part of the Roman province of Pannonia Superior. One of the third-century emperor Probus, a bronze key, a silver ring, and a glass brooch are some of the uncovered artifacts.
The Roman gold coin was the only one in the museum's collection.
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