discovery of Roman silver and gold treasure; Gold ring, bullion and 450 coins!

A collection of Roman objects including 450 silver coins, several silver ingots, a gold ring and a single gold coin were discovered near the village of Borsum in the Hildsheim district of Germany. This collection belongs to the Roman Empire period and is estimated to be about 2,000 years old.

The discovery could provide a clearer picture of the complex interactions between the Roman Empire and the Germanic tribes, the Lower Saxony State Office for Historic Preservation (NLD) said in a statement. According to this office, “only after the restoration and careful examination of the coins can the exact age, origin and reasons for their burial be determined.”

The story of this burial officially began in 2017; That year, a metal detector found parts of the collection but did not report the matter. Recently, the same person informed the police and the officials of the preservation of historical monuments, and after that, archaeologists started to investigate the place.

Excavation and preliminary investigations showed that unprofessional excavation in 2017 had destroyed a large part of the archaeological context of the site. However, the latest exploration was successful; Additional coins were recovered and the entire collection is now officially recorded. NLD officials described the discovery as “one of the largest hoards of Roman coins discovered in Lower Saxony,” highlighting the historical importance of the area in the first centuries AD.

It is not yet clear whether these objects were buried by the Romans or by local Germanic peoples. The proposed possibilities include ritual offerings, emergency storage during conflict, or economic reasons. The Lower Saxony office emphasized that preserving the archaeological context is important because each coin can tell a part of the story of a shared past.