Treasure of Roman coins found in the old cemetery in Gelderland

A warehouse of coins from the last days of the Roman Empire was found in an orchard in Gelderland. Experts believe that this treasure was buried by an army leader Frankish in the second half of the V century, when the area was part of the Western Roman Empire, collapsing in 476 AD.

Some of the 41 pieces of gold found in Lienden, near Veenendaal earlier, bear the image of Majorian, one of the last rulers of the empire, who ruled for four years from 457. "On the basis We think that this new treasure was buried around 460, "said Nico Roymans, an archaeologist professor at Vrije University in Amsterdam in a statement.

This collection of Roman coins was displayed for the first time at the Valkhof Museum in Nijmegen. Roymans said that these coins could be paid by the Romans to Frankish lords in return for their assistance with the Germanic and Visigoths tribes living locally.

Not only that, he added that the maps of this area since the 19th century show that it was once a burial mound on the spot where the coins were found, showing the owner of this treasure. each expected to return and retrieve them. Roymans said: "Burial in burial mounds will be easier to find at the end of Roman times and perhaps that's why the owner hid it there."

"This discovery is unusual because it can start from the last days of the Roman Empire," said Stephan Mols, senior lecturer in archeology at Radboud University of Nijmegen.

At the same time many signs that ancient Romans had also recruited soldiers and sought help in the area to bury this treasure.