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Originally Posted by Kiki  Wher did you get those James? |
At coin shows, coin shops and from Internet dealer sites. Roman coins are relatively easy to obtain and quite inexpensive -- twenty pounds or so for fair to good condition coins of the later Roman Empire. The Romans were prolific minters of coins and millions were produced and distributed throughout the vast geographical area of the Empire for over four hundred years. There were no banks and so citizens frequently buried their stash of coins in the ground in earthern containers. Such hoards are constantly being unearthed to this day by farmers plowing fields, etc. This happens a lot in Britain -- I cover the recent Killingholme Hoard discovery in northern England at:
Roman Britain hoard coinage