2. Gold Pot Discovered Beneath Italian Theatre
Place: Como, Italy
Year Found: 2018
Estimated Value: $400,000*
In 2018, while tearing down the abandoned Cressoni Theatre in Como, Italy, labourers made a glittering, golden treasure. A soapstone amphora with 300 coins, all from the Roman Imperial Era of 474 A.D., was found beneath the theatre.
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Rolls of coins were piled on top of one another. Coin expert Maria Facchinetti claims that whomever buried the jar there did it in a way that made it easy to recover in the event of danger. Since these coins weren’t discovered for centuries, the treasure-hoarder’s life must have been simple.
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