Amateur archaeologist finds 934 Roman silver denarii in German field

Roman coins on display at the LVR State Museum in Bonn: the coin at the centre dates from 148BC, when Rome was still a republic. Photograph: Rolf Vennenbernd/DPA/AP Roman coins on display at the LVR State Museum in Bonn: the coin at the centre dates from 148BC, when Rome was still a republic. Photograph: Rolf Vennenbernd/DPA/AP Germany Amateur archaeologist finds 934 Roman silver denarii in German field The hoard, buried south of Cologne in the second century AD, is the biggest coin treasure ever found in Germany from the time of Hadrian

Prefer the Guardian on Google An amateur archaeologist who discovered several Roman silver coins in a field in western Germany realised he had stumbled upon something much bigger when his metal detector kept beeping.