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Ancient Roman coins found buried under ruins of Japanese castle leave archaeologists baffled www.independent.co.uk

posted by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 9 months ago

Archaeologists were left baffled by the "strange" discovery of ancient Roman coins buried in the ruins of a castle in Japan.

The four copper coins were retrieved from soil beneath Katsuren Castle on Okinawa Island, and were originally thought to be a hoax before their true provenance was revealed.

0 | #12468 by  Yubi | 8 years, 9 months ago

This could be a gift from a trade ship, one common way for totally unrelated objects end up in ancient places. Some time back, a collection of tiles depicting biblical events was found in a Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka. Many archaeologists had the opinion that they were gifts from a foreign trader.


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0 | #12471 by  banzaitokyo | 8 years, 9 months ago

this makes sense. if there were real trade I think the evidence would be large than a few coins.


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