and were primarily stamped with the portrait of the Emperor Claudius. Nearly 300 of the Roman coins are silver denarii, minted between 200 B.C. and 47 A.D. Some of those coins are stamped with ...
Subsequent analyses revealed that the coin dates from the time of Emperor Claudius, who ruled the Roman Empire from A.D. 41 to 54. The coin was likely put there as an offering, the researchers noted.