The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 23, June 5, 2005, Article 15

CELTIC COIN HOARD FOUND IN THE NETHERLANDS

Christopher Rivituso forwarded this June 3rd Associated
Press article about a hoard of Celtic coins in The Netherlands:

"Archaeologists have uncovered 17 ancient Celtic coins in
a field in the south of the Netherlands, the first hoard of such
coins found in the country.

Amsterdam's Free University excavated the site in April
and will display the coins, which are made of silver and mixed
with copper and gold, in the Limburgs Museum in the city of
Venlo on Saturday.

They are estimated to date from 20-50 B.C., shortly after
Julius Caesar began the Roman conquest of the region."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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