Arrr, matey! Old Roman doubloons found with a shiny box be fetchin' a mighty treasure at the auction, yarr!
2024-09-26
Arrr, in the year o' our lord 2019, a scallywag with a metal magic stick unearthed shiny Roman doubloons in Suffolk! Years hence, those glitterin' treasures stormed the auction seas, fillin' the finder’s coffers with more doubloons than he knew what to do with! Avast, what a haul!
Ahoy, mateys! Gather ‘round for a tale of treasure most splendid! In the fair month of September in the year of our Lord 2019, a swashbucklin’ archaeologist by the name of George Ridgway, aged 34, stumbled upon a trove of over 680 glitterin’ gold and silver coins whilst swingin’ his trusty metal detector 'round Helmingham Hall in Suffolk.Now, Ridgway, inspired by the adventures of the infamous Indiana Jones, embarked on his quest after discoverin’ a curious crop mark in a barley field. After some fruitless rummagin’, he moved a wee bit and lo and behold! He unearthed two Roman brooches and a silver coin from the mighty Julius Caesar himself! Aye, after three hours of diggin’, he found a bounty of 160 silver coins—what a haul!
As fate would have it, this remarkable find included coins from as far back as 206 B.C. to the rule of Emperor Claudius. When the coins hit the auction block, they fetched a grand total of £132,865 (that’s about $177,000 for ye landlubbers)! Ridgway, with a heart full of mirth, declared he’d celebrate his newfound riches by buyin’ his dad a pint! Aye, what a way to toast to fortune and folly!