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The Seaton Down Hoard

Near Seaton, Devon

22,000 Roman coins buried in a field above the sea.

In 2013 a metal detectorist found around 22,000 Roman coins buried in a field near Seaton, one of the largest hoards ever found in Britain. They date from about AD 260 to 348 and were probably buried in one go, perhaps by someone linked to a nearby Roman villa.

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When
Found 2013
Where
50.7100, -3.0700
Group
Lost treasure

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Displayed at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations

Not every mystery needs a lost continent. This book investigates fifty-nine real and often overlooked puzzles from the ancient and modern world: a temple older than farming itself, astonishing structures, out-of-place artifacts, and technologies lost to time. Each case is weighed honestly, with a clear ledger of the case for and against, so you can make up your own mind. Some cases collapse under scrutiny. Others remain genuinely unexplained. All of them are stranger than Atlantis.

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