Overview

• Archaeologists recovered more than 40 ancient metal coins and multiple pieces of jewelry from the ruins of a substantial house at Histria.
• The cache was stored in a wooden chest where most metal objects melted in a fire, though a few coins retained their round shape.
• Researchers provisionally date the assemblage to the second or third century AD.
• A museum statement says the items likely belonged to an influential, wealthy family, and the house featured limestone floors and painted plaster walls.
• The finds have been added to the Romanian National Museum’s collection as part of a 25-year effort to reconstruct Histria’s Roman-period landscape.