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Amateur archaeologist finds Germany’s biggest hoard of ancient Roman silver coins

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An amateur archaeologist discovered Germany's largest hoard of ancient Roman silver coins in a western German field. The discovery began with a few coins before a metal detector indicated a much larger find.

BERLIN — An amateur archaeologist who discovered several Roman silver coins in a field in western Germany realized he had stumbled upon something bigger when his metal detector kept beeping.

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