Tesoro de monedas romanas hallado en Tomares (Sevilla)

2016. The Tomares treasure, Roman coins found in Tomares (Seville), consists of 600 kilos of Roman copper coins from the third and fourth centuries AD, stored in 19 amphorae, most of which are perfectly preserved. The archaeological find was made by workers digging a trench in the town's peri-urban park. Statements from the machine operator José Cano, the Tomares town councilor for urban planning, Lola Vallejo, and the director of the Seville Archaeological Museum, Ana Navarro. Presented by Marta Morillo, reported by Emilio Maillo [News 1, April 28, 2016, Canal Sur Television]. The workers who made the discovery reported the find to the Civil Guard and the authorities. Technicians from the Seville Archaeological Museum took charge of the find and have begun working on it. Initial hypotheses about the origin of the treasure suggest that the coins were stored for tax payments or for soldiers' payroll. The coins are in mint condition, meaning they have not been in circulation and are therefore very well preserved. They depict various Roman emperors, one of them Maximian, who, ironically, ordered the death of Saint Sebastian, the patron saint of Tomares. The hoard of Roman coins found in Tomares (Seville) was buried on an estate in Zaudín Alto that belonged to the family of the poet Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer from the 17th century, although they were not the owners when he was born. In 2022, the report "Coinage and Metal in Late Antiquity: The Tomares or Zaudín Treasure" was published by archaeologists and numismatists Francisca Chaves Tristán, Enrique García Vargas, Miguel Ángel Respaldiza Galisteo, Ruth Pliego Vázquez, Blanca Gómez Tubío, and Simona Scrivano of the University of Seville. After analyzing 5,899 pieces, they believe that the 19 amphorae contained approximately 53,000 coins minted between 294 and 311 AD. They were buried in the portico of a warehouse in a Roman villa built in the 1st century and abandoned in the 4th century, at which time the treasure was buried. The emperor Diocletian is the most represented, and the Carthage mint is the most frequent origin. @ArchivoCanalSur April 28, 2016