The British Museum has never seen such a thing. Found in cleaning up a lot of money a Roman silver denarius which was coined by a forger in 31.ac
The fact the "mysterious "is to realize that the forger used a quantity of silver in weight and purity was far higher than the same money. This
its rarity has pushed the value of that currency ratings from 100 € to 3000 €.
Since the discovery was made by an individual, decided to sell it and with the proceeds intended to fund its plan of study at the University of Brighton, where he lives.
The Republican Denarius Roman times was the pay of a day of a legionnaire. This in particular represents a battle of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. But since the forger has coined many years after the battle and had a poor memory of what the money would be put in his money a few details wrong.
For example, there is a crocodile, but is upside down. On the other hand there is the gods do Julius Caesar, quandoo should be that of his nephew, the Emperor Augustus.
Another big mistake is in written rather than bear the inscription or Aegvpto aegypti, was written AEGIPTO.
The mystery of which are still wondering who and why is the scholars' would have to mint coins with a high silver content, than their commercial value.
The hypothesis that it is getting more street is that it proves that even at the time there were organizations dedicated to the "recycling" of stolen goods.
Most likely then the thieves who have stolen large batches of silver, to carry them from one country to another, have merged and the "disguised" by Roman coins with a value even lower, but intended to be recovered once they have reached their destination.
Source http://www.antikitera.net/
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