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‘Magnificent’ year for Scots treasure hunters
The Scotsman‘Magnificent’ year for Scots treasure hunters
by LUCINDA CAMERON
21 June 2014
A ROMAN wine dipper and a 7th-century coin are among hundreds of objects handed in as treasure in the past year...
...Museums across Scotland were allocated 825 objects found by members of the public.
There were also 22 collections from digs by professional archaeologists, four of which attracted no interest from museums and were returned to the excavators.
The items found included a gold Merovingian tremissis coin at Coldstream in the Borders. The Merovingian dynasty was from ancient France, or Gaul, while tremissis was a currency of the late Roman empire....
MORE at http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/arts/visual-arts/magnificent-year-for-scots-treasure-hunters-1-3452472
