Construction workers found 600 kg of Roman coins

- Construction workers have this week during excavation work in Tomares in Seville found a treasure of 600 kilos of Roman coins, writes the Spanish newspaper El País. The bronze coins from the third or fourth century AD, were in nineteen amphorae, earthenware jugs.

Ana Navarro of the Archaeological Museum of Seville, which has taken pity on the coins, spoke of a unique collection,, '',, which certainly several millions '' of euros worth.

The bronze coins have beaten the effigies of the emperors Maximian and Constantius. The coins are virtually unused. Presumably they were meant to pay soldiers.