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Ancient Roman coin found in Russian Novgorod by archeologists

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Archeologists have found a Roman coin during excavations in the historic center of the northern city of Veliky Novgorod, an archeologist said on Monday.
 
The copper coin, which belongs to a type known as "follis," is believed to date to the early 4th century A. D., Oleg Oleinikov of the Moscow-based Archeology Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told Interfax.
 
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A fascinating idea that a Roman merchant could have travelled that far, although I suspect the coin went further than the Romans themselves.

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Yes, I agree. I think by the time the coin was taken to Russia it was already regarded as an antique. 

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