Published 25 March 2023 at 17.42
Domestic. On Gotska Sandön north of Gotland, two Roman silver coins have been found, reports SVT Nyheter Öst.
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During the late 19th century, a lighthouse keeper at name Hjalmar Söderlund said he found a Roman coin on the island. It was then met with skepticism. The finds of coins this March say he may have been right.
But now around 2,000-year-old coins have been found, described as a “very unusual archaeological find”.
According to Johan Rönnby, professor of marine archeology at Södertörn University, the coins may be remains from a sunken ship.