US EditionMan stumbles across hoard of priceless coins: 'Face to face with history'
- Marius Mangeac, a metal detectorist, discovered a hoard of 1,469 Roman coins on a field near Letca Veche, Romania, on a Saturday in spring 2025.
- Mangeac went out alone for exercise and relaxation, unaware that this ordinary day would lead to unearthing treasure from the Dacian-Roman era, about 2,000 years old.
- The silver denarii coins are connected to the Dacians, who fought unsuccessfully against Rome during the second century A.D., and Mangeac spent two intensive days documenting them through photography.
- Mangeac recalled his heart "beating quite hard" and said his metal detector began beeping when he found the cache, later handing the coins to the Letca Nou town hall.
- This discovery follows another recent treasure find in Breaza, Transylvania, and Mangeac hopes to show his child this "page of our people's history" in a museum one day.
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Roman coin hoard among largest discovered in Romania
A metal detectorist has unearthed a giant coin hoard from the Roman period near the village of Letţa Veche in southern Romania. The discovery was made by Bebe Mangeac while surveying a field, when a strong signal from his metal detector led him to a vast trove of Roman-era silver coins. Mr Mangeac contacted local authorities at the Letţa Veche City Hall, where police attended the transfer of the hoard and recorded the location of the discovery s…
Roman coin hoard discovered by Romanian metal detectorist is among the country’s largest
A Romanian metal detectorist has uncovered a vast hoard of ancient Roman silver coins near the village of Letca Veche, about 25 miles southwest of Bucharest. The coins feature images of Nero, Marcus Aurelius, seven other Roman emperors, and two impresses. Credit: Marius Mangeac / Facebook Marius Mangeac, who regularly goes out with his metal detector for relaxation and exercise, stumbled upon the treasure accidentally. “On a beautiful Saturday, …
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“Mountain” had a man an ordinary spring day as he fell on a 2,000 -year -old treasure. Marius MangeaC stays close to Letca Veche, a small village in southern Romania. The man has a metal detector, but for a long time he had abandoned the idea of finding something valuable. So, every time he comes out for walking, he carries the detector, more for gymnastics than to find something. “I took the detector with me, as I often do, to train and relax…
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