An 8-year-old boy in Germany found a silver coin minted 1,800 years ago while playing in his school's sandbox; the denarius dates to the reign of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who ruled from 161 to 180 C.E.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent outlets (Live Science, Newsweek, Yahoo/McClatchy, Archaeology News) corroborate the find, its location, date, and identification by Bremen's state archaeologist Uta Halle.
Sources
- 117 Fascinating Finds Revealed in 2023 - Smithsonian Magazine (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.newsweek.com/boy-finds-coin-ancient-rome-after-school-club-1819418 (newsweek.com)
- https://news.yahoo.com/8-old-playing-school-sandbox-171926714.html (news.yahoo.com)
- https://archaeologymag.com/2023/08/8-year-old-boy-unearths-roman-coin-in-school-sandbox/ (archaeologymag.com)