Eight golden coins with Roman portraits and Latin inscription. picture alliance / dpa / Friso Gentsch
The Kalkriese region northeast of Osnabrück is known as the scene of Roman-Germanic wars. Multiple coin finds indicate that the legendary Varus Battle (9 AD) also took place here.
2000 years later, in 2016, archaeologists came across a sensational find on the Oberesch: they unearthed eight well-preserved gold coins
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