<story><title>Ancient Roman coins found buried under ruins of Japanese castle</title><url>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/roman-coins-discovery-castle-japan-okinawa-buried-ancient-currency-a7332901.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sandworm101</author><text>One of the coins has a classic hole punched through it.  I&amp;#x27;ve seen these as punched circular holes, but this one seems to have been done with a blade.  You can almost see the outline of a one-sided blade.  This screams to me that the coin was once worn as jewellery, an image of the emperor worn around the neck on a strip of cloth.  So this may have been brought by a traveller, even a tourist far from home.  Coin collectors might dismiss it as damaged, but to me it&amp;#x27;s far more interesting because of this possible backstory.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.japantimes.co.jp&amp;#x2F;wp-content&amp;#x2F;uploads&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;n-oldcoin-a-20160927.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.japantimes.co.jp&amp;#x2F;wp-content&amp;#x2F;uploads&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;n-old...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;edit: after looking at the pic and how small the hole is, could the strip of cloth have been anything other than silk?  That means the hole was punched in the east, not in the west where silk would be too expensive for such utility.</text></comment>
<story><title>Ancient Roman coins found buried under ruins of Japanese castle</title><url>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/roman-coins-discovery-castle-japan-okinawa-buried-ancient-currency-a7332901.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>BuckRogers</author><text>While a stimulating find at first, these were likely brought over when they were already ancient with the 17th century Turkish coins. Katsuren was built around 1300, so that leaves the fact someone buried the coins there. Probably in the 17-18th century for safekeeping.</text></comment>