Celtic coins found near Maastricht, The Netherlands

[jvrjenivs]

Near Maastricht, an amateur archeologist has found about 30 celtic coins from the first century BC. Prof. Dr. Roymans of the ACVU followed with a bigger excavation of the area and a total of 109 coins (including 39 golden ones) are found. The other 70 were of Silver. Probably they are from Eburonic origin.



More (in Dutch)
www.blikopnieuws.nl/bericht/86791
www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/article1091477.ece/Keltische_goudschat_ontdekt_bij_Maastricht

[Jona Lendering]

Here's an account of an almost identical find, from a village near Tongeren.