1,500-year-old Roman gold coin found at ancient Chinese tomb

The gold coin from the East Roman era was found in the course of excavating a large tomb at Huangshan in Luoyang`s Jianxi district. The Xinjing newspaper said on Monday that the coin is drawing keen attention from the Chinese archeological community. Though Western coins had been discovered at ancient tombs in China, the newly discovered coin has been unearthed in its original shape, drawing extraordinary attention.

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