The mystery of Roman coins discovered on remote Baltic Sea island

Archaeologists have found two silver denarii coins in area where ‘contact with Romans was limited’

A Roman coin dating to the time of Emperor Constantine was discovered in 2022 during construction for HS2
Roman coin similar to those unearthed on Gotska Sandön, an uninhabited island between Sweden and Estonia
(Image credit: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Archaeologists are scratching their heads over how two Roman coins recently discovered on a remote Baltic sea island ended up there.

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