East West Rail Dig Unearths 1,740-Year-Old Carausius Coin in England

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 17

A rare Roman coin about 1,740 years old, bearing Emperor Carausius's name, was uncovered during East West Rail excavations in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
The find came with evidence of Roman settlement and farming activity—pits, ditches and postholes—showing the coin was part of a broader inhabited landscape rather than an isolated object.
More than 1,000 trenches have already been excavated along the Oxford-Cambridge route, and archaeologists said some discoveries, including burials and cremations, were not detected by earlier geophysical surveys.
The route has produced remains spanning from the Iron Age through the Roman period, and with about 6,000 trenches planned, East West Rail expects more major sites over the next two years.