Bronze coins reveal Roman age of austerity | Science News | Scoop.it
From archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com - December 12, 2011 4:12 AM

The 2,118 bronze coins, found by archaeologists excavating a site at Maundown, near Wiveliscombe, before Wessex Water built a new water treatment plant, may be evidence of financial crisis in Romano-British Somerset.