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Russia - The richest Celtic gold treasure found in Germany

Russia (bbabo.net) - In Germany, an amateur archaeologist discovered a 2000-year-old Celtic treasure, consisting of the so-called golden "rainbow bowls". The value of the ancient treasure in its time must have been simply enormous, experts say.

According to Live Science, an ancient cache of Celtic gold coins has been discovered in Brandenburg, a land in northeastern Germany. In total, 41 coins minted more than 2000 years ago have been found in the hoard. By the way, this is the first Celtic gold treasure discovered in Brandenburg.

A feature of the found coins is that they are curved. It is this unusual shape that gave them the name, which is translated from German as "rainbow bowls". Experts believe that the name itself is associated with the well-known legend that a pot of gold is buried at the end of the rainbow.

“According to popular belief, “rainbow bowls” were found where the rainbow touched the ground,” says Mryanko Pilekich, a numismatist and researcher at the Friedenstein Castle Coin Office. “Another legend says that “rainbow bowls” fell directly from the sky. They were considered talismans on good luck, which also had a healing effect.

According to the expert, it is likely that the peasants often found ancient gold coins in their fields after the rain. Purified by heavenly moisture from dirt, they shone in the sun, making an indelible impression.

We add that the treasure was found by Wolfgang Herkt, a volunteer archaeologist from the Brandenburg State Heritage Office. It is interesting that he found the coins near the village of Bayz back in 2017, but only now it became known about this discovery. Herkt himself unearthed only 10 coins. The rest of the "rainbow bowls" were discovered by professional archaeologists after Herkt reported his find to the authorities.

Comparison of their weight and size with other "rainbow bowls" found earlier in other places helped to date the coins. Experts believe that they were minted between 125 and 30 BC, at the end of the Iron Age. At that time, the Celts occupied a vast territory in England, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic and Germany. However, the Celts did not reside in what is now Brandenburg. The discovery therefore suggests that there were extensive trading networks in Iron Age Europe.

Russia - The richest Celtic gold treasure found in Germany