Archeologists Forced to Give German Farmer $1 Million for an Ancient Roman Bronze Found on His Property

In Germany, archeologists tried to cheat a property owner of what was rightfully his, but truth and justice this time prevailed:

After the man learned that this was no ordinary
find, he sued the government to get his fair share of the value.

When archeologists uncovered a 2,000-year-old Roman horse head during a dig on a farm in Lahnau, Germany, in 2009, they immediately knew it was the find of a lifetime. Now, almost 10 years later, a court has concluded that the farmer who owned the land deserves to profit off of the discovery, too. The incredibly well preserved antiquity had been left at the bottom of a 36-foot well, covered with water and protected from air. Initially, the state had paid the farmer just €48,000 (about $55,946) for the head, which was found on his property. But the man, whose name has not been made public, sued the government after reading news reports about the gravity and value of the discovery, which was trumpeted as one of the best preserved Roman bronzes in the world. On July 27, the Limburg regional court concluded that the farmer was entitled to half the estimated €1.6 million ($1.8 million) value of the antiquity. The local government now owes man a total of €773,000 (nearly $904,000)—plus interest.

Kate Brown, A German Farmer Was Just Awarded Almost $1 Million for an Ancient Roman Bronze Found on His Property Artnet news July 30, 2018

An English Metal Detectorist Finds a Super Roman gold signet ring

News from England

An amateur metal detectorist has discovered a Roman gold signet ring in a Somerset field. The 48g ring was uncovered at the same site, in Crewkerne, where a rare Roman lead-lined coffin was found. It's thought to be 24-carat gold with an onyx engraving of the God of Victory. The ring is yet to be fully assessed by the British Museum but local finds officers believe it dates from 200-300 AD.

 A metal detectorist discovered the Roman gold signet ring BBC:

Powder Keg Paris: 300,000 illegal migrants are living in one French suburb

Paris is lost. The rest of the EU isn't far behind. Powder Keg Paris: 300,000 illegal migrants are living in one French suburb

Recently, it was reported that this sprawling district now holds as many as 300,000 illegal immigrants, many of whom rely on crime or the 'black economy' to make money. The official legal population in Saint-Denis is estimated at 1.5 million. There are an estimated 135 different nationalities in Saint-Denis, most extremely poor, including an estimated 600,000 Muslims from North African or sub-Saharan African backgrounds. People bought and sold drugs openly. What law there is takes place inside Sharia courts, where Islamic leaders dispense the same forms of justice practised in the countries from which many here fled. Police have reportedly admitted the area is a 'no-go' zone, and will only drive through the areas armed and four to a vehicle. There are around 350 known jihadists living in Saint-Denis, while 1,700 are believed to have returned to France after fighting for IS in Syria, with 15,000 terrorism suspects in France. In Saint-Denis itself, there is a record number of mosques — 160 official ones, and many more unofficial — compared with 117 Catholic churches and 60 Protestant. Yet it is the unauthorised mosques — set up in basements and garages — that the authorities fear the most. 'The radicalisers use these hidden places of worship to influence the young and impressionable,' said a veteran police officer who has worked in Saint-Denis for more than two decades. He added: 'Salafists (followers of an extreme form of Islam) impose the rule of religion, so we can have very little influence. These radicalisers are the ones who motivate the young towards terrorism.'

See the Geller Report version here, and the comments below it. Food for thought.

Medieval penny far from home

Coins circulated widely in the ancient world

An early 10th c. Danelaw (Viking) imitation of a Winchester style penny by an Oxford moneyer which was found in Italy...

Moslem Teenager jailed for life over British Museum bomb plot

A young woman who was part of a group of Moslems planning a trecherous attack on our culture and values in the UK was caught and was convicted of terrorism offences. She was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 13 years (Damien Gayle,"Teenager jailed for life over British Museum bomb plot" Fri 3 Aug 2018).

A jury found that Safaa Boular plotted with her partner, Naweed Hussain, an Islamic State militant, to launch a grenade and bomb attack on the British Museum in Bloomsbury, central London. She was also found guilty of attempting to travel to Syria to join Isis. Boular was the final member of her terror cell to be sentenced at the Old Bailey, after the convictions of her mother, Mina Dich, 44, her older sister, Rizlaine Boular, 22, and the family friend Khawla Barghouthi, 21.

In choosing the museum as a target of their heinous crimes, these retarded Moslem crazies apparently wanted to show their disregard for our traditional cultural values. I feel strongly that, if we continue to allow crazed destructive animals like these among us we, and all we stand for, are in terrible danger.

Benefits of Coin Collecting

A quote from Francesco Gnecchi, "Roman Coins, Elementary Manual", London, 1903, page 3.

Francesco Gnecchi (8 September 1847, Milan – 15 June 1919, Rome) was an Italian painter and numismatist.