Archaeologists Pried Open a Living Room Floor—and Found 40,000 Ancient Roman Coins
created: Dec. 16, 2025, 2 p.m. | updated: Dec. 19, 2025, 1:34 p.m.
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:An excavation in Senon, France, unearthed three amphorae full of ancient Roman coins that had been buried under the floor of what was once a living room.
The way that the amphorae were buried so close to ground level suggests that they were supposed to be accessible for deposits or withdrawals.
Found at a site in Senon, northeastern France, makeshift piggy banks were buried in a pit beneath the lime concrete floor of what was likely someone’s living room.
The research team found more than 40,000 coins, weighing about 183 pounds in total.
INRAP officials, therefore, do not think that there was a rush to bury these coins because of impending disaster.
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