CONNECTED? BUT HOW? THERE WAS ONE FURTHER CLUE TO EXPLORE. AMONG THE OBJECTS DISCOVERED ON THE BEACH WERE COINS WITH DISTINCTIVE MARKINGS. I VISITED A LOCAL COIN EXPERT TO HAVE THEM ANALYZED. "THESE COINS ARE WHAT WE REFER TO AS ROMAN BARBAROUS COINS, WHICH MEANS THEY WERE PRODUCED LOCALLY, NOT IN ROME." "THEY APPEAR TO BE COINS, BUT THEY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN USED AS CURRENCY. THEY COULD HAVE FUNCTIONED AS SEALS, AND BEEN PRESSED INTO WAX TO LEAVE AN IMPRESSION."
"THE OBVERSE SIDE OF THE COIN HAS A BEARDED MALE FIGURE. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN HIS PERSONAL SEAL. BUT THE FACT THAT HE’S WEARING A RADIATE CROWN INDICATES OTHERWISE. THIS MOTIF IS ALWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH SOL, THE SUN GOD. SO, THIS IS A MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE. THE TEXT READS: TO THE INVENTOR , OR CREATOR , OF LIGHT.
THE REVERSE OF THE COIN HAS AN IMAGE OF THE SUN SURROUNDED BY 8 RECTANGULAR SHAPES. I HAVEN’T SEEN THIS MOTIF BEFORE, BUT THE TEXT, SOL INDIGES – THE INDIGENOUS SUN-- REFERENCES AN EARLY ROMAN SUN CULT – DEFINITELY LATE ROMAN REPUBLIC OR VERY EARLY IMPERIAL ROME, PROBABLY 1st CENTURY BC TO FIRST CENTURY AD."
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