ATOTAL OF 53 perfectly preserved Roman gold coins have been found on the seabed off the Spanish island of Portitxol east of Valencia, following the chance discovery by two recreational freedivers of an initial eight.
The find by holidaying brothersin-law Luis Lens and Cesar Gimeno, who had been engaged in a seabed clean-up, triggered an underwater excavation led by archaeologists from the University of Alicante, who say that what they found represents one of the biggest hoards of such coins ever to be found in Europe.