In the 1976 BBC miniseries I, Claudius, Emperor Caligula greets his horse ... As the blaze leveled whole sections of Rome, Emperor Nero was supposedly watching from a palace tower. And he was playing ...
One of the coins in the hoard was a gold aureus of Claudius, the very emperor who led the invasion of Britain. That connection made the find even more special. It's heavy and a beautiful coin, and has ...