8/3/22 Report - Bronze Roman Coin Found. More on the Maravillas. Shell Artifacts Identified. Drugs On Beaches.

 

Written by the Treasure Guide for the exclusive use of the Treasure Beaches Report.

Source: See Smithsonian Magazine link below.

A nearly 2,000-year-old Roman coin, etched with a symbol of the zodiac, was fished from the waters around Haifa in northern Israel, reports the Agence France Presse.

Archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) made the discovery while conducting an underwater archaeological survey. The bronze coin was minted in Alexandria, Egypt, during the reign of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius, and it was found in “an exceptional state of preservation,” according to a statement from the Israeli prime minister’s office, per Google Translate...

Here is the link for more.

Roman Coin Depicting Zodiac Symbol Discovered off Israel’s Coast | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine

And from another site...

An exceptionally well-preserved spectacular rare bronze coin was recently recovered from the seabed during an underwater archaeological survey conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority off the Carmel coast at Haifa.

The coin was minted under the emperor Antoninus Pius (138–161 CE) in Alexandria, Egypt. The reverse depicts the zodiac sign Cancer beneath a portrait of the moon goddess Luna. The coin bears the date ‘Year eight,’ the eighth year of Antoninus Pius’s rule, or 144/145 CE. It belongs to a series of thirteen coins, twelve depicting the different signs of the zodiac and another the complete zodiac wheel.”

Here is that link.

Spectacular rare coin depicting the moon goddess was discovered off the Carmel coast — The Friends of the Israel Antiquities Authority (friendsofiaa.org)

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And here is a link for a Smithsonian article on the Maravillas.  That is the same source for the above illustration.

The Race to Preserve Treasures From the 'Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas' Shipwreck in the Bahamas | History | Smithsonian Magazine

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126 pounds of cocaine washed up in the Keys over the weekend worth around $2 million.

Here is that link.

126 pounds of cocaine washed up in the Keys over the weekend. How much is that worth? (msn.com)

Years ago early one morning three huge bales of marijuana were found on the beach at John Brooks.  One had been dragged up to the dunes.  The other two were still down by the water's edge.  

That was before cell phones.

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Shell artifacts were finally identified as octopus lures.

An archaeological study has determined that cowrie-shell artifacts found throughout the Mariana Islands were lures used for hunting octopuses and that the devices, similar versions of which have been found on islands across the Pacific, are the oldest known artifacts of their kind in the world...

Octopus lures from the Mariana Islands found | EurekAlert!

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No changes on the tropical weather map.  The Treasure Coast surf remains small.

Good hunting,

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