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I don't collect these - not yet, anyway - but with the rich Roman heritage of this part of England it's no surprise that there are more finds of coins and other artefacts from the Occupation here in Lincolnshire than are found in almost any other part of the country



My wife took some photographs of the ancient Newport Arch on a recent day out in the city of Lincoln (Roman "Lindum Colonia") not very far from our home. It still amazes me that places like this survive to stand in the sunlight of this modern-day city so that you may walk up to them and touch them

The last photo shows a coin I have which was unearthed in the village of Boothby Graffoe, just a few miles south of the arch (these coins are very small - none more than 20mm across)