A British treasure hunter has unearthed a hoard of 52,000 Roman coins from the 3rd century. The buried pot containing the coins was unearthed in Somerset and may reveal valuable information about Marcus Aurelius Carausius, who seized power in Britain and northern France and declared himself emperor. Carausius, a Roman naval officer, seized power in 286 and ruled until his assassination in 293. It was only the intervention of the emperor Diocletian which ended the separatist movement started by Carausius.
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