8-year-old archaeologist finds 1,800-year-old silver coin

An 8-year-old boy playing in a sandbox at his primary school in Germany unearthed an 1,800-year-old silver coin minted during the Roman Empire!

Overwhelmed with excitement for literally finding buried treasure in the schoolyard, Bjarne rushed home to show the coin to his family in Bremen, a city in northern Germany.

Bjarne’s parents contacted the authorities. Archaeologists then confirmed that the coin was a Roman denarius minted during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, who held the throne from AD 161 to 180.

Archaeologist Uta Halle called the find “something very special,” since it’s one of the few times a denarius has been found in Bremen.