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Romans exploited silver deposits in Portugal, Spain to make coins

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 29, 2021 | 11:50 am Education News Suppliers & Equipment Europe Lead Silver 

A team of French and Spanish researchers evaluated silver sources from different mining provinces in the Iberian Peninsula, which includes Spain and Portugal, to determine which locations may have been mined for silver to produce Roman coinage. According to Jean...

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