Roman coin found on Olympic Park site

Digs by the Museum of London Archaeological Survey (MoLAS) have unearthed an Iron-Age settlement that suggests the first Londoners lived in thatched circular mud huts on a small area of dry land in a valley of lakes and rivers. In 2012 the area will be the site of the Aquatics Centre.

The Iron Age settlers would have fished in what is now the River Lea; parts of the pots they would have used to cook with have also been discovered.

Fourth century pottery and a Roman coin have also been discovered on the site of the Olympic Stadium, buried behind a river wall that may have been built and used by the Romans.

The coin has been dated AD 330–335, the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine II. One side of the coin features a picture of two soldiers and two standards; the other has inscriptions representing Constantine II, Caesar and Ilissimus.

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