Badger leads archeologists to hoard of Roman coins in Spain
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A badger has led archeologists to a hoard of more than 200 Roman coins that had been hidden in a cave in Spain for centuries.
The animal had burrowed into a crack in the rock inside the La Cuesta cave in the Asturias region of northwest Spain, and dug out coins that were later discovered by a local man, Roberto García, according to a paper on the find published in December.
García called in archeologists, including dig director Alfonso Fanjul, who believes the badger was searching for food or digging itself a nest.
"When we arrived we found the hole that led to the badger's nest, and the ground around it full of coins," Fanjul told CNN on Monday, adding that more than 90 coins had been dug up by the badger.
The team then performed an archeological excavation that recovered a total of 209 coins dating from 200 AD to 400 AD.
