Calatrava la Vieja: the ancient Spanish city of the four hidden treasures
A recent article, Calatrava la Viejaâs hidden coins. Secret treasures of the past, co-authored by the archeologist Manuel Retuerce Velasco of the department of Pre-History, Archeology and Ancient History at Madridâs Complutense University, and by Miguel Hervás Herrera of the specialized consultancy Baraka, details the discovery over the past few decades of four stashes of coins at a site in modern-day Carrión de Calatrava, in Spainâs Ciudad Real province, which were presumably hidden by their owners against the imminent threat of conflict. Two of them pertain to the age ...