Coins from the Roman Empire Found in Ruins of Japanese Castle (2016)

Just when I thought I could go a day without thinking about the Roman Empire.

Interesting that it was found in Okinawa which maybe was less adherant to isolationism and still traded with foreigners? Be interesting to see if they appear elsewhere in the island chain or places they traded with.

Seems even the medieval Japanese got stuck with foreign coins in the house they never were able to spend

One can easily imagine the privileged son of a medieval samurai attempting to purchase a lemon-lime Shasta from a vending machine outside his castle, only to have his coin repeatedly drop into the return slot.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4527204