emirates7 - A rare collection of 27 silver Roman coins, dating between 94 and 74 BC, was uncovered on the remote island of Pantelleria, according to an announcement from the Sicily region on September 2.

The coins were discovered during a cleaning and restoration project led by archaeologist Thomas Schaefer from the University of Tuebingen in Germany.

The find took place in the Acropolis, part of the Archaeological Park of Selinunte, Cave di Cusa, and Pantelleria. This park is one of the largest archaeological sites in the Mediterranean and includes the remains of an ancient Greek colony founded in the 7th century BC.

The discovery occurred at the same location where 107 Roman silver coins were unearthed in 2010, and not far from the site where the famous imperial statue heads of Caesar, Agrippina, and Titus were found a few years earlier.