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Summary Forget about finding a briefcase full of cashjust hope for a coffin full of flowers.
In a Dorset garden, a Roman marble coffin was detected by auction valuer Guy Schwinge on a routine valuation, the BBC reports. While walking the grounds, Schwinge saw the coffin peeping out from under some bushes.He investigated and discovered the coffin wasnt your ordinary, everyday pine box. As I drew closer I realized I was looking at a Roman sarcophagus of exceptional quality, Schwinge explained to the BBC. Experts believe it dates to the second century. Cha-chingThe coffin had apparently come into the possession of the owners family a century earlier when, according to an auction catalog from 1913, it was imported to Britain by Queen Victorias surveyor of pictures. Experts believe it was originally used as a final resting place for a high-ranking Roman official, according to the Daily Mail. The owners were apparently unaware of its value.And indeed, its worth a lot of money. The family auctioned off the flower pot/coffin for about $150,000 and are (not surprisingly) utterly delighted by the turn of events.
