Please forgive the delay in my making this announcement regarding our collective efforts last week to "recover the stolen Roman coins."

We are pleased to inform our friends and other interested parties that all the coins that "had been stolen and then hidden by brigands from the mainland" were recovered.

For the scholars among you, we should point out that what we were seeking to recover for research purposes (and eventual exhibition in the Accademia di Melioiria as that project moves forward), the small hoard of coins consisted of ten gold pieces minted by Bruto, the leader of the assassins of the great Giulio Cesare. Below is an example of these, which are of a type produced in the waning years of the Roman Republic by Bruto to pay his troops during the civil war with Octavio.

The winner of the treasure hunt was The Conte di Loredan (Myron Byron) who recovered all ten of the coins.

Runner-up was a three-way tie between the Contessa di Loredan (Sophia Trefusis), Signor Mercury Gandt, and Signorina Flamia Olivieri who found found 5 coins each.

Those who participated found it to be a serious challenge but seemed to enjoy themselves.

Thanks to all who took part and to Signorina Sere Timeless for scripting the coins, and the Reverend Cuthbert Helendale for enhancing the rp with his presence as our scholarly antiquary who has been supervising excavations on the island.

A special thanks to Donna Vanessa Montpenier for her generous donation of the prize money for the treasure hunt!

Mille grazie!

updated by @aldo-stern: 06 Oct 2016 06:08:14AM