Readers may not be familiar with the Lava Treasure, but the late 20th-century find of third-century A.D. Roman gold coins as well as an ancient gold plate is back in the news.
On January 30 Félix Biancamaria was put on trial in Marseille, France, accused of attempting to sell a rare gold plate weighing 879 grams that is associated with the approximately 1,400 ancient Roman gold aureii coins Biancamaria was previously convicted of selling illegally.