A pot of gold worth up to millions of dollars has just been found buried deep under a theater in Northern Italy.

The soap jar has hundreds of valuable gold coins inside. Photo: MiBac.

According to CNN, hundreds of gold coins in soap jars dating from the period of the last Roman emperor – the 5th century – were unearthed in the basement of the Cressoni theater in Como, north of the city. Milan street.

“We do not yet know the details of the historical and cultural significance of the found artifact,” Italian Minister of Culture Alberto Bonisoli responded via a press release. “But the area is truly a treasure trove for archeology. A discovery to be proud of.”

According to the Italian Ministry of Heritage and Culture, the coins were discovered last week and transferred to the Mibac restoration laboratory for verification.

Hundreds of gold coins are stored inside.   Advertisement: 0:19

Although Italian authorities did not announce the value of the coins found, according to some articles in local newspapers, the pot of gold could be worth millions of dollars.

Cressoni Theater opened in 1807, then built into a cinema and closed in 1997. Before that, local officials planned to demolish this structure and build a high-end residential area. However, after discovering the pot of gold, Italian officials ordered a postponement of construction to support excavation work in case there were more ancient treasures buried underground.

In 2016, archaeologists unearthed a rare 2,000-year-old Roman gold coin in Jerusalem. The coin features the face of Emperor Nero – the most famous Roman emperor. The coin was discovered by the University of North Carolina-Charlotte archeology team at the Mount Zion archaeological excavation, south of the Old City of Jerusalem.

The same year, a team of archaeologists unearthed 10 ancient Roman and Ottoman coins from the ruins of a castle in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.