Man stumbles across hoard of priceless coins while out for nature walk: 'Face to face with history'

Marius Mangeac confirmed the discovery to Fox News Digital. He said he found the hoard in a field near Letca Veche, a small village in southern Romania.

In a Facebook group, Mangeac said that he found the coins "on a beautiful Saturday that didn't foreshadow anything of what was to come."

"I didn't think this day would surprise me and bring me face to face with history."

But suddenly his metal detector began beeping - and soon, Mangeac was looking at a hoard of 1,469 Roman coins.

Seeing the silver denarii, Mangeac said that his heart "[was] beating quite hard."

"[I] even thought about pinching myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming," the hobbyist said.

"Whose were these coins, and what were they intended for?"

Speaking to Fox News Digital, Mangeac estimated that the coins are at least 2,000 years old. 

After two strenuous days of photographing the coins, he handed them over to the town hall in Letca Nouă.