The coins were recovered yesterday after a labourer Santosh was arrested at the Railway station, allegedly trying to take some of these home to Chhattisgarh, the police said.

Santosh was taken into custody and on questioning he allegedly revealed that he and three other labourers had found these coins while digging land at Jung-bari in Domana area at the presumed site of an ancient church a few days back.

They had distributed these coins among themselves and he was proceeding to his native place, the police said.

Police raids at the houses of other three labourers led to the recovery of the remaining coins, sources said.