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Posted on 01/18/2009 2:24:46 PM PST by BGHater
The largest hoard of prehistoric gold coins in Britain in modern times has been discovered by a metal detectorist in Suffolk, it emerged today.
The collection of 824 gold staters was found in a broken pottery jar buried in a field near Wickham Market.
Jude Plouviez, of the Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service, said the coins dated from 40BC to AD15 and were thought to have been minted by predecessors of Boudicca - the Iceni Queen who spearheaded a revolt against occupying Roman forces.
Their value when in circulation had been estimated at a modern equivalent of between £500,000 and £1million, she said.
“This is the largest collection of gold coins from that period ever found in modern Britain,” said Ms Plouviez.
“It's a good, exciting find. It gives us a lot of new information about the late Iron Age, and particularly East Anglia in the late Iron Age.
Ms Plouviez said the find was the largest collection of Iron Age gold coins found in Britain since 1849, when a farm worker unearthed between 800 and 2,000 gold staters in a field near Milton Keynes.
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