Melvadius Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 BBC news is carrying this story of the discovery of a major 1st century BC coin hoard being discovered on Jersey - there could be up to 50,000 coins in it. One of Europe's largest hoards of Iron Age coins has been unearthed in Jersey and could be worth up to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispina Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Wow, incredible. Like always, I'd love to know why and by whom it was placed there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melvadius Posted June 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Wow, incredible. Like always, I'd love to know why and by whom it was placed there. Always difficult with hoards when you need to be able to identify the last 'dated' coins to work out what was happening in the period and then basically 'best guess' what influenced the hoarder - the names of whom are almost entirely impossible to determine with only patchy written records from the period. The Daily Mail in this article along with some good close-ups of the coins suggests the following influencing factors: ...Experts predict they are of Armorican origin - modern day Brittany and Normandy - from a tribe called the Coriosolitae who were based in the modern-day area of St Malo and Dinan. They have dated the coins from 50BC, the Late Iron Age, and believe they would have been buried underground to be kept safe from Julius Caesar's campaigns. ...continued Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispina Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 That was an interesting read, thank you so much for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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