Discovered! Rare Celtic Coins in the New Forest
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Is This a Hoard of Roman Coins?
Historical records tell us that julius caesar exacted tribute. In effect, he said, britain has surrendered to rome and we need some money from you. Eventually they stopped paying it. It's one of the things that led to all the lead up to the invasion in forty three. The intricacy on some of these ones is saps extraordinary. There's only one gold coin in the hord, and that's this one, which is probably the earliest. And nearly all the star silver. So there are some coins which have never been seen before in this hoard.
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