Discovered! Rare Celtic Coins in the New Forest
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Roman Empire
There's been a real revolution over the last 20 years. The portable antiquities scheme has allowed us to see literally thousands of new coins from the iron age and, of course, the roman period as well. We think a lot of tn hords are actually offerings, fovotive deposits of one sort or another. One is cause the enemy at the gates and you're o idl taouf. Yet another one is perhaps religious. It is an offering. And fact that theyare two hoards here, and also a silver ingot, which was found in a slightly different location, but fairly close by,. i think they are all religious deposits being put in this place because
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