A hoard of 15 gold coins dating back two thousand years has been discovered in Wales, England, the first time such Iron Age artefacts have been found in the region.
On that day a Notice, the Museum of Wales refers to the find as a “treasure”. According to the institute, the coins date to between 60 and 20 BC – or before the Common Era (AEC) in academic parlance. One side of each coin features the god Apollo, while the other features a horse surrounded by symbols.
The objects were found separately by three amateur treasure hunters armed with metal detectors while combing a field on the Isle of Anglesey in July 2021 and March 2022.
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Gold coins help to understand local history
The first five were discovered by friends Peter Cockton and Lloyd Roberts, and the other ten were discovered by Tim Watson. As mentioned on the website Greek reporterThis sequence of events shows the importance of vigilant people in discovering and preserving valuable history.
After the discoveries, experts from Gwynedd’s Archaeological Fund, an organization linked to the Welsh Government, examined the site to understand why the coins were there.
“This hoard is a fantastic example of the rich archaeological landscape in north-west Wales,” said Sean Derby, the organisation’s historical archaeologist, in the statement. “Although the immediate vicinity of the find does not provide clues to its origin, the site is within an area of known prehistoric and ancient Roman activity and helps increase our understanding of the area.”
According to analyses, the coins were used by the Corieldawi tribe who lived in what is now England’s East Midlands during the Iron Age. The coins were probably not used as money, but as “gifts among elites to secure alliances” or as offerings to the gods.
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