PIC: APEX 26/06/2012
Pictured: Neil Mahrer from Jersey Heritage examines part of Europe’s largest hoard of Iron Age coins which have been unearthed in Jersey and could be worth up to £10m.
The Roman and Celtic coins, which date from the 1st Century BC, were found by metal detector enthusiasts, Reg Mead and Richard Miles.
Dr Philip de Jersey, a former Celtic coin expert at Oxford University, said the haul was “extremely exciting and very significant”.
He said each individual coin was worth between £100 and £200.
The exact number of coins found has not been established, but archaeologists said the hoard weighed about three quarters of a tonne and could contain about 50,000 coins.
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