ANCIENT COINS DISCOVERED
LONDON, Nov 30 (Reed 7.15 pm).—Farm workers ploughing lavender in fields near Hunstanton, Norfolk, turned up 60 metal discs about the size of a presentday sixpence, which later were identified as coins used by the ancient Britons 2000 years ago. The coins were made of tin and were in circulation between 85 and 75 B.C. Experts are still endeavouring to identify a number of other metal objects uncovered at the same time as the ancient coins. These are curved tubes covered with either bronze, or gold gilt, and filled with what appears to be corroded iron.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 1 December 1948, Page 5
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