"Once again, it puts our island in the spotlight of international research of Iron Age coinage and demonstrates ... It contained 54.951 low-value copper coins manufactured in the 3rd Century ...

Inscriptions on Iron Age coins are the first evidence of writing in Britain.This gold stater coin was one of 5294 British Iron Age and Roman coins excavated at a Late Iron Age shrine near Hallaton ...

These inscriptions suggest a growing level of literacy and familiarity with Latin. No Iron Age coins were produced in northern England, Wales, Scotland or Ireland. The settlements known as 'oppida ...

More than 3,000 copper alloy coins were found by two ... Dr Eleanor Ghey, curator of Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards, said: "As the largest fully-recorded find of this date from Britain, it has ...