Rare Iron Age and Roman Coins Unearthed in Britain

LONDON (Scrap Monster): Dozens of Iron Age and Roman coins were uncovered from the Reynard's Kitchen Cave at Dovedale Valley of United Kingdom.

Early, some cave dwellers have found out four coins in the Peak district and this leads to a full scale exploration by the archeologists. They discovered 26 coins from two civilizations, which were believed to be untouched for about 2000 years.

The gold and silver coins unearthed from the cave are said to be belonged to Corieltauvi tribe, lived in British before the conquest of Roman.

Rachel Hall of the National trust said that it might be that we have a member of the tribe living beyond the boundary that was more usually associated with the territory and he added that it was just so special and incredibly beautiful.

According to the report given by lan Leins, The discovery includes 20 Iron ager coins, 3 Roman Coins and three coins of other eras. Ian Leins is the curator of Iron Age and Roman coins at the British Museum. It is believed that the coins used as gifts and used for storing wealth.

The 26 coins found out were cost about $3,400 and according to the United Kingdom’s 1996 Treasure Act coins were considered as a treasure. These coins will be put on display later this year at the Buxton Museum in Derbyshire.