GROUVILLE HOARD SETS WORLD RECORD

David writes:

A hoard of Iron Age coins worth an estimated £10 million has been officially recognised as the largest of its kind to be recovered in the British Isles.

Reg Mead and Richard Miles, both metal detectorists, discovered the Celtic coins in Jersey in 2012 after a 30-year search.

The final number of coins found in the collection has now been confirmed as 69,347, setting a Guinness World Record. The find surpasses the previous record for the largest collection of Iron Age coins of 54,951 found more than 40 years ago in Wiltshire.

Some of the treasure is now on display at La Hougue Bie Museum, in the Jersey parish of Grouville.

Olga Finch, curator of archaeology for Jersey Heritage, said: “We are not surprised at this achievement and are delighted that such an impressive archaeological item was discovered, examined and displayed in Jersey.”

Mr Mead and Mr Miles found the coins after spending decades searching in a field. They had received a tip-off in the 1980s from a woman who said she had spotted something that looked like silver buttons.

The hoard is thought to date from about 50BC and was discovered at a depth of only 3ft. The Roman and Celtic silver and gold coins were entombed under a hedge in a large mound of clay weighing three quarters of a tonne.

To read the complete article, see:
Record coin hoard found after 30-year hunt in field (https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/record-coin-hoard-found-after-30-year-hunt-in-field-wq550krvf)

To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
MASSIVE COIN HOARD UNEARTHED IN JERSEY (https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v15n28a27.html)
JERSEY GROUVILLE HOARD BEING DISMANTLED (https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n35a32.html)
JERSEY GROUVILLE HOARD WAS TWO COLLECTIONS (https://www.coinbooks.org/v22/esylum_v22n12a24.html)

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