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NOONANS SELLS COINS FOUND IN SUFFOLKAaron Oppenheim passed along this article about the sale of a Roman coin hoard found by a metal detectorist in Suffolk, England. Thanks. -Editor 
... George Ridgway found a collection of more than 680 gold and silver coins with his metal detector in September 2019, according to a press release from Noonans Mayfair, the London-based auction house responsible for the sale of the coins. The coins were discovered with a metal detector in the grounds of Helmingham Hall near Stowmarket in Suffolk. No immediate luck didn't turn away Ridgway. He moved just 30 yards from where he was, where he uncovered two Roman brooches that dated back to the mid first century A.D. His detector went off again, and he found a silver coin issued by Julius Caesar from 46 B.C., according to the press release. "I couldn't believe that over the next 3 hours of searching, I found 160 more Roman silver coins, with a few of the coins stuck to pottery fragments. I knew I had made an important archaeological discovery and called my dad to guard the site overnight while we waited for an archaeological team to arrive and excavate the site. It took three months to recover the hoard," Ridgway went on to say. Through further excavation, "Iron Age gold coins of Cunobelin, the king of the Catuvellauni and Trinovantes tribes started appearing," Ridgway said, per the press release. The collection of coins dates back as early as 206 B.C. up to the emperor Claudius in 46-47 A.D. Sixty-three of the coins collected went to the British Museum and the Colchester & Ipswich Museum for their own collections. The total amount brought in during the Sept. 18 auction of the coins was £132,865 (about $177,000), Noonans announced in the press release. The money earned at the auction is being split between the landowner and Ridgway, according to Noonans. Thanks also to Leon Saryan, who had earlier passed along a BBC article about the find. -Editor Among the highlights of the collection is a stater from the reign of Cunobelin (AD 8-41) decorated with a prancing horse. This is estimated to be worth £3,000 to £4,000. A denarius of Gaius Caesar, better known as Caligula, dating from AD 37-38 decorated with a portrait of Agrippina is expected to fetch £2,000 to £2,600. A denarius of Claudius from Rome, dating from AD 46-47, is also estimated at £2,000 to £3,000.
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