article_snippet.sent: It’s really interesting to have a Carthaginian coin in Britain.
article_snippet.sent: Suppose that coin was deposited close to coin minting - at the time, there were no coins being used in Britain.
article_snippet.sent: But now We have to go back to the Iron Age.
article_snippet.sent: Last July a hoard of Roman and Late Iron Age coins were found in a cave in Dovedale in the Peak District, where a hoard of Roman and Late Iron Age coins had lain undisturbed for 2,000 years.
article_snippet.sent: It was the first time that coins from the two separated groups have been found buried together.
article_snippet.sent: Archaeologists discovered 26 coins, including three Roman coins which pre-date the invasion of Britain in 43 AD, and 20 other gold and silver pieces which are Late Iron Age and thought to belong to the Corieltavi tribe.
article_snippet.sent: Last July a hoard of Roman and Late Iron Age coins (pictured) were found in a cave in Dovedale in the Peak District, where a hoard of Roman and Late Iron Age coins (pictured) had lain undisturbed for 2,000 years .
article_snippet.sent: 26 coins, including three Roman coins which pre-date the invasion of Britain in 43 AD, and 20 other gold and silver pieces which are Late Iron Age and thought to belong to the Corieltavi tribe would suggest a serious amount of wealth and power of the individual who owned 26 coins, including three Roman coins which pre-date the invasion of Britain in 43 AD, and 20 other gold and silver pieces which are Late Iron Age and thought to belong to the Corieltavi tribe.
article_snippet.sent: Coins were used more as a symbol of power and status during the Late Iron Age, rather than for buying and selling staple foods and supplies.