ar ▁religious ▁en closure ". ▁During ▁this ▁exc av ation , ▁ 4 2 ▁further ▁co ins ▁were ▁discovered , ▁making ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 8 2 4 ▁at ▁that ▁time . ▁Analysis ▁of ▁the ▁surrounding ▁area , ▁including ▁intersect ing ▁d itch es , ▁dated ▁the ▁bur ial ▁of ▁the ▁ho ard ▁at ▁around ▁ 1 5 ▁AD , ▁which ▁was ▁concurrent ▁with ▁the ▁mint ing ▁of ▁the ▁latest ▁coin ▁found . ▁ ▁Com position ▁The ▁co ins ▁were ▁declared ▁tre asure ▁after ▁a ▁coron er ' s ▁in quest ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁by ▁which ▁time ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 8 4 0 ▁stat ers ▁had ▁been ▁reported . ▁All ▁but ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁co ins ▁had ▁been ▁mint ed ▁in ▁East ▁Ang lia ▁by ▁the ▁I cen i ▁tribe ; ▁two ▁were ▁from ▁Lincoln shire . ▁The ▁vast ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁co ins ▁were ▁of ▁the ▁Fre cken ham ▁type , ▁the ▁same ▁as ▁Dark ' s ▁initial ▁find ; ▁there ▁were ▁a ▁small ▁number ▁of ▁S nett ish am ▁type — named ▁after ▁the ▁ho ard ▁in ▁which ▁they ▁were ▁first ▁discovered ▁between ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 9 ; ▁these ▁were ▁also ▁the ▁earliest ▁struck ▁co ins ▁in ▁the ▁ho ard , ▁d ating ▁between ▁ 4 0 – 3 0 ▁BC . ▁ ▁The ▁modern - day ▁equivalent ▁of ▁the ▁ho ard ' s ▁value ▁was ▁estimated ▁at ▁somewhere ▁between ▁£ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0