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A gold coin
In 2000 a group of walkers found Roman pottery and animal bones on a hill in East Leicestershire. Using a metal detector, retired teacher Ken Wallace subsequently unearthed vast numbers of Iron Age coins.

After the find was reported, local archaeologists explored the site. They found more than twelve hoards of gold and silver coins, preserved in burial pits. Most were struck by the Corieltauvi, an Iron Age tribe occupying the area about 2000 years ago. Others are of the Iron Age king Cunobelin, known as 'Britannorum Rex' (King of the Britons). There are also early Roman coins from mainland Europe.
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