David Sear, author of Roman Coins and their Values, called it “among the most exciting numismatic discoveries of the 21st century, if not of all time”.
Dr John Sills, author of Divided Kingdoms: the Iron Age Gold Coinage of Southern England, dubbed it ‘the most important single Iron Age coin ever found in this country”.
And on November 15, the first known gold coin of Caratacus – unearthed by a metal detectorist last November in a Berkshire field – sold at auction for a record £71,000 (plus 20% buyer’s premium).