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Alton hoard of Iron Age coins & Roman jewellery
Artist: Various, Iron Age, Roman
Location: British Museum
Date: 100 BC-50 AD
Materials: gold
Grant:
Amount Paid: £20,000 (Total: £103,074)
Vendor: Department of National Heritage
Review number: 4302 (1996)
Provenance:
Discovered on farmland near Alton, Hampshire in 1996; declared Treasure Trove at a coroner's inquest on 10 May 1996.
Description:
256 Celtic coins, all approx. 2cm in diameter; 1 Roman gold ring, internal diameter 1.9cm; Roman gold bracelet, 17.7cm in length.
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