Archaeologists put world’s largest hoard of Celtic coins on display at Jersey Museum

Two years after a pair of metal detectorists found the world’s largest collection of buried Celtic coins, the Le Catillon II hoard is about to go on public display in a tale of life in northern France and the Channel Islands, covering the Roman occupation of Gaul and featuring a Roman chariot burial from Normandy.

Reg Mead and Richard Miles spent 30 years searching for the coins before triumphing in 2012. More than 70,000 pieces are thought to be clumped in the solid mound of metal and earth, weighing three quarters of a ton and left as it was when it was gingerly lifted from the soil. Read more.

The cleaned coins proved to be Coriosolite - originating from the tribe who controlled the area of the French coast closest to Jersey at the time of the Roman invasion© Jersey Heritage

A rubber mould of the hoard was made by conservators© Jersey Heritage

Three replica sections of the hoard© Jersey Heritage

A hole under the hoard revealed a new base level© Jersey Heritage

Spot the difference between a resin copy of the hoard and the real thing© Jersey Heritage

The delicate process of preserving the hoard has been ongoing for two years© Jersey Heritage

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