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Biggest ever hoard of Iron Age coins unearthed

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Press Trust of India London

The coins belonging to the first century BC have been found buried three feet deep under a hedge in a farmer's field on Jersey, one of the British Channel islands.

They were believed to have been buried by a tribe to protect them from Roman general Julius Ceasar, experts said.

Each one of the 30,000

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First Published: Jun 27 2012 | 6:05 PM IST

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