A rare, pierced, Iron Age coin found by a metal detectorist has been declared treasure by a Norfolk coroner. The Eastern British Iron Age gold stater of Cunobelin coin was found at Acle, Norfolk in August. Its coppery, pale gold colour indicated it contained gold of low purity, but was an amount enough to qualify as treasure, said coroner Yvonne Blake. The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) said its database had recorded ten pierced Iron Age gold coins. They would have been pierced for use most likely as a fob or pendant. The coin dates between 20BC and AD10. According to numismatist Dr Adrian Marsden, "the coins ... (full story)