Don't mean to attack a fellow classical scholar, but this seems like a sad story of neglecting the archaeological record its value as historic source.

🏺 Find ensemble: split up & to be sold.

🔍 Find context: undocumented.

💡 Find interpretation: imagined.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czr033kk7zxo

Professor finds Iron Age coin hoard near Bury St Edmunds

Tom Licence says he feels a personal connection to the coins, which are to be auctioned.

Once more tapping the sign, fwiw.

This here seems to be the publicly available finds.org.uk info on that #BuryStEdmunds hoard, listing a total of 17 gold Iron Age coins - while the BBC article mentions 18 (h/t and thanks to M. Pilekić):

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1196595

Record ID: SF-03C894 - IRON AGE coin hoard

Circumstances of discovery: The hoard was found during metal detecting

The Portable Antiquities Scheme