An “incredibly rare” 2,000-year-old gold coin, found in a field by a metal detectorist, has been sold at auction for £3,300.
The coin, which dates back to about 50-10 BC in the Iron Age period, was discovered in Lelley, East Yorkshire.
It is believed to be a variant of a Corieltauvi tribe gold stater, made by a Celtic tribe that occupied Lincolnshire.
Coralie Thomson, of auctioneers David Duggleby in Scarborough, said the coin was “incredibly rare” and appeared to be “only the second ever found”.
The coin, which has five dots with a depiction of a horse below them, was found in what was the Iron Age territory of the Parisi tribe, who occupied an area of East Yorkshire.
The auction house said the coin was about the size of the old decimal halfpenny, weighing 5.5g (0.2oz), with a composition of 33% gold, 54% copper and 9.5% silver.