A rare stash of 3,600 late Roman coins valued at over £10,000 has been unearthed by a digger on a Kent building site.
Archaeologists from Kent County Council (KCC) were called to the Medway Valley site after a digger arm knocked over a buried pot, spilling the coins.
Maidstone Museum Officer Laura McLean said: "All these coins came pouring out of the digger bucket. It made a sound like tinkling glass.
It was absolutely unbelievable."
The bronze coins date from around 330AD and the hoard is the largest to have been found in eastern England. A similar collection recently fetched £3 per coin - meaning the coins are worth in the region of £10,800.
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