Rare Romanian currency found in Dudley Field is sold for about 5,000 pounds

A Romanian coin, which is likely to be the first to be discovered in the UK, has sold for nearly £5,000.

Ron Walters, 76, was found in Kingssusenford, West Minds, the currency discovered in the Wall Heace near Dudley.

Mark Hanam, at Fieldings, said the currency was bought by a collector from Scotland for £4,700 on Friday.

“Although he has been in the soil for more than 1,900 years, he is very happy to add it,” Hanam said.

The currency, which dates back to 69 AD, is thought to be the only unit of the British islands.

Emperor Aulos Vitelus, who ruled for only eight months during the civil war, known as the four-year emperor.

“It’s rare to find an AD69 coin,” Hanam said. “Most of the currencies we find in this country have been since the third and fourth centuries.

The farmer on his land on the ground keep half of his income from the sale and Mr. Walters, like the discoverer, gets the others.

“It’s not just the money,” he said before the sale. “This is historical value.

“That’s once in life a discovery of age.

The currency went significantly less than the other similar monuments to the knife, which was sold for about £50,000 in Switzerland last year.

But Mr. Walters told the BBC that he was happy with the sale.

“Anything is a reward,” he said. “Overly, you put the things you find in your group because they don’t deserve to be sold for it.

He plans to put his income towards some repairs – and continue his passion that determines the metal.

“It’s surprising what happens – not just money, it can be anything.

“The shoes, buttons – they all have a story to tell.