And they could soon be housed at Whitby Museum alongside another set of ancient coins

Two men discovered 49 coins, dating from AD64 to AD68, together with part of a broach after metal detecting in the field near Ugthorpe.

Friends Russell Willis, from Cleveland and Trevor Pye, from Sheffield, found the coins, which have now been declared as treasure by coroner Richard Watson.

The pair were staying at a caravan park last July and decided to metal detect in the field, owned by Ian Webster.

Mr Willis said: “The owner gave us permission to detect on his land and within minutes we found a coin.

“After that we found quite a few more. We then came across the segment of the broach.”

An inquest was held at Norton Court where coroner Mr Watson said the coins belonged to the Crown.

It was not revealed how much the coins were worth.

In 1998 Mr Willis and his brother Jason found 21 coins in the same field, which was once the site of a Roman encampment and coins have also been discovered there more than a century ago.

An inquest was held at Scarborough Coroner’s court in October 1998 and Michael Oakley also declared them as treasure.

Mr Watson said at the recent inquest: “All of the coins found are part of the same find. They are all treasure and I am also declaring the fragment of the broach as treasure.”

The first set of coins are now kept at the Whitby Museum in Pannett Park.

Honorary keeper, Mark Edwards said: “The British Museum in London looked at the coins first and we now look after them at the museum.

“We are interested in getting the second set of coins as well.”