Boudicca's revolt of 60–61 AD destroyed Camulodunum, Londinium, and Verulamium in succession before Roman governor Paulinus crushed her forces somewhere in the Midlands — a location still unconfirmed by archaeology. The Cook Islands issued dozens of gold-plated commemoratives in this period under licensing arrangements that had little to do with the islands themselves; this piece is one of several hundred themed releases marketed almost entirely to collectors in Europe and North America.
Boudicca's revolt of 60–61 AD destroyed Camulodunum, Londinium, and Verulamium in succession before Roman governor Paulinus crushed her forces somewhere in the Midlands — a location still unconfirmed by archaeology. The Cook Islands issued dozens of gold-plated commemoratives in this period under licensing arrangements that had little to do with the islands themselves; this piece is one of several hundred themed releases marketed almost entirely to collectors in Europe and North America.