A British hunter has spotted as many as 52,500 Roman coins, reported the officials on Thursday, calling it the biggest hunt ever to be seen in the nation.

The coins accounting 3.3 million pounds includes numerous coins carrying the image of Marcus Aurelius Carausius, who ruled Britain and northern France in third century and declared himself the emperor.

Dave Crisp, the treasure, spotted the coins in April, in a field in southwestern England through a metal detector, told Somerset County Council and the Portable Antiquities Scheme.

The coins were found hidden in a huge pot nearly a foot deep, weighing around 160 kilograms in total.

Crisp shared that his metal detector produced a weird signal, instigating him to start digging.

"I put my hand in, pulled out a bit of clay and there was a little radial, a little bronze Roman coin very small”, he said.

He collected around 20 coins before realizing that they were lying in a jar.

Somerset Coroner, Tony Williams, planned a scheduled an inquiry on Thursday to conclude, whether the discovery should be considered as per the Treasure Act. This will be a formal move in the direction of deciding the amount payable by any institution for the acquisition of hoard.