The attack on the fort at Le Petit Celland might have occurred about the same time as the destruction of Alet the two events being part of a campaign against anti-Roman fractions. History is silent on these matters, but as there is little documented evidence about the area during this period, we should be careful not to arbitrarily assign all of the archaeological evidence to the few events reported by Caesar. Perhaps future excavations will provide us with more accurate dates for the depositions of the Jersey hoards. I am sure that they date between 25 B.C. and 25 AD, and I favor the last ten of fifteen years of that span. With such a small number at this, it is impossible to present a valid statistical analysis.
Some comments are, however, warranted.
Figures are sometimes given that combine the number of staters with that of the quarter staters. In a large hoard this would be harmless, if not giving a totally accurate picture, as the quarter staters are so rare that they comprise a miniscule percentage of the whole. In Jersey 5, for example, among the 760 coins published in 1838, there were only two-quarter staters. A potential danger in uniting the numbers for the two denominations, particularly in small finds, is that the comparative rarity of the quarter staters is different from that of the staters. As Class IV is a common class for quarter staters, there is nothing unusual about these numbers.