A 1,000-year-old gold coin commemorating Jesus Christ's 'Crown of Thorns' that was bought for £420 in 1992 has sold at auction for £54,000.The extremely rare 'Royal d'or' coin was one of six recovered from a treasure hoard found at Deauville, in Normandy, , during new town planning in 1861.The set of coins were a gift from the Emperor of Constantinople to King Louis IX of France in 1239.
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