He is known only from a few rare gold and silver coins, which provide the full spelling of his name – IISVNIIRTOS (II being a form of E favoured by early scribes in Britain at this time).
[2] The name Esunertos has no parallel in contemporary histories for Britain, but is a recorded masculine name from the Roman period of occupation in Gaul.
[6][7] The three known coins of Esunertos centre around Danebury Hill Fort, placing his territory around this prehistoric site towards the end of the Iron Age period.
[5] In March 2023, Lewis Fudge, a metal detectorist unearthed a gold quarter stater coin in a field in the Test Valley of Hampshire.
[8][9] It was reported to numismatic experts at the Portable Antiquities Scheme and the Celtic Coin Index at the Ashmolean Museum.