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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 86 NW 1 |
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Type of record: | Findspot |
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Name: | Merovingian coin (5th C.), found in Lower Rainham, Gillingham |
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Summary
A 5th century Merovingian coin, found in Lower Rainham in a plantation near the south side of the lower road. The precise date of discovery or present whereabouts of this artefact are uncertain.
Grid Reference: | TQ 8124 6759 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ86NW |
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Parish: | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 499 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Early Medieval or Anglo-Saxon - 410 AD to 1065 AD)
Full description
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[TQ 8124 6760] Coin. (1) Mr W. Prentis of Cosenden Farm, Rainham, has a 5th century Merovingian gold coin (obverse, a diademed head, SATSEBACIO; reverse, a cross upon a globe pearled, CIVNCIVLVS) found in a plantation near the south side of the lower road at Lower Rainham. Prentis Collection. (2) No information as to present whereabouts or date of finding of this coin obtained during field work (3). Additional reference (4).
<1> Pte 6" (G Payne rochester Museum) (OS Card Reference). SKE48856.
<2> Collectanea Cantiana 1893 86 (G Payne) (OS Card Reference). SKE39224.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 86 NW 1 - November, 1951 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4557.
<5> OS Card / NAR index (Unpublished document). SKE6461.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | OS Card Reference: Pte 6" (G Payne rochester Museum). |
<2>XY | OS Card Reference: Collectanea Cantiana 1893 86 (G Payne). [Mapped feature: #29914 find, ] |
<4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 86 NW 1 - November, 1951. |
<5> | Unpublished document: OS Card / NAR index. |