Link to printer-friendly page

It should not be assumed that this site is publicly accessible and it may be on private property. Do not trespass.

Monument details

HER Number:TQ 85 SW 12
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Iron Age gold Stater

Summary

Iron Age Gold Stater

Grid Reference:TQ 8134 5130
Map Sheet:TQ85SW
Parish:LANGLEY, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

If you do not understand anything on this page please contact us.

An uninscribed Belgic gold stater was found at Redpit, Langley. The coin was purchased for the Kent Numismatic Society. (1) Area: TQ 8134 5130. Mrs. Weeks, of Redpit cottage, stated that the gold coin was found by her late husband Mr. F.A. Weeks, a great many years ago, in the field adjacent to, and SE of, the cottage garden. She could not give an accurate findspot. Her daughter handed in the coin to the Maidstone Museum a few years ago. (2) Found in 1927, the coin was bought privately by Mr. J.F.H. Checkley, Treasurer of the Kent Numismatic Society in whose possession it remains. (3)


<1> Arch Cant 72 1958 222 (E J E Pirie) (OS Card Reference). SKE35513.

<2> F1 ASP 24.11.61 (OS Card Reference). SKE42254.

<3> Inf Mr Checkley 26 Maple Avenue Maidstone (OS Card Reference). SKE44334.

<4> F2 ASP 26.06.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE43171.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 85 SW 12 - November, 1961 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4489.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 85 SW 12 - June, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4490.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYOS Card Reference: Arch Cant 72 1958 222 (E J E Pirie). [Mapped feature: #28986 find, ]
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 24.11.61.
<3>OS Card Reference: Inf Mr Checkley 26 Maple Avenue Maidstone.
<4>OS Card Reference: F2 ASP 26.06.63.
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 85 SW 12 - November, 1961.
<6>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 85 SW 12 - June, 1963.