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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 86 NW 38
Type of record:	Findspot
Name:	Romano-British coin, Found in Rainham, Gillingham

Summary

Romano-British coin; a gold aureus of Claudius and Agrippina. It was found during gardening at Rainham in 1968 and was taken to Maidstone Museum for identification.

Grid Reference:	TQ 8138 6541
Map Sheet:	TQ86NW
Parish:	GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full description

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A gold aureus of Claudius and Agrippina, dug up in a garden at Rainham and in the possession of the finds, was brought to Maidstone Museum in 1968 for identification. (1) The coin was found by Mr J. A. G. Shiner, 66 Herbert Road, Rainham, in 1968 whilst gardening. Mr Shiner, who later sold the coin to a London dealer, indicated the exact findspot in his back garden at TQ 8139 6542. Surveyed at 1:2500. (2)

<1> Arch Cant 83 1968 264 (OS Card Reference). SKE35771.

<2> F1 ASP 25-NOV-69 (OS Card Reference). SKE42291.

<3> Field report for monument TQ 86 NW 38 - November, 1969 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4581.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
<1>XY	OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 83 1968 264. [Mapped feature: #30318 find, ]
<2>	OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 25-NOV-69.
<3>	Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 86 NW 38 - November, 1969.