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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 55 NW 21
Type of record:Findspot
Name:Iron Age coin

Summary

Iron Age coin

Grid Reference:TQ 5156 5618
Map Sheet:TQ55NW
Parish:RIVERHEAD, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Middle Iron Age - 240 BC to 149 BC)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

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(TQ 51575619) Iron Age (Numidian) coin found A.D.1931 (1) A bronze coin of Masinissa, King of Numidia (c.240 - 149 B.C.) was found in March 1931 in some allotments. It is said to be in Sevenoaks Museum but could not be traced there. Publication evidently follows the Maidstone Museum 6" siting; it could not be confirmed. A collector's piece ? (2)


<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> Maidstone Mus. 6" (L.R.A. Grove, Curator, 25.5.50) (OS Card Reference). SKE46342.

<3> Maidstone Mus. Arch. Gazetteer. (OS Card Reference). SKE46344.

<4> F1 CFW 11-AUG-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42526.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 55 NW 21 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2811.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
<2>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus. 6" (L.R.A. Grove, Curator, 25.5.50).
<3>OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus. Arch. Gazetteer..
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 11-AUG-64.
<5>XYBibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 55 NW 21 - August, 1964. [Mapped feature: #31414 find, ]