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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 13 NW 34 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Iron Age coin |
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Summary
Iron Age coin c 45-40 BC
| Grid Reference: | TR 1038 3795 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR13NW |
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| Parish: | SELLINDGE, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Monument Types
Associated Finds
- COIN (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
Full description
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(TR10383795) IA Coin c 45-40 BC of the Cantii tribe. Discovered near Sellinge by metal detection in 1991. Coin reference MSRC-SINCR-IA-12. The coin is an AV quarter-stater. It measures 12.25 mm in diameter and weighs 1.35 gm. The obverse side is almost plain apart from lines near edge. The reverse side is very stylized trophy, boxes have central wavy line, four rings and pellet-in-rings below trophy, rings and crescents in field. Catalogue reference VA 145-1 or 147-1. It is a Cantian G type. (1)
Additional Info (3)
<1> Kent Metal Detector Group Records (OS Card Reference). SKE45936.
<2> Ringwould, K, 1991, South of England Metal Detecting Records (Collection). SKE6551.
<3> Archaeology South-East, 1998, Desk-Based Assessment and Walk-over of a site at Folkestone Racescourse, Westhanger (Unpublished document). SKE7403.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Kent Metal Detector Group Records. |
| <2> | Collection: Ringwould, K. 1991. South of England Metal Detecting Records. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 1998. Desk-Based Assessment and Walk-over of a site at Folkestone Racescourse, Westhanger. |
