Findspot record TR 14 SE 70 - Iron Age Coin c 50-45 BC

Summary

Iron Age Coin c 50-45 BC

Location

Grid reference TR 156 399 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR13NE
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish LYMINGE, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Full Description

(TR157400) An IA coin c 50-45 BC of the Leuci tribe, ref MISC-IA-3, was found by metal detection near Lyminge in April 1992. It is made of cast bronze potin, is 17 mm in diameter and weighs 4.10 gm. The coin portrays a head left on the obverse side and a boar right, rings below, on the reverse. Scheers series 186, class Ie (cf. Plates 662/663) Gaulish, coin in good condition. (1)

hiSTORIC England archive material: 913768 South of England Metal Detecting Records This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.Metal detecting records from 2 rally sites: 7th-8th September1991 - Ringwould, Kent; 11th-12th September 1993 - Great Mongeham, near Deal, Kent. Also one block of variously located finds in Kent. Iron Age, Roman and Medieval coins.Contents : 3 catalogues and 1 reportCondition : INTACT


<1> Kent Metal Detector Group Records (OS Card Reference). SKE45936.

<2> Ringwould, K, 1991, South of England Metal Detecting Records (Collection). SKE6551.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: Kent Metal Detector Group Records.
  • <2> Collection: Ringwould, K. 1991. South of England Metal Detecting Records.

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Record last edited

Apr 11 2024 12:55PM