(TR361486) An IA coin dated to c 288-278 BC, of the Sicilian or Mamertini tribe, ref MSRC-REIDR-IA-17, was found by metal detection near Ringwould in 1991. The coin is made of AE, weighs 4.83 gm and has a diameter of 19.25-20.5 mm. The obverse side has a Laureate head of young Zeus left and the reverse has an Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings spread. Catalogue reference Corpus Nummorum Siculorum, Mamertini 15 series. The coin is very worn. Probably late Iron Age import. (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.