(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)

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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.

<3> Archaeology South-East, 1998, Desk-Based Assessment and Walk-over of a site at Folkestone Racescourse, Westhanger (Unpublished document). SKE7403.