(TQ87355330) Two Iron Age coins discovered near Harrietsham by metal detection in 1988. MSRC-GARYR-IA-4 dates from c 30-25 BC and the Trinovantes, Dubnovellaunus-in-Essex. It is made from AR and measures 10-10.5 mm in diameter and weighs 0.97 gm. The obverse side shows a Celticized head right, crescents for hair. The reverse shows a Celticized horse left, pellet-in-ring motifs on head and shoulder, (DVB) NOVELL (AVNVS) around. The catalogue reference is VA 1663-1 and it is a Trinovantian L type. The flan is not large enough to show full design. MSRC-GARYR-IA-3 dates from c 23-17 BC and is of the Cantii, Dubnovellaunus-in-Kent. It is made of AR and the diameter is 12.25-13 mm and the weight is 0.95 gm. The obverse side shows an uncertain animal right, pellets-in-rings in field. The reverse shows a Celticized horse left, pellets-in-rings in field. The catalogue reference is VA 171-1 and it is a Cantian K type. (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.