(TQ78855105) Late Iron Age coin dated to c 45-40 BC of the Cantii tribe, ref MSRC-GARYR-IA-6. Discovered near Parkwood by metal detection in Nov 1992. The coin which is an AV quarter-stater measures 12-12.5 mm in diameter and weighs 1.30 gm. The obverse side is almost plain apart from lines near edge. The reverse shows a very stylized trophy, boxes have central wavy line, four rings and pellet-in-rings below trophy, rings and crescents in field. The catalogue reference is VA 145-1 or 147-1. It is a Cantian G type and has the same reverse die as MSRC-SINCR-IA-12. (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.