Findspot record TQ 65 NE 16 - Iron Age coins, St Leonards Street, West Malling

Summary

Iron Age gold coins have been found at unspecified sites and at various times in West Malling with St Leonards Street mentioned in 1873 as one site. A gold quarter stater of Tascoivanus (20 quarter grains) found in 1888 is now in The British Museum. See also TQ 65 NE 23

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Grid reference TQ 66 57 (point) LO
Map sheet TQ65NE
County KENT
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish WEST MALLING, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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Three IA coins:- 1. Uninscribed gold stater, Evans type B.8, Allen type G.S.E. [Mack No. 27,27a], found at West Malling (a) Present whereabout unknown. 2. Gold stater of Tascoivanus, Evans type V.11, [Mack No. 156] found at Malling in 1887 (b) Present whereabout unknown. (1) 3. Gold quarter stater of Tascoivanus, 20 quarter grains, Evans type V.13, [Mack No. 153], found near West Malling in 1888. Now in BritishMuseum.(2) Fielding refers in passing to British gold coins being found at St. Leonard's Street, Malling. (3) No further information could be obtained regarding the exact provenance of these coins. (For British coins found at St. Leonard's Street, West Malling - see TQ 65 NE 23). (4)


<1> H W Henfrey 1870 (OS Card Reference). SKE43659.

<2> C Roach Smith (OS Card Reference). SKE38457.

<3> ABC Suppt 1890 435 535 536 (J Evans) (OS Card Reference). SKE32971.

<4> London Univ Inst of Arch Occ Paper no 11 Origins of Coinage in Britain 164 222 (D F Allen) (OS Card Reference). SKE46167.

<5> Memories of Malling 1873 7 (C H Fielding) (OS Card Reference). SKE46888.

<6> F1 FGA 10-APR-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42909.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 65 NE 16 - April, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3306.

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  • <1> OS Card Reference: H W Henfrey 1870.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: C Roach Smith.
  • <3>XY OS Card Reference: ABC Suppt 1890 435 535 536 (J Evans). [Mapped feature: #12073 find, ]
  • <4> OS Card Reference: London Univ Inst of Arch Occ Paper no 11 Origins of Coinage in Britain 164 222 (D F Allen).
  • <5> OS Card Reference: Memories of Malling 1873 7 (C H Fielding).
  • <6> OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 10-APR-64.
  • <7> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 NE 16 - April, 1964.

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Jun 3 2021 11:29AM