(TR 182454) Two Iron Age coins discovered by metal detectors near to North Elham c 1990:

TWRA-WRENC-IA-11 This is a Cast Bronze Potin of the Trinovantes dated to c 100-90 BC. It measures 16mm in diameter and weighs 2.42 gm. On the obverse is a head of Apollo facing left and on the reverse a bull charging right. The coin is a Trinovantian A and is corroded.

TWRA-WRENC-IA-12 This is of AE and is a Siculo-Punic coin dated to c 320 BC probably representing a late Iron Age import. It measures 15.5-16mm in diameter and weighs 2.42 gm. On the obverse is a head of Tanit facing left, on the revers a horse standing right with a palm tree in the background. Catalogue reference: Corpus Nummorum Siculorum, Kartago 20 series. There is some corrosion on the obverse. (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 Kent Metal Detectors Group Records (Unpublished document). SKE7938.

<2> Ringwould, K, 1991, South of England Metal Detecting Records (Collection). SKE6551.