Findspot record TQ 67 SE 5 - Iron Age coins
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 64 73 (point) LO |
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Map sheet | TQ67SW |
Civil Parish | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
County | KENT |
District | GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Iron Age coins found at or near Gravesend:- [A] Gold stater, Allen type Gallo-Belgic Aa1 (Bellovaci), [Mack No. 1, Evans type A.1,2 or 8.] Found in Thames, now in Ashmolean Museum. [B] Gold stater, Allen type Gallo-Belgic Ab1 [Bellavaci), Evans Type A.4 [Mack No. 3]. Present whereabouts unknown. [C] Gold stater, Allen type Gallo-Belgic Bb1 (Defaced Dies, Bellovaci), [Mack No. 7, Evans type D.2 or K.2]. Now in British Museum. [D] Gold stater, Allen type Gallo-Belgic C (Atrebates) Evans type B.7 [Mack No. 26 or 30]. Now in Gravesend Museum. [E] Gold stater, Allen type Gallo-Belgic E (Morini), [Mack No. 27 or 27a Evans type B.8]. Found in 1887, now in Ashmolean Museum. [F] As above, noted at British Museum, 1939. G Two bronze coins, Allen type LY6 (South of Thames Group, North Kentish Section). [Mack No. 295, Evans type G.13.] Now in Gravesend Museum. [H.] Tin or speculum coin Allen Class 1, found on Thames bank 1897. Noted in Evans own copy of A.B.C. preserved at Ashmolean Museum. Then in G.M. Arnold collection. [See J] [J] Tin or speculum coin in Gravesend Museum; a prototype or import from Gaul; may be same as preceding coin. [K] Bronze coin of Dubnovellaunus in Gravesend Museum. [L] Coin of Cunobelin (1). [M] A gold stater of Tasciovanus (Evans v.8-9: Mack 149-50) found at Shorne near Gravesend. Whereabouts unknown. [N] A gold stater of Dubnovellaunus (Evans iv-10: Mack No. 282) with a coin of Tasciovanus: whereabouts unknown. (1-3) D,G,J, & K are in Gravesend Musuem but, in company with the remainder of the coins listed, no details of their exact provenance etc, are known (2). Additional references and bibliography (3-5).
<1> Letter (AAO/AO/7, 13.5.60) (OS Card Reference). SKE46018.
<2> F1 CFW 22-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42711.
<3> London Univ. Inst. of Arch. Occ. Paper No. 11 - "Origins of Coinage in Britain" 148, 150, 153, 156, (OS Card Reference). SKE46173.
<4> A.B.C. 1864, 50,63,229,204 (J. Evans) (OS Card Reference). SKE32929.
<5> Field report for monument TQ 67 SE 5 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3591.
Sources/Archives (5)
- <1> SKE46018 OS Card Reference: Letter (AAO/AO/7, 13.5.60).
- <2> SKE42711 OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 22-OCT-64.
- <3> SKE46173 OS Card Reference: London Univ. Inst. of Arch. Occ. Paper No. 11 - "Origins of Coinage in Britain" 148, 150, 153, 156, .
- <4>XY SKE32929 OS Card Reference: A.B.C. 1864, 50,63,229,204 (J. Evans). [Mapped feature: #15818 Coind, ]
- <5> SKE3591 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 67 SE 5 - October, 1964.
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Record last edited
Jun 21 2021 4:08PM