Findspot record TQ 75 SW 18 - Gallo-Belgic gold stater found in Teston

Summary

Maidstone Museum has a Gallo-Belgic E Morinic stater on permanent loan. It was presented to the Museum by Captain W A Cable from a collection started in the late 19th century by his brother Mr J Cable. The uniface gold coin was found by a Mr Chapman, a ploughman employed on Court Lodge Farm by the Cable family. The exact location of the find is unknown, one theory being that the ploughman found it near his cottage. The sister of Captain Cable, Mrs Bond, thought the find site was more likely to be the Roman Villa site. See TQ 65 SE 19 There are no further details of provenance, date of find or circumstances.

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Grid reference TQ 7042 5349 (point) FCE
Map sheet TQ75SW
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish TESTON, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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On permanent loan to Maidstone Museum is a Gallo-Belgic E Morinic uniface gold stater presented by Capt. W. A. Cable, late of 94 Warwick Park, Tunbridge Wells, now of 'The Cottage', Teston; it was part of a collection formed in the late 19th c. by his brother, the late Mr. J. Cable. The exact provenance, date or circumstances of this find are not known. Capt. Cable's sister, Mrs. Bond, said it was found by a ploughman named Chapman, ostensibly at his cottage centred TQ 70435350, but she has always been of the opinion that it came from the Ro. villa site (TQ 65 SE 19) land farmed by her father. However the Chapman family have left the district many years and this point could not be resolved. (1)


<1> Maidstone Mus Arch Gaz & 6" (LRA Grove undated) (OS Card Reference). SKE46298.

<2> Problems of the Iron Age 1961 (Ed S S Frere) 164 (OS Card Reference). SKE48696.

<3> Oral Mrs Bond , Teston (OS Card Reference). SKE47973.

<4> F1 CFW 11.02.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42523.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 75 SW 18 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4004.

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  • <1> OS Card Reference: Maidstone Mus Arch Gaz & 6" (LRA Grove undated).
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Problems of the Iron Age 1961 (Ed S S Frere) 164.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Oral Mrs Bond , Teston.
  • <4> OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 11.02.64.
  • <5>XY Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 75 SW 18 - February, 1964. [Mapped feature: #21017 find, ]

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Record last edited

Jul 16 2021 5:39PM