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Findspot record TQ 55 NE 28 - Gallo-Belgic coin
Summary
A gold quarter stater (Gallo-Belgic A.B.2) found c. 1923 on Oldbury Hill, is in Maidstone Museum
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 582 564 (point) FCE |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ55NE |
| County | KENT |
| District | TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
| Civil Parish | IGHTHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Full Description
A gold quarter stater (Gallo-Belgic A.B.2) found c. 1923 on Oldbury Hill, is in Maidstone Museum. It is from the late H. A. Hooker's collection, but no details of its exact provenance or circumstances of finding are known. It possibly came from Ives, a field on the N. side of the hill, where 3 similar coins were found late in the last century. (See TQ 55 NE 4)(1)
<1> Problems of the Iron Age 1958 150 (D F Allen) (OS Card Reference). SKE48692.
<2> F1 CFW 24-JUL-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42748.
<3> Field report for monument TQ 55 NE 28 - July, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2771.
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Record last edited
Mar 17 2021 1:27PM