Findspot record TR 14 SE 5 - Three Gaulish uninscribed gold coins (2 staters, 1 1/4 stater)

Summary

Three Gaulish uninscribed gold coins (2 staters, 1 1/4 stater)

Location

Grid reference TR 16 43 (point) LO
Map sheet TR14SE
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish ELHAM, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Three Iron Age coins from Elham: one each of: Evans type A:5, uninscribed at 0.25-stater ["Gaulish (Bellovaci?) coins current in pre-Belgic Britain acc. to Brooke: The Philippus in the West, Num. Chron. 5 XIII (1933) p.99: "imported" acc. to Allen: Belgic Dynasties, Arch. XC (1944), p.30]. Evans type B:7, uninscribed A/ stater ["Gaulish (Atrebates?) coins of the first Belgic Invaders" acc. to Brooke, op. cit., p.102]. Evans type B:8, uninscribed as stater [so-called "coins of the Morini", imported Gaulish Acc. to Brooke op. cit. p.104 and Allen, op. cit. p.30]. All three formerly in Rolfe Collection, the first later acquired by Evans. (1)


<1> Coins of the Ancient Britons 1864 52 63 64 (J Evans) (OS Card Reference). SKE39074.

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  • <1>XY OS Card Reference: Coins of the Ancient Britons 1864 52 63 64 (J Evans). [Mapped feature: #42536 find, ]

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Dec 7 2021 11:21AM