TQ 45 SE 6 - Stater coin of Cunobeline - Historic Environment Record

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Findspot record TQ 45 SE 6 - Stater coin of Cunobeline

Summary

1/4 gold stater of Cunobeline discovered in a field at French Street, Westerham

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Grid reference	TQ 458 526 (point) FCE
Map sheet	TQ45SE
County	KENT
Civil Parish	WESTERHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District	SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)

Full Description

A gold 1/4 stater of Cunobeline (Evans type IX, 11) was ploughed up in 1889 on Major Beard's farm at French Street, Westerham. It is now in the British Museum. (1-4) No further information: French Street Farm, the only farm in this area, belonged in 1845 to the Boyes family, and was of considerable extent. (5)

<1> Arch Cant 18, 1889, Addendum, p.493. (OS Card Reference). SKE34783.

<2> ABC Suppmt.1890, 560 (J Evans) (OS Card Reference). SKE32967.

<3> Antiquity 2, 1928, 89 (E.G.Box) (OS Card Reference). SKE33291.

<4> Problems of the Iron Age, 1958 p.233 (D.F. Allen) (OS Card Reference). SKE48703.

<5> Westerham Tithe Map, 1845. (OS Card Reference). SKE51316.

<6> F1 ASP 18-AUG-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42161.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 45 SE 6 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2682.

Sources/Archives (7)

<1> SKE34783 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 18, 1889, Addendum, p.493..
<2> SKE32967 OS Card Reference: ABC Suppmt.1890, 560 (J Evans).
<3> SKE33291 OS Card Reference: Antiquity 2, 1928, 89 (E.G.Box).
<4> SKE48703 OS Card Reference: Problems of the Iron Age, 1958 p.233 (D.F. Allen).
<5> SKE51316 OS Card Reference: Westerham Tithe Map, 1845..
<6> SKE42161 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 18-AUG-64.
<7>XY SKE2682 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 45 SE 6 - August, 1964. [Mapped feature: #65291 findspot, ]