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Description: | CORONER'S REPORTCircumastance of discoveryBetween April and September 2007, Nick Moon discovered fourteen Iron Age coins whilst searching on farmland with a metal-detector. The coins were found at the same site as three earlier groups (2003T7, 2005T18 and 2006T564) and should be considered as addenda to the earlier hoard.Description of objectsAll of the coins are early uninscribed gold 'quarter staters' of types associated with the Cantii, a people thought to have inhabited parts of modern Kent during the late Iron Age. All were produced towards the end of the first century BC. As none have inscriptions they cannot be directly associated with an historical attested ruler. The composition of the present group is similar to the earlier finds and can be summarised as follows:Type References Quantity 2. 'British LY3' gold quarter stater VA158 = BMC371 1 3. 'British LZ2' gold quarter staters VA151 = BMC2469 13References VA = R Van Arsdell, Celtic Coinage of Britain (London, 1989) BMC = R Hobbs, British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum (London, 1996)Date and Metal ContentThe coins satisfy the terms of the Treasure Act with regard to age and metal content. They are certainly more than 300 years old and appear to have precious metal contents in excess of the 10% threshold.Of the same find?The circumstances of discovery and the composition of the find strongly suggest that these 14 coins should be considered as addenda to the earlier hoard (2003T7, 2005T18 & 2006T564).
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