Record ID: KENT-314F6E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A worn copper-alloy Byzantine Half Follis or twenty nummi of Constans II (641-668). Dating to the period 642/3-646/7. Large XX (mark of value) flanking long cross reverse type. Mintmark -//CRTΣ. Mint of Carthage. SB No.1057,  D.O 138-140, B.M.C 311-320. MIB III, no. 196a Measurements: 19mm in diameter and 5g in weight.
Created on: Monday 4th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
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Record ID: KENT-146CF6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver early-medieval cut half penny of Harold II dating to the year AD1066. PAX reverse type. Minted by Godric at the Mint of London. Measurements: 18.85mm in length (original diameter), 9.36mm wide, 0.95mm thick and 0.59g in weight Description: A die match for this coin can be found against SCBI 2 [Glasgow], 1199, see here on the EMC: https://emc.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/full-record/10021199 [Accessed 13/12/2023]. 
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th December 2023
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Record ID: KENT-4A8566
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver early-medieval cut half penny of Harold II dating to the year AD 1066. PAX reverse type. Minted by Godric at the London mint. EMC: 1002.1199 Measurements: 19.56mm in length (original diameter), 9.59mm wide, 1mm thick and 0.7g in weight
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: KENT-83515A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval Merovingian gold tremissis, 'National'/'mint-and-moneyer' series dating c.AD 590-670, mint of Senlis, ancient Silvanectis (SCLLNECLIS on coin), moneyer: Bettone (BETONE on coin). Belfort (1892) no. 4128 var., Prou (1892) no. 1100 var. Obverse: Pellet diademed and cuirassed bust right. Legend: +BETONE+.  Reverse: Anchor Cross on globe. Legend: +SCLL[NEC]LIS (retrograde). Measurements: 12.44mm in diameter, 1.3g in weight. Discussion: This coin 1 appears to be a previously unrecorded type though ap…
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peckham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-687A04
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An uninscribed gold Early Medieval Merovingian ‘national series’ tremissis of an anonymous ruler dating AD 590-670. Prou 2724(?) Obverse: Head right with diadem(?) A or disconnected diadem tie behind, cross in front. Reverse: Cross pomeé on flat base, pellet in each quarter.  Measurements: 9.64mm in diameter and 1.26g in weight. Discussion: The exact attribution of this coin is uncertain but appears to bear some resemblance to the description of Prou no. 2724(?). The lack of inscription and relatively crude design also have some …
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peckham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-672C14
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval gold tremissis (pale shilling) of Two Emperors type dating c. 650-70. (BMC type 1; Sutherland type II.v; North 20, Metacalf 80?) Obverse: Bust right wearing a pearled diadem and cuirass indicated by dots, pseudo-legend consisting of a large A and v behind head with an N(?) in front. Between them a cross on a flat base. Reverse: Two half figures, seated on throne, stylized Victory/angel above, wings outstretched, groups of three pellets either side of Victory's head. Measurements: 13.34mm in diameter and 1.27g in weight. Discus…
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peckham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-83554C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval Merovingian gold tremissis, 'National'/'mint-and-moneyer' series dating c.AD 590-670, mint of Saint-Denis, ancient Catolacus (CATOLACO on coin), moneyer: Ebrigiselus (Ebregisilo on coin). Belfort (1892) no. 1479, Prou (1892) no. 835, Felder (2003) no. 892. Obverse: Diademed and cuirassed bust right. Legend: CATO[L]ACO+ (retrograde).  Reverse: Anchor Cross on globe. Legend: +EBREGISILO. Measurements: 12.57mm in diameter, 1.27g in weight. Discussion: This coin shows significant finishing to t…
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Peckham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-7D21E9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Published
A single gold coin found in the vicinity of previous small hoard of 7 Iron Age gold coins, reported as 2018 T836. Description: The coin is a Continental Iron Age gold half stater of a type produced in the Somme Valley area of France (ancient Gaul). The type is ultimately derived from the gold staters issued in the name of Philip II of Macedon in the later fourth century BC, but is likely to have been issued from the 3rd to early 2nd century BC. The coin belongs to the 'bearded head series' (Scheers 1977, 225 series 2 class 1 var. b; DT 11 ("à la cigogne"); Si…
Created on: Friday 24th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hoo Peninsula', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-C02936
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A modified Roman Republican silver denarius issued around the late third to early second century BC. The type cannot be identified as it has been modified by tooling. The tooled legend COCLES occurs in a restitution type (re-issue) under Trajan (AD 98-117, RIC 767-8) but there is no Roman Republican precedent for this coin (though modern forgeries have been recorded). The Trajanic ‘COCLES’ type is said to take inspiration from an anonymous Roman Republican issue dating to 206-200 BC (RRC 127/1) but this coin lacks the symbols found on this original type (unless they ha…
Created on: Tuesday 16th February 2021
Last updated: Friday 2nd June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Herne Bay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-C84152
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly worn silver cut halfpenny of Henry I (1100-135), dating to 1100, annulets type. Minted by Godric at uncertain mint. North (1994) no. 857, GMC I. Measurements: 17.66mm long (original diameter), 9mm wide, 1.06mm thick and 0.68g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
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Record ID: KENT-ABCB7D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A chipped early-medieval pale gold shilling (aka thrymsa) of Two Emperors type (BMC type 1; Sutherland type II.v; North 20) dating c. 650-70. Refs: Sutherland 1948; North 1994; Gannon 2013: 94-5. The coin survives in two fragment, one a small portion of the outer edge above the top of the bust (obverse). This coin is otherwise in very good condition. Very pale gold, almost silver in colour.   Obverse: Bust right wearing a pearled diadem and cuirass indicated by dots, pseudo-legend consisting of a large A and v behind head with an N(?) in front. Between them a…
Created on: Monday 17th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 22nd May 2023
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Record ID: KENT-36F937
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A continental (Gallic) Iron Age cast bronze unit or potin, probably of the Suessiones, dating to the period c.60-52 BC, Confronted animals type. Obverse: Two confronted goats, a pellet in ring between their heads, within a beaded border. Reverse: A confronted wolf and boar, a pellet in ring between them, within a beaded border. Scheers, 1977: 707-12, no. 185, Class II; Delestree and Tache, 2002: 61, no. 211; Allen, 1995: p. 97, nos. 466-468, S500-501. Potins of this type have a distribution particularly in the Oise and Aisne regions of France, spreading west and with oc…
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2023
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Record ID: KENT-75C573
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn countermarked sestertius of Agrippina the Elder (c.14 BC-AD 33) under Claudius I (AD 41-54), dating to the period c.AD 50-54 (Reece period 2). [TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR A]VG GERM [P M TR P IMP P P] reverse type depicting a large S C. The reverse is countermarked with NCAPR in an incuse rectangle above the S C, the countermark inverted when viewed with the coin at correct orientation. Mint of Rome. As RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 128, no. 102; BMC I, p. 194, nos. 222-223 (with same countermark). The countermark on this coin is typically dated to the Neronian reforms of AD 64, although perhaps …
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd May 2023
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Record ID: KENT-A65AA6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn copper-alloy probable Roman as probably of Hadrian (AD 117-138), dating to the period c.AD 117-138 (Reece Period 7). Uncertain reverse type depicting togate male left. Measurements: 25.48mm in diameter, 3.53mm thick and 9.08g in weight.
Created on: Tuesday 26th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd May 2023
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Record ID: KENT-B66422
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Pseudo-Imperial (probably Merovingian) tremissis of Anastasius I (AD 491-518). Obverse: D N ANASTA-SIVS P F AVC, Diademed and cuirassed bust in paludamentum right, diadem tie disconnected from diadem, star above head. Reverse: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVII, Victory walking right looking left holding wreath and globe cruciger. Mintmark: - *//COIIOƆ. This is probably a Pseudo-Imperial issue from unclear mint (although probably Austrasian or Burgundian), for the official issue of Anastasius from Constantinople cf. MIBE, p.84, no. 12; MEC I p.115. Measurements: 15.2mm in diameter, 1.06mm t…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 25th April 2023
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Record ID: KENT-585A3A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A modified gold pseudo-imperial tremissis of Anonymous issuer, minted at Arvernus by the moneyer Ursio likely dating c.AD 570-670. Obverse: Rosette diademed bust right, with detached lozenge diadem tie behind and detached rosette above. Legend: 'ARVER' retrograde. Reverse: Schematic Victory advancing right holding wreath and globus cruciger (cross on globe). Legend: 'O+SOI', 'VR[S]IO' in exergue. The reverse also has a large glob of added gold over much of the central design, possibly from another coin. Likely intended to increase the weight of an …
Created on: Thursday 16th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
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Record ID: KENT-1F29CC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A fine Roman but slightly abraded copper-alloy Q-Radiate of Allectus, (AD r.293-296 ) (Reece period 14), minted at London. RIC V, pt 2, p. 563, no. 55. Obverse type: Radiate and cuirassed bearded bust right. Obverse legend: IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG. Reverse type: galley rowing left with mast, cabin and no rowers; waves. Reverse legend: [VI]RTVS AVG. Mint mark: -//QL. Coin remains in good condiitons although has been abraded lsightly and rev is struck slightly off flan. Measurements: 18.93mm in diameter, 1.96mm thick and 2.96g in weight. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpu…
Created on: Friday 22nd July 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
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Record ID: KENT-A4EB7D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold stater of the Eastern region issued in the name of Cunobelin and dating to the period AD 10 to 40. Wild type. Corn ear without central stalk CA to left MV to right. Reverse depicts horse right with star and branch above, pellet in ring and CVNO below. ABC p. 136, no. 2783. BMC 1806. Measurements: diameter: 17.81mm; weight: 5.46g
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 8th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sittingbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-77E9D4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A worn copper-alloy Roman as, probably of Gordian III (AD 238-244), dating to the period c.AD 240 (Reece period 12). Probably AEQVITAS AVG, S C, reverse type depicting Aequitas standing left holding scales and cornucopiae. Mint of Rome. RIC IV.3, p. 47, no. 286b Measurements: 22.84mm in diameter and 5.4g in weight.
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2022
Last updated: Friday 25th November 2022
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Record ID: KENT-57A06B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold quarter stater of the Eastern British Iron Age, North Thames Region / Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, attributed to 'AGR', dating to the period c. AD 10-45, 'Agr A' type. ABC 2999, BMC 1855. Obverse: corn ear without central stalk, legend CAM-CVN Reverse: Horse rearing right, dashes for mane, branch above, cross below, A in ex.  Measurements: Diamater: 12mm; weight: 1.29g
Created on: Thursday 11th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 17th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seasalter', grid reference and parish protected.