Record ID: LIN-2292D1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold quarter stater, a good example of a Gallo-Belgic import (listed as 69-1 in Van Arsdell's Celtic Coinage of Britain). These date to c. 50 BC and were produced in fairly large quantities somewhere in Belgica - possibly in the territory of the Morini - from where they were imported, also in fairly large numbers, to Britain. There are about 80 of this type from the UK to date. Most of them tend to be in the south-east, and this seems to be only the third example recorded from Lincolnshire (the others are from Bourne and Sleaford). Interpretation of the design of these things is p…
Created on: Friday 31st October 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.