Record ID: BH-E90DFA
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Iron Age gold coins; both staters of Tasciovanus, belonging to the Eastern (North Thames) British Iron Age coinage region and dating to the period 20 BC to AD 10. Eastern British Iron Age coinage is found in the region north of the Thames and to the east, with some coin types issued in Kent. The Northern Thames area is traditionally associated with the Trinovantes and the Catuvellauni tribes, with distribution centering on Essex, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and parts of surrounding counties. Tasciovanus is thought to have issued coinage in his name in the North …
Created on: Thursday 22nd February 2018
Last updated: Friday 20th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Missenden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-A69846
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age gold stater of the Trinovantes, late Whaddon Chase type. VA 1498, BMC 344, ABC 2338 'Big pellet type'. Dimensions: weight: 5.87g, diameter: 17.53mm, thickness: 2.94mm The obverse is plain with slight evidence of crossed wreaths. The reverse features a Romanised (i.e. Classical) horse facing right with a pellet below, a winged motif above and ovoid shapes in front of and behind the horse. The mane is dashed and the tail composed of a single line. Rudd has suggested that the general distribution of coins of this type across Essex and Suffolk and the die chain of them s…
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 14th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Layer Breton', grid reference and parish protected.