Iron Age coins from Rayleigh (EHER 9885)

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Summary

Iron Age coins: a gold of Dubnovellanus, and a silver coin of Mammaea (34BC).

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Grid reference	TQ 80 90 (point)
Civil Parish	RAYLEIGH, ROCHFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)

Description

Iron Age coins: a gold of Dubnovellanus, and a silver coin of Mammaea (34BC) found. The gold coin was found in 1940. <1> <2> <3> NRHE data transfer: no new information. The circumstances of discovery and exact findspot are unknown.

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<1> SEX52658 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Ordnance Survey. 1950-1990. OS cards. TQ89SW19, 1976.
<2> SEX7311 LIST: Allen, D.F. in Frere, S.S.. 1961. Problems of the Iron Age in southern Britain. p.216, p.226.
<3> SEX31145 Article in serial: Helliwell, L.. 1959. Additions to the Iron Age Distribution map of Essex. Colchester Archaeological Group Bulletin. Vol 2, No 1, p.2.

Related Events (1)

Non-Archaeological Intervention: Chance finds by unknown at Rayleigh, 1940 (EEX62699)

Other References

NRHE identifier: 419179
National Monuments Record: TQ 89 SW 19

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