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Monument Number 220811
Hob Uid: 220811
Location : Wiltshire Avebury
Grid Ref : SU1000068000
Summary : An uninscribed gold quarter stater, present whereabouts unknown, said to have been found at Silbury Hill.
More information : IA coin "said to have been found at Silbury Hill, Wilts" [SU 16 NW 21], in the possession of Mr Meeson. Evans type E:3, uninscribed 1/4 stater (coin of the 2nd Belgic Invasion according to Brooke: Num Chrons XIII (1933) 129 & 133). (1) In his gazetteer, Grinsell suggests that the coin may be "lost", ie whereabouts unknown. (2)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : J Evans (1890) Coins of Ancient Britons Supplement p440
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Source Number : 1a
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Source details : Infm Mr Meeson, Grays, Thurrock. 1867.
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : L Grinsell: Archaeological Gazetteer.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Late Iron Age
Display Date : Late Iron Age
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -100
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Late Iron Age
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : COIN
Object Material : Gold

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 16 NW 45
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : FIELD SURVEY
Start Date : 1997-08-01
End Date : 1998-12-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 220811