TREASURE ANNU AL REPORT 2005/6 - Portable Antiquities Scheme

184
COINS
A. IRoN AGE
1038. Fareham, hampshire: 2 Iron Age gold staters
(2006 T82)
Date: c. 80–60 BC
Discovery: Found by Mr B Radford while metaldetecting
in February 2006.
Description: Both coins are early uninscribed gold
staters of the Chute-Cheriton transition type (VA 1210
= BMC 88).
Disposition: Hampshire Museums Service.
I LEINS
1039. Vernham Dean, hampshire:
4 Iron Age gold staters (2005 T527)
Date: c. 80–60 BC
Discovery: Found by Mr H Vincent while metaldetecting
in October 2005.
Description: All four coins are British Iron Age gold
staters of a type known as British B or Chute type
(VA 1205 = BMC 35).
Disposition: Hampshire Museums Service.
I LEINS
1040. southease, East sussex: 2 Iron Age
‘Gallo-belgic’ gold staters (2006 T493)
Date: 80 and 50 BC
Discovery: Found by Mr J Cole while metal-detecting
in September 2006.
Description: Both coins are uninscribed ‘Gallo-Belgic’
type gold staters, produced during the late Iron Age:
Gold stater, Gallo-Belgic C type (class III), VA 44–1
Gold stater, Gallo-Belgic E type (class III), VA 54–1
Discussion: The name ‘Gallo-Belgic’ stems from the
fact that although these coins are found in substantial
numbers in south-east England, they are also found on
the Continent, where they are thought to have been
produced. These coins are an addendum to a single gold
stater (Gallo-Belgic E type (class III), VA 54–1, Weight:
6.17g) found in 2004 (PAS ID: SUSS-A40B13).
Disposition: Disclaimed, returned to finder.
I LEINS
1041. Winchester area IIa, hampshire:
3 Iron Age gold staters (2005 T200A)
Date: c. 80–50 BC
Discovery: Found by Mr K Halls (deceased) while
metal-detecting before 2004; reported by Mrs Halls.
Description: 3 Iron Age coins, gold staters:
Gallo-Belgic E, class ii-iii (VA 52–1), 1
British A, Westerham type (VA 202–1), 1
British QA (VA 212–1), 1
Discussion: Although the exact provenance of these
coins is unknown, they are thought to have been
detected at a single site in the Winchester area. All
three coins are of types produced or used in the southeast
of Britain during the first half of the 1st century
BC. As such, they are likely to represent either a small
hoard, or a series of deposits on the same site made by
a number of different individuals for ritual or religious
purposes. Religious sites are common locations for coin
deposits from the pre-Roman Iron Age.
Disposition: Winchester Museums Service.
I LEINS
1042. Little horwood, buckinghamshire: 73 Iron Age
gold staters and associated pottery (2006 T640)
Date: c. 60–50 BC
Discovery: Found by Mr A Clarkson, Mr E Clarkson &
Mr G Heritage while metal-detecting in December 2006.
Description: 73 British Iron Age gold staters:
British B, Chute type (VA 1205 = BMC 35), 1
British B, Chute type (plated imitation), 1
British LA, Whaddon Chase type (VA 1470 = BMC 279), 2
British LA, Whaddon Chase type (VA 1472 = BMC 287), 6
British LA, Whaddon Chase type (VA 1476 = BMC 295), 8
British LA, Whaddon Chase type (VA 1476–5 = BMC
306), 43
British LA, Whaddon Chase type (partially melted), 1
British QB (VA 216 = BMC 461), 11
Discussion: All of the coins are British Iron Age gold
staters which were produced between about 60 and
50 BC. Both the findspot and composition suggest a
link with the earlier Whaddon Chase hoard of 1849.
Like many finds of this period, the Whaddon Chase
hoard was poorly recorded, with modern estimates of
its size varying from 450 to 2,000 coins. However, it is
clear that the majority of the coins were, like those of
the present find, of British L and Q type. It is most likely
that the present finds represent part of the original
hoard that remained undiscovered in 1849.
Disposition: Buckinghamshire County Museum hopes
to acquire.
I LEINS
1043. Climping, West sussex (addenda):
2 Iron Age gold staters (2006 T107)
Date: c. 50–20 BC
Discovery: Found by Mr M Hay while metal-detecting
in 2001/2.
Description: 2 British Iron Age gold staters:
British QB (BMC 461 = VA 216), 1
Climping type, 1
Discussion: The current coins were found
approximately 30 feet from the spot where the main
concentration of coins was discovered in 2000. For the
original hoard and addenda see Treasure Annual Report
2000, no. 228 & Treasure Annual Report 2004, no. 414.
In terms of composition this find is entirely consistent
with the original hoard which, as far as can be
reconstructed, also comprised British Q and so-called
Climping types. The latter group derive their name from
the site at Climping, as they appear to be unique to
it. None have been recorded from any other location.
Furthermore, all known examples of Climping type
coins are die-linked (that is to say were struck using
the same dies), reinforcing the conclusion that they all
come from the same hoard.
Disposition: Littlehampton Museum hopes to acquire.
I LEINS
1044. Eastbourne area, East sussex:
2 Iron Age silver units (2005 T125)
Date: c. 50–20 BC
Discovery: Found by Mr B Jordan while metaldetecting
in September 2005.
Description: Both coins are silver units of a known
type, found in south-central England in the territory
of the ancient British people known as the Atrebates.
The type (VA 355 = BMC 731) is thought to have been
made by the British ruler Commius.
Disposition: Towner Art Gallery & Museum,
Eastbourne hopes to acquire.
J WILLIAMS
1045. urchfont, Wiltshire (addendum):
An Iron Age silver unit (2006 T80)
Date: c. 50 BC–AD 10
Discovery: Found by Mr H Vincent while metaldetecting
in September 2005.
Description: The coin belongs to the Irregular Western
or Dobunnic series, of a recorded type (BMC 3014)
and is identical to the 15 coins that made up the
original hoard, found in 1996. (Treasure Trove Reviewing
Committee Annual Report 1996–97)
Disposition: Wiltshire Heritage Museum hopes to
acquire.
I LEINS
1046. East of Colchester, Essex:
9 Iron Age gold staters (2005 T146 & 2005 T462)
Date: c. 20 BC–AD 10
Discovery: Found by Ms L Cook, Mr G Cox, Mr R
Guinazzo, Mr D Harvorson, Mr R Metz, Mr B Purpura &
Mr T Rushing while metal-detecting in March 2005 &
October 2005.
Description: The nine coins are all ancient British
gold staters. They are all inscribed with the name
of Addedomaros, a king who seems to have ruled a
territory in Essex and Hertfordshire. He is only known
from the coins made in his name. The coins are of a
known type (VA 1620 = BMC 2396).
Disposition: Colchester & Ipswich Museums Service.
J WILLIAMS
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