Find Spot record 3810/0/1 - Iron Age coins from Northamptonshire

Four Iron Age coins, one known to be ironstone workings north of Kettering, but the provenance of the other three is unknown

{1, 2, 3} Unlocated finds within the county; four Iron Age coins.
1- an Evans type B:6, an uninscribed gold stater (Mack type 28- Westerham Type); WC Wells Collection {1, 2, 3}

{1, 2,4} 2- an Evans type 9:13 (Mack type 209); a gold quarter stater of Cunobelinus; inscription: CVNA; W C Wells Collection.

3- Evans type VI:2 (Mack type 166); a silver coin of Tasciovanus in Kettering Museum; presumably the same coin found in 1922 'in the Kettering district' and reported by Mr J Bellamy as a coin of Tasciovanus;
4- A coin of Dumnovellanus found in ironstone workings to the north of Kettering; this is the only coin certainly from the ironstone workings {1, 5}

{11} All the coins are in Kettering Museum, but no precise find spots are recorded.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP87NE4 (checked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Evans J., 1864, Coins of The Ancient Britons, 1890 Supplement (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN7170.

<3> 1931, BRITISH NUMISMATIC JOURNAL, p. 4 (W C Wells) (Journal). SNN31280.

<4> 1907, BRITISH NUMISMATIC JOURNAL, 4/358 (Journal). SNN31281.

<5> Bull, F W, 1912, Proceedings of The Society of Antiquaries, 24/223-5 (Journal). SNN31282.

<10> 1912, CUTTINGS BOOK, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN48011.

<11> Seaman, BH, 1969, Field investigators comments, F1 BHS 16-OCT-69 (Notes). SNN111907.

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