Find Spot record 0176500000 - COIN

Summary

Gaulish gold stater found in Chartridge in the nineteenth century

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  • FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)

Description

19 CENT FIND, COMMUNICATED TO J. EVANS BY REV. B. BURGESS, AND EXHIBITED 1866 (BIBL1,2). STATER TYPE AB1 GALLO-BELGICA BELLOVACI (BIBL3).



IA coin found at Brick-kiln Farm, Chesham, communicated to Evans by the late Rev. Bryant Burgess. Evans type A.4, uninscribed N stater (B4).
Cast exhibited by Evans March 15, 1866. (B5).
Refers to (1) and says: accepted as British, now generally recognized as a type of Gaulish coin current in pre-Belgic Britain (B6).
"Imported" [Brickkiln Farm at SP 95050035 in Chartridge ph] (B7).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (8)

  • <1>SBC1354 Bibliographic reference: BCM CAS RECORD CARD 1765.
  • <2>SBC10014 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD NO.SP 90 SE 2.
  • <3>SBC407 Bibliographic reference: ALLEN DF 1958 ORIGINS OF COINAGE IN BRITAIN INFRERESSPROBLEMSOFTHEIRONAGEINSOUTHBRITAIN.LONDONPP97-3.
  • <4>SBC29183 Bibliographic reference: J Evans. 1890. Ancient British Coins, supplement 1890. p432.
  • <5>SBC29323 Serial: Numismatic Society. 1866. The Numismatic Journal volume 6, 1865-6.
  • <6>SBC29324 Serial: Numismatic Society. 1933. Numismatic Chrionicle volume 13, 1933. p99-100.
  • <7>SBC29322 Article in serial: D Allen. 'The Belgic Dynasties of Britain and their Coins' in Archaeological Journal, 1944. p40.
  • <8>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 95050 00350 (point)
Civil Parish CHARTRIDGE, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • COIN (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)

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  • Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC12766)

Record last edited

Mar 6 2026 2:56PM

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