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Find Spot record MDR4608 - Iron Age Coin, Osmaston Park Road Estate, Derby

Type and Period (1)

  • (Middle Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 300 BC to 42 AD)

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  • None recorded

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Iron Age coin found by a man when digging his allotment garden on the Osmaston Park Road estate, forwarded to Manton by the Curator of the Mechanics' Institute, Derby in January 1924. Evans type A II, uninscribed gold stater. (1) Coin as above exhibited by J.O. Manton and described as dug up recently during road construction. (2)

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Article in serial: Manton, J. 1925. 'British Stater found near Derby', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Vol. 47, pp 248-249.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: 1923-4. Brit.Num.J. 17,1923-4,347. 347.
  • <3> Personal Observation: F1 JB 17-OCT-66.

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Grid reference SK 359 331 (point) (Approximate)
Civil Parish DERBY, DERBY, DERBYSHIRE

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  • EDR1197

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Oct 11 2017 4:23PM

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