A HISTORY OF KENT 



the further discovery of four perfect sickles, several iron rings, an 

 engraved bronze buckle, etc. More recent discoveries at Bigberry Hill 

 include numerous antiquities of iron such as sickles, bill hooks, hammers, 

 chains, etc., of a character which pretty clearly indicates that they may 

 be referred to the Prehistoric Age of Iron. 



In a paper read before the Royal Archsological Institute in 1902, 

 Professor Boyd Dawkins ' shows that this camp ' falls into line with a 

 series of settlements of Prehistoric Iron Age, such as Mount Caburn 

 explored by the late General Pitt-Rivers, the Lake Village of Glastonbury 

 explored by Mr. Bulleid, and Hunsbury, the remains from which are 

 preserved in the museum at Northampton. They are pre-Roman, and 

 probably belong to a period ranging from one to two centuries before 

 the invasion of Britain by Cassar.' 



From the relation of this camp or settlement to the Pilgrims' Way 

 which passes through it, it is pretty clear that the road is as ancient as 

 the earthworks. 



As the various ancient earthworks of Kent will be dealt with in a 

 separate section it is unnecessary to describe the camp more fully. 



Coins of TkE Ancient Britons. 



The chief names inscribed on the British coins of Kent are those, 

 usually in abbreviated form, of Eppillus, Dubnovellaunus and Vosenos,^ 

 who were probably rulers of Kent or parts of Kent. Of the first-named 

 prince there are a good many copper coins. It was formerly believed 

 that they were confined to the Kentish district, but a few examples have 

 been found elsewhere. There are two types of inscribed gold coins of 

 Dubnovellaunus. Most of the coins, however, are uninscribed. 



Perhaps the most remarkable feature about the Kentish coinage at 

 this early period consists in the employment of the metal tin, or rather 

 an alloy largely composed of tin. These coins are rather roughly cast 

 and show little if any attempt at ornament. The usual device on the 

 obverse is a rude and weak representation of a helmeted head in profile, 

 and on the reverse the figure of a bull. Two hoards of these coins have 

 been found at Birchington, and individual specimens have been found 

 at Lenham Heath, and by the writer on the sea beach at Deal. 



The coins found at Reculver, consisting of three uninscribed 

 pieces and one each of the coins of Cunobelinus, Tasciovanus, and 

 Addedomaros respectively present a richness of variety which is note- 

 worthy. At Boughton Monchelsea too, a parish near Maidstone, have 

 been found coins of Dubnovellaunus, Cunobelinus and Amminus ; whilst 

 from Aylesford parish, at or near Kits Coty House, three coins are 

 recorded — one of Eppillus, one of Amminus, and one uninscribed. At 

 Canterbury was found some years ago a brass or copper coin of consider- 



' Arch. Joum. lix. 211-18. 



' The form of this name is not precisely known. Possibly, as Sir John Evans has suggested, the 

 full name may have been VOSIILLAVNOS, or VOSELLAVNOS. 



