This Gallo-Belgic gold coin, or ‘stater’, was struck in Gaul – a Roman province that roughly corresponds to modern-day France and Belgium. These coins are not uncommon finds in south-east England and were produced in vast numbers, probably to finance war against Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. The Gallic Wars were held between Gallic, Germanic and Brittonic tribes that fought to defend their territories against an aggressive Roman campaign. The Wars culminated in the decisive Battle of Alesia in 52 BC which resulted in a Roman victory followed by an expansion of the Roman Republic over the whole of Gaul. If the link with the Gallic Wars is correct, then this coin was probably struck circa 58-57 BC. Coins such as this one can circulate for a long time and often occur as residual finds in much later contexts, or due to their small size, occur as intrusive finds in earlier contexts, sometimes as the result of animal burrowing or worm action. However, this coin is quite large and so it is probable that it provides a terminus post quem date of 58 BC for the infilling of the small pit from which it was found. The gold coin was found in the fill of a small oval-shaped pit located downslope on the south-eastern side of the excavation site. The pit was discovered on the line of a well-rutted trackway, aligned north-west to south-east, that was established by the end of the late Iron Age. Further activity on the lower slope was sparse with little evidence for occupation whilst upslope, on the upper ridge, was a small cremation cemetery dated to the first century BC and a shallow pit containing fragments of a Roman amphora (see Kent’s Diverse Past – Roman Republic). Late Iron Age pottery was found on the site, but not in large quantities, and there was a total lack of Gallo-Belgic finewares, leading to the conclusion that occupation at the site ceased sometime after circa 20–15 BC, and that even before then the site was not intensively occupied. The almost total lack of late Iron Age coinage, the gold stater notwithstanding, supports this conclusion.