AGM followed by ‘Milton-on-Stour’s Hidden Treasures’

Gillingham Local History Society meets on Wednesday 17 March at The Town Hall, Gillingham for its Annual General Meeting starting at 7.00pm followed by a talk on ‘Milton-on-Stour’s Hidden Treasures’.

Local amateur historian Peter Barker will talk about a selection of finds recently found at Milton-On-Stour from the Stone Age onwards, that are helping to shed new light on the history of the Parish.

A first century silver Roman denarius of Domitain (AD 81-96). The reverse of the coin shows Minerva holding a thunderbolt and spear with a shield at her feet.

Minerva was Domitian's favourite diety, she was goddess of wisdom, medicine, the arts and trade but also war. She teamed up with the Celtic god sulis at the important shrine of Aquae Sulis (Bath) and became Sulis Minerva, that's how tolerant the Romans were of other religions - apart from Christianity in the early days.