Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10614 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Roman coin hoard |
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Summary
A hoard of Roman coins was found in a small urn in 1812.
Images - none
Location
Full description
1812. Recorded in (S1) as on borders of Broome Heath.
Hoard of 1000 minimi (Fel.Temp.Reparatio), worn Theodosian or later, found in a small urn.
Cutting in (S2) narrows this down to the area between the old mill house on the river east of Bungay Common and the main road at Ditchingham (which was the edge of the heath at that time). (S3) says 'on summit of Bath Hills on east side' which, taking the Baths Hills as the whole natural amphitheatre around the river, which the writer in (S3) does, is approximately the same location.
See also (S4), (S5), (S6) (sceptical) and (S7) (calls Bungay). R.R.Clarke on NCM card also mentions find in 1807 of coins of Julius Caesar and Caligula, but it is not clear whether he believes these came from the same site. Yes, see below.
Mentioned in (S8), rather confusingly in the midst of a description of Bungay Camp.
R.R.Clarke's date appears to have been wrong; minimi of Julius Caesar and Caligula were found with the rest, most obliterated but some good. Also three or four 'brasses' of Julius Caesar.
Account says the hoard was ploughed up, and confirms location on east side of amphitheatre of hills.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN HOARD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Ditchingham. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: 1859. Appendix. Extracts from the Proceedings of the Committee. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol V pp 357-365. pp 357-365. |
| <S2> | Archive: Bolingbroke Collection. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Chester, G. J.. 1855. A Brief Sketch of the Antiquities of the Valleys of the Waveney and Yare. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol IV pp 310-316. p 313. |
| <S4> | Article in Serial: King, S. W. 1864. Notes on a Roman Kiln and Urns, Found at Hedenham, near Bungay. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol VI pp 149-160. |
| <S5> | Article in Serial: Woodward, S. 1831. A descriptive Outline of the Roman remains in Norfolk, by Samuel Woodward, Esq., in a Letter to Hudson Gurney, esq. V.P., F.R.S., accompanied by a Map of the County. Archaeologia. Vol XXIII pp 358-373. p 367. |
| <S6> | Publication: Sutherland. 37. [unknown]. p 102. |
| <S7> | Monograph: 1911. The Victoria History of Suffolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. |
| <S8> | Article in Serial: Woodward. 1829. [unknown]. Correspondence. Vol III, p. |
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