Record Details
| NHER Number: | 12708 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman copper alloy coins, buckles and leather work |
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Summary
Three copper alloy coins and 'half a barrow load of old leather with iron buckles' were recovered in this area during the construction of a soakaway in 1972. Although the leather has since perished, it is believed to have dated to the Roman period.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 4161 1901 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG41NW |
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| Parish: | POTTER HEIGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Around 1972. Found in digging soakaway 6ft (1.8m) deep into sandy soil, east of wind pump. [1]
Three bronze coins and 'half a barrow load of old leather with iron buckles.'
Leather rotted away.
Coins given away, only one remaining in finder's posession.
A. Gregory (NAU), 1977.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- BUCKLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (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. |
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