Record Details

NHER Number:15908
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Medieval coin and token

Summary

Metal detecting in 1979 recovered a medieval coin and a medieval French token.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 97 81
Map Sheet:TL98SE
Parish:RIDDLESWORTH, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Found in about 1979. Metal detecting.
Silver halfpenny of John 1199-1216, probably class 5 type and dating to 1208-1210 AD. Short-cross.
Also a French copper token, 13th-14th century.
Several lead and copper fragments from the same field, medieval? or earlier?
J. Hassall (TM) January 1980.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • TOKEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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