Record Details

NHER Number:17202
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman coin, undated wood

Summary

In 1981 a Roman copper alloy sestertius of the emperor Philip I was recovered, along with a large amount of wood, from material dredged from a freshwater mussel bed.

Images - none

Location

Parish:TERRINGTON ST CLEMENT, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

February 1981. Dredged up from Breast Sand near the Fresh Water Trial Beds in a sample of mussels.
Bronze sestertius of Philip I, inscription reads IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG.
Together with a large amount of wood.
Identified by E. M. James (KLM).
E. M. James (KLM), 25 February 1981.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • PLANT MACRO REMAINS (Unknown date)
  • COIN (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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