Record Details
| NHER Number: | 20453 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Middle Saxon coin and medieval stud |
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Summary
A Middle Saxon base silver sceatta inscribed OVXMN and a possible medieval copper alloy stud decorated with a tree motif were found by metal detecting at this spot.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TG20SW |
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| Parish: | CAISTOR ST EDMUND, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1982 to 1983. Metal detecting in ploughsoil.
Between railway line and River Tas.
Copper alloy stud, with decorated head, decoration resembles a tree. Medieval?
A. Gregory (NAU), 8 June 1984.
Winter 1984 to 1985. Metal detecting in topsoil.
Within a few feet of above.
Base silver sceatta, head standard type, inscribed obverse OVXMN.
See (S1).
A. Gregory (NAU), 7 May 1985.
Falls within large scatter [1].
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- STUD (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. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Photograph: SW 13-18. |
Related records
| 31803 | Part of: Multi-period finds (Find Spot) |