Record Details
| NHER Number: | 21009 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Multi-period finds |
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Summary
Roman coins, a Viking diamond-shaped openwork brooch and a late medieval finger ring found during metal detecting.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 16 02 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG10SE |
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| Parish: | KETTERINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1984. On edge of lake in park. Found with metal detecting.
Coin of Constantine. Barbarous radiate 270 to 280s.
Openwork plate brooch 2nd century (photo NCM) (wrongly identified see below) (possibly more coins also).
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU).
W.F. Milligan (NCM) 16 November 1984.
Brooch found in 1984 reidentified as Viking pierced lozenge-shaped brooch cf. Wangford Suffolk (S1).
Photo NCM. Copy of photo in file.
This brooch is noted in thesis (S2) and is amongst those included in the catalogue that accompanies thesis (S3).
S. Margeson (NCM) 23 February 1985. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 17 January 2020 and P. Watkins (HES), 31 March 2020.
1985.
Other coins: irregular copy Antoninianus of Carausius 287-293, Antoninianus mid-late 3rd century; house of Valentinian SECVRITAS REIPUBLICAE 364-78.
Also copper alloy harness stud ?Roman.
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU)
W.F. Milligan (NCM) 11 April 1985
Immediately north of track, within metres of 'X' on 6in map.
Late medieval copper alloy finger ring inscribed III ?M (or crown?). Flattened D section.
Interior diameter 17mm.
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NAU), 28 January 1989.
N.B. This X is misleading; Roman coins over an area; not in one spot: Finder will indicate area in near future.
A. Rogerson (NAU) 28 January 1989
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINGER RING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Photograph: NCM. [unknown]. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Martin, E., Plouviez, J. and Ross, H. 1984. Archaeology in Suffolk, 1983. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. Vol XXXV Pt 4 pp 321-328. p 322; Fig 79b. |
| <S2> | Thesis: Richardson, C. 1993. The Borre Style in the British Isles and Ireland. A Re-assessment. p 17. |
| <S3> | Thesis: Kershaw, J. 2010. Culture and Gender in the Danelaw: Scandinavian and Anglo-Scandinavian Brooches, 850-1050. No 20 (Lozenge brooch - Birka type). |
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