Record Details

NHER Number:23247
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Medieval gold coin

Summary

Metal detecting in 1986 recovered a medieval German gold coin.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TG14SW
Parish:WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1986. Metal detecting. Area [2].
German gold gulden for Sigismund, 1410 to 37; Frankfurt. Obverse; St John MONET ? OC FRANCFORD; reverse; SIGISMUND ROMNORVM REX Reichsapfel in quatrefoil. Polaroid (S1) NCM.
Identified by E. B. Green (NCM).
W. Milligan (NCM), 18 November 1986.

Exact findspot provided February 1987. Coroner informed; coin returned to owner. Reference to (S2) provided by B. Cook, (British Museum, Coins and Medals), 12 January 1987.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (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.
<S1>Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.
<S2>Monograph: Joseph, P. & Sellner, E.. 1896. Die Munzen fur Frankfurt an Main.. p 120, no 107.

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