Record Details
| NHER Number: | 23993 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman and Saxon metal finds |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1987 recovered a Roman coin and a possible Late Saxon copper alloy tag terminating in an animal's head.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 40 97 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM49NW |
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| Parish: | RAVENINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Summer 1987. Metal detecting in small area in northwest corner of field.
Roman coin; Antoninianus/Quinarius of Allectus. Reverse illegible.
Bronze tag, long narrow triangular shape, terminating in three-dimensional animal head, standing vertically above it. Late Saxon ?
A. Gregory (NAU), 3 September 1987.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman to Late Saxon - 43 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Photograph: EGD 14-17- N. |
Related records - none
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