Record Details
| NHER Number: | 24599 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Late Saxon coin |
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Summary
A Late Saxon silver coin from the reign of Aethelred II was found in a garden in 1988.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TM19SE |
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| Parish: | LONG STRATTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
March 1988. Garden of house built about two years ago.
Some topsoil imported. Garden and adjacent land searched with metal detector and nothing else found.
Silver penny of Aethelred II, last small cross type 1009-1027.
Obverse; AETHELREDREX NGL. Reverse; + HP TM N ON:NOTHI, weight 1.6gm.
E. B. Green (NCM), 5 May 1988.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
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