Record Details

NHER Number:25088
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal detecting in 1989 and 1990 recovered a range of objects, including an Iron Age coin, Roman coins, a Roman key handle and a medieval buckle.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TG50SW
Parish:HOPTON ON SEA, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

Full description

Grid reference supplied by finder.
Roman bronze key handle. Photograph (S1) NAU.
Toilet spoon with twisted shaft.
Two coins (both Constans or Constantius II, showing two Victories, AD 347 to 8).
Medieval bronze composite buckle and plate.
Also post medieval coins and metalwork (not seen).
Key alone NCM.
Rest in private possession.
D. Gurney (NAU), 9 February 1989

January 1990. Metal detecting.
Iron Age coin, Cunobeline (S2) 244, 1.79 grams, 27.6 grains.
Two Roman coins; see form in file.
Post medieval bronze ?token. Unidentifiable.
D. A. Gurney (NLA), 15 January 1990.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TOILET ARTICLE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Photograph: EWJ 12-13, FHP6-9.
<S2>Monograph: Mack, R.P.. 1964. Ancient British Coinage.. 192, 408.

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