Record Details

NHER Number:25297
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Iron Age gold coin, Roman brooches and coin

Summary

Metal detecting in 1989 recovered a Norfolk wolf gold stater, two Roman brooches dating to the 1st century A.D., and a Roman sestertius coin of the emperor Antoninus Pius.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TG00SE
Parish:WYMONDHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

May 1989. Found with metal detector. In relatively restricted area. [1]
Norfolk wolf gold stater. (Polaroid sent to A. Gregory).
See (S1)
Two rear-hook brooches 1st century A. D.
Coin, sestertius of Antoninus Pius, perhaps INDULGENTIA TRP XVII (A.D. 153-4).
Identified by D. Gurney (NLA).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 3 June 1989.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BROOCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 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.
---Photograph: EWU 11-12.

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