Record Details
| NHER Number: | 28496 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Medieval pilgrim badge and penny |
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Summary
Metal detecting here in 1991 recovered a lead rectangular pilgrim badge fragment. This fragment showed St Paul with sword and had a Latin legend. The same survey also uncovered a medieval penny of Alexander III of Scotland.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 91 06 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF90NW |
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| Parish: | SAHAM TONEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
March 1991. Metal detector finds.
13th/14th century lead rectangular pilgrim badge fragment. Rome, St Paul with sword, legend '..TRIET ET PAVLI' (from SIGNA APOSTOLORVM PETRI ET PAULI). See for comparison one from Thetford (County No 19222).
Polaroid (S1) taken by NCM.
Penny of Alexander III of Scotland, second issue. Dated to 1279. Obverse: ALEXANDER DEI GRA. Reverse: REX SCOTORVM
Polaroid (S2) taken by NCM
Information from member of the public [1].
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM) 13 March 1991.
S. Margeson (NCM) 13 March 1991.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PILGRIM BADGE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white. |
| <S2> | 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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