Record Details
| NHER Number: | 28511 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Silver groat of Henry VI minted in Calais |
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Summary
In 1990 a silver groat of Henry VI minted in Calais between 1422 and 1427 was recovered by a member of the public picking daffodils. Metal-detecting between 2018 and 2019 recovered Roman and medieval to post-medieval coins, post-medieval jettons and tokens; aswell as Roman, Early Saxon, and Late Saxon/medieval to medieval/post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include a Roman brooch; an Early Saxon sword scabbard chape fragment; a Late Saxon/medieval strap-end; a medieval harness hook; medieval/post-medieval dress hooks, a knife end stop, and a copper alloy vessel fragment; and a post-medieval sword belt.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TM 1695 7898 |
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| Map Sheet: | TM17NE |
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| Parish: | SCOLE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1990. Found while picking daffodils. [1].
Silver groat of Henry VI, annulets by neck. Annulet coinage dates to 1422 to 1427, Calais mint.
For reference see (S1) no 1424.
S. Margeson (NCM), 23 November 1990.
November 2018-March 2019. Metal-detecting. [2].
Undated casting waste.
1 Roman coin and a brooch.
Late Saxon strap-end.
7 medieval coins and a harness hook.
1 medieval/post-medieval coin, dress hooks, and a skillet fragment.
4 post-medieval coins, 4 jettons, and 2 tokens.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 16 April 2019. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 May 2019.
February-April 2019. Metal-detecting. [3].
Early Saxon copper alloy sword scabbard chape fragment.
1 medieval coin, a copper alloy vessel fragment, and a buckle.
Medieval/post-medieval purse fragments, buckles, and a knife end stop.
1 post-medieval coins, 3 jettons, and a sword belt.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 10 May 2019. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 June 2019.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Undated)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- CASTING WASTE (Unknown date)
- BROOCH (Roman - 100 AD to 200 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 317 AD to 363 AD)
- SCABBARD (Early Saxon - 450 AD to 550 AD)
- STRAP END (Late Saxon to Medieval - 1000 AD to 1100 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1180 AD to 1185 AD)
- HARNESS HOOK (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1205 AD to 1210 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1205 AD to 1210 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1210 AD to 1213 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1248 AD to 1250 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1250 AD to 1265 AD)
- SKILLET (Medieval to 16th Century - 1250 AD to 1550 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1280 AD to 1282 AD)
- VESSEL (Medieval to 17th Century - 1300 AD to 1700 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1327 AD to 1377 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1500 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1550 AD)
- PURSE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1550 AD)
- PURSE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1450 AD to 1550 AD)
- DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1470 AD to 1540 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
- DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
- KNIFE (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
- COIN (16th Century - 1526 AD to 1544 AD)
- JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
- JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
- JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
- JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
- SWORD BELT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
- COIN (16th Century - 1575 AD to 1575 AD)
- JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
- JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
- JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1651 AD)
- COIN (17th Century - 1604 AD to 1619 AD)
- COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1634 AD)
- COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1634 AD)
- COIN (17th Century - 1625 AD to 1634 AD)
- TOKEN (17th Century - 1667 AD to 1667 AD)
- TOKEN (17th Century - 1669 AD to 1669 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Publication: North, J. J. 1963. English Hammered Coins. No 1424. |
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