Record Details

NHER Number:28566
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman, medieval and post medieval objects

Summary

Metal detecting in 1991 and 1992 recovered over twenty Roman coins, over thirty Roman pottery sherds, and a small number of medieval and post medieval objects, including a Commonwealth half-crown.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 82 07
Map Sheet:TF80NW
Parish:SWAFFHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Mid 1991 and earlier. Metal detector finds from field south of garden NHER 17420.
Twenty Roman coins- see coin list in file
Around thirty Roman sherds (Nar Valley coarseware- collected [2])
Edward I penny Bury St Edmunds mint Rev: VILL/S CIE/DMV/NDI
Five post medieval coins, including commonwealth half-crown (fragment)
Obverse reads: THE COMMONWEALTH OF ENGLAND
Reverse: GOD WITH US.
Date at top ?1652
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM).

1991. Further metal detector finds. [1]
Two Roman coins
Compiled by A. Rogerson (NLA), 22 July 1991

March 1992. Further finds [2].
Roman, medieval, post medieval sherds.
See list in file.
Compiled by A. Rogerson (NLA), 4 May 1992

Monument Types

  • 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 (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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