Record Details
NHER Number: | 29810 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Multi-period metal finds |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1993 recovered a Roman seal box lid and medieval coins.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TG 25 05 |
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Map Sheet: | TG20NE |
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Parish: | BIXLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
March/April 1993. Metal detector finds.
1) Wonderful 6th century escutcheon from hanging bowl decorated with three relief spirals.
2) Three medieval coins, see list in file.
Identified by S.Margeson and J.Davies (NCM).
A.Rogerson (NLA) 7 June 1993.
September/October 1993. Metal detector find.
One medieval coin. See form in file.
Identified by J.Davies (NCM).
A. Rogerson ( NLA 17 November 1993.
Plus two more. A. Rogerson (NLA) 21 December 1993.
Object found 1993 and identified as a 6th century hanging-bowl escutcheon is not, and has been re-identified by H.M. Geake (NCM) as an Roman seal box lid, (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA) 11 July 2000.
About 1995. Metal detecting.
13th century French coin made into a brooch.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 27 August 2003.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman to Early Saxon - 43 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- SEAL BOX (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
<S1> | Illustration: Penn, K.. 1993. Drawing of a Romano British seal box lid.. Film. 2:1. |
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