Record Details
| NHER Number: | 3067 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Middle Saxon coin |
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Summary
A very rare Middle Saxon silver penny of Coenwulf of Mercia (AD 796 to 821) was found on the surface of a ploughed field in 1961.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TG01SW |
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| Parish: | YAXHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1961. Stray Find.
On field north of the church; found after ploughing. A new variety of silver penny of Coenwulf of Mercia (796 to 821) Brooke Class II, Canterbury mint, moneyer Tidbearht variety.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Press cutting (S1), extract from (S2) and (S4) and photographs (S3) in file.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 01 SW 5 [2]. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Yaxham. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1961. £20 for 1100-year-old Silver Penny?. 15 May. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Dolley, R. H. M. 1965. A Penny of Coenwulf of Mercia, found at Yaxham, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXIII pp 43-44. p 43. |
| <S3> | Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. |
| <S4> | Article in Serial: Wilson, D. M. and Hurst, D. G. 1964. Medieval Britain in 1961. Medieval Archaeology. Vol VI-VII (for 1962 and 1963) pp 306-349. p 311. |
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