Record Details
| NHER Number: | 31060 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Multi period coin, pottery and metal object scatter |
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Summary
Metal detecting from 1994 to 2000 recovered a number of coins, pottery sherds and objects. Particularly interesting finds include an oval enamelled Roman plate brooch, sherds of grey ware and an Iron Age horse head figurine. In addition to these Roman finds a medieval knife blade, coin and post medieval pewter plate fragment were recovered.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 92 03 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF90SW |
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| Parish: | OVINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
July/August 1994. Metal detecting.
Ten Roman coins.
Medieval iron knife blade, tip and most of whittle-tang missing. Back and cutting edge tapering towards tip.
See list in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 11 November 1994.
August/September 1994. Metal detecting.
Roman coin of Eugenius dating to AD 392-5.
Medieval coin from Venice recovered dating to AD 1400-25.
2nd/3rd century AD Roman plate brooch, enamelled oval type. Outer ring of blue enamel, central zone now empty.
See list in file.
Identified by J. Davies, (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 November 1994.
August/September 1994. Metal detecting. Generally spread finds in northeastern part.
Lead pot mend, unknown date.
Copper alloy possible casting jet, unknown date.
One jar rim and five body sherds of Roman greyware.
One hard fired yellowish buff rim of small vessel, possibly Roman.
Pewter possible plate fragment, post medieval?
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 September 1996.
February-March 2000. Metal detecting. [1].
Four Roman coins.
Roman body sherd of decorated Samian, 2nd century AD almost complete base of greyware.
?Iron Age cast horse head figurine.
See list and description in file.
K. Hinds, 13 April 2000 and 15 May 2000.
March 2000. Metal detecting. [2].
Roman siliquei.
See list in file.
K. Hinds, 13 April 2000.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age to 19th Century - 800 BC to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- METAL WORKING DEBRIS (Undated)
- POT MEND (Unknown date)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
- FIGURINE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PLATE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
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