Record Details
| NHER Number: | 34087 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Macedonian coin (South Wootton, poorly located) |
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Summary
In 1998 a late Macedonian coin dating to around AD 980-1080 was found in a load of gravel delivered to an allotment at South Wootton. This coin had a four line Christian inscription.
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Location
| Parish: | SOUTH WOOTTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1998. Found in a load of gravel delivered to an allottment at South Wootton.
Origin of load unknown. A. Rogerson (NLA) suggests it cannot have come far.
Late Macedonian type follis of copper, facing bust of Christ on obverse, four line inscription on the reverse: IHSUS KRISTUS BASILEU BASILE (Jesus Christ King of Kings).
Date 980-1080.
Identified by J. Davies (NCM) 26 November 1998.
E. Rose (NLA), 1 December 1998.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 980 AD to 1080 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Late Saxon to Medieval - 980 AD to 1080 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources - none
Related records - none
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