Record Details

NHER Number:37364
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Medieval metal find

Summary

Metal detecting in 2002 recovered a medieval inscribed gilt copper alloy brooch.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TM 10 79
Map Sheet:TM17NW
Parish:ROYDON (NEAR DISS), SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

June 2002. Metal detecting.
Medieval copper alloy gilt annular brooch (diameter 27mm), chamfered with stamped annulets on arris, constriction for pin and pin-rest flanked by twin concave mouldings between transverse bars and two quatrefoils, flat back inscribed with: M N N (both N's are retrograde) between three crosses potent. (S1).
Identified by S.J. Ashley (NLA).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 28 August 2002.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
<S1>Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.

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