Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6264 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Iron Age gold coin hoard |
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Summary
A hoard of at least twelve Iron Age gold coins was found on the beach near the coastguard station in 1940.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TG14SW |
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| Parish: | WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1940 (March). Hoard of at least twelve gold coins found on beach near coastguard station, all Gallo-Belgic E (plain, reverse inscribed), Evans B8, Mack 27, 27a.
(S1), (S2), Allen in (S3).
NCM has five coins from this hoard.
Casts of two coins from the hoard in NCM.
T.Clough (NCM).
For details of purchases, negotiations, collections etcetera see notes.
This hoard may be related to the two staters found near the coastguard station at NHER 6269.
E. McDonald (HES), 13 May 2021.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN HOARD (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Article in Monograph: Allen, D.F.. 1961. The Origins of Coinage in Britain: A Reappraisal.. Problems of the Iron Age in Southern Britain. Frere, S.. pp 97-308. p 165. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 14 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 - Iron Age. Weybourne. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1940. ancient British coin found at Weybourne - Curious design of horse with disjointed legs. 6 May. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Wake, T. 1942. Some Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVIII Pt I pp 23-30. p 27. |
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