Record Details
| NHER Number: | 6267 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Iron Age coin hoard |
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Summary
A hoard of Iron Age gold coins was found on the beach in the 1950s.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Before 1952.
Gold coins found on beach (perhaps, but not necessarily, part of 1940 hoard).
Two gold uninscribed staters, Gallo-Belgic E.
One gold 1/4 stater, Gallo-Belgic Dc Evans E10, Mack 41.
(S1) (brief mention of 1/4 stater only).
Informant had five staters also obtained from porter at Weybourne Station (in 1955).
Also found before 1956, three gold coins Gallo-Belgic E. Casts in NCM.
Photocopies (very indistinct) of photographs (S2) in file.
E. Rose (NAU).
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
| --- | 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 [4]. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1955. The Early Iron Age Treasure from Snettisham, Norfolk. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol XX (for 1954) Pt 1 pp 27-86. p 61. |
| <S2> | Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. |
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