Record Details

NHER Number:6269
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Two Iron Age coins

Summary

Two Iron Age gold coins were found on the beach between Sheringham and Weybourne in about 1940. The exact location and nature of their discovery are uncertain.

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Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TG14SW
Parish:SHERINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
UPPER SHERINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Unconfirmed finds or finds with uncertain locations.

September 1958. [1]
T. Clough (NCM).

Iron Age Gallo Belgic E: 'Morini' gold stater found on beach.
Probably the same as NHER 6269a (one of the two found in 1940).
(S1).
R.J. Rickett (NAU), 25 April 1990.

These coins may be related to the Iron Age coin hoard found at NHER 6264.
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)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Serial: 1956. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries. No 3. p 5.
---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.
<S1>Record Card: Ordnance Survey Records / Pastscape.

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