Record Details

NHER Number:19077
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Unprovenanced Roman coin hoard (Fincham, poorly located)

Summary

A hoard of silver Roman coins is reputed to have been found in, or before 1983. The circumstances of the discovery, and the current location of the coins are unknown.

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Location

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Parish:FINCHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

'A few years' before 1983. Circumstances of discovery unknown.
Hoard of Roman silver coins: emperors 'with spikey hats on'.
Assumed to be antoniniani, mid 3rd century AD.
Finder and whereabouts of coins unknown.
A. Gregory (NAU) 29 March 1983.

See Notes

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN HOARD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1>Map: Ordnance Survey. 1902-7. Ordnance Survey 25 inch 2nd edition (revised 1902-7).

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