Record Details
| NHER Number: | 21109 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Post medieval silver coin hoard |
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Summary
A hoard of 129 silver post medieval shillings stored in a silver cup were found by a digger driver working on a new housing development. The coins date from 1554 to 1643 and were probably buried during the unrest that led up to the siege of Lynn in August 1683.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TF63SE |
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| Parish: | DERSINGHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
12 July 1984. Found by digger driver working on new housing estate.
Hoard of silver shillings in sterling silver cup hallmarked London 1607-8.
129 shillings ranging from 1554 to 1557 to 1641 to 1643.
One Philip and Mary I, thrity-one Elizabeth I, twenty-one James I, seventy-two Charles I.
Presumed connection with troubled period leading up to seige of Lynn in August 1643.
Finder [1]. Declared Treasure Trove 25 October 1984. File at KLM.
E. M. James (KLM), 20 December 1984.
Now KLM. Purchased with V&A grant.
E. M. James (KLM), 29 May 1985.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN HOARD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Article in Serial: James, E. M. 1985. The Dersingham Hoard. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXIX Pt II pp 220-223. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1984. Cup and coins found in trench. 20 July. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
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