Record Details

NHER Number:23310
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Late Saxon coin

Summary

Metal detecting recovered a Late Saxon coin of Harthacnut minted in Canterbury perhaps by a moneyer called Leothnoth between AD 1036 and 1037.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TL98SW
Parish:HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

September to October 1982. Metal detecting.
Harthacnut cut 1/2d, jewel cross type, Canterbury mint, ?Leothnoth moneyer, AD 1036 to 1037.
Two other coins formerly recorded under this number are now recorded elsewhere.
1. Penny of Harald I - see NHER 23505.
2. Penny of Henry I - see NHER 15656.
E. Rose (NAU), 8 April 1987

See NHER 37449 entry for 2002 to 2003 metal detecting for finds from the vicinity of this site. Finds from the two sites may have been mixed up.
M. Horlock (NLA), 4 February 2003.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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