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Record Details

NHER Number:29550
Type of record:Monument
Name:Roman gold coin hoard and multi-period finds

Summary

A hoard of gold Roman coins dating from the 4th century AD was found here by metal-detecting in 1993 and a further coin was recovered in 2012. Twenty-seven coins were recovered along with three silver coins. There was no evidence for a container, so it is likely to have been organic, perhaps a leather purse or cloth bag. Subsequent metal-detecting and fieldwalking between 1993 and 2017 recovered prehistoric worked flints; Roman and post-medieval pottery; Roman, medieval and post-medieval coins; post-medieval jettons and Early/Middle Bronze Age to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include an Early/Middle Bronze Age axehead fragment; an Iron Age Birdlip brooch; Roman brooches, a copper alloy bead, tweezers, a steelyard weight, bell and a key; a Middle Iron Age brooch; the terminal of an Early Saxon cruciform brooch; a Middle/Late Saxon hooked tag; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; medieval thimbles, a harness fitting, pot mend, pendent loop fragment from a purse frame and copper alloy enamelled crucifix; a medieval/post-medieval fragment of copper alloy vessel rim and a post-medieval buckle, belt or harness mount and tinned button.
The number of Roman finds recovered suggests that there was a late Roman settlement nearby.

Images

  • A gold solidus from a hoard of Roman coins found at Deopham. © Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service. NWHCM 1996.13.5:A
  • Early/Mid Bronze Age axehead from NHER 29550 © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval harness pendant from NHER 29550 © Norfolk County Council
  • Late Saxon enamelled disc brooch from NHER 29550 © Norfolk County Council
  • Drawing of a Late Saxon enamelled disc brooch from NHER 29550 © Norfolk County Council
  • Middle Iron Age brooch from NHER 29550 © Norfolk County Council
  • Early Saxon cruciform brooch from NHER 29550 © Norfolk County Council
  • Medieval strap end from NHER 29550 © Norfolk County Council

Location

Grid Reference:Not displayed
Map Sheet:TG00SE
Parish:DEOPHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

6, 7 and 11 March 1993. Metal-detecting and excavation.
Roman gold coin hoard.
Roman pottery scatter, etc.
See (S1).
Excavated by A. Rogerson (NLA), D. Wicks (NLA) and J. Davies (NCM).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 18 March 1993.

March 1993. Metal-detecting over whole field at time of hoard excavation.
Roman pin, medieval and post-medieval metal objects, (S2).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 March 2000.

February 2002. Metal-detecting.
Iron Age, Roman, medieval and post-medieval sherds.
2 medieval coins.
Medieval or post-medieval purse bar fragment.
See list and (S1) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 20 April 2002.

March-April 2011. Metal-detecting.
1 Romano-British coin, Early Bronze Age/Middle Bronze Age axehead (S3), Iron Age Birdlip brooch, post-medieval metal objects, jetton and sherd.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 25 May 2011.

Before September-October 2011. Metal-detecting.
Romano-British pot sherds, Roman coin, fragments of medieval crucifix and of medieval or post-medieval vessel, and one post-medieval jetton.
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 21 November 2011.

October-November 2011. Metal-detecting.
One Roman, one medieval and one post-medieval coin. Iron Age, Early Saxon and medieval metal objects.
See lists in file.
S. Ashley (HES), 15 December 2011 and A. Rogerson (HES), 24 January 2012.

January-February 2012. Metal-detecting.
Two Late Prehistoric worked flints.
A. Rogerson (HES), 22 March 2012.

February-March 2012. Metal-detecting.
2 ?Mesolithic utilised flint flakes.
1 Late Prehistoric flint flake.
3 Roman coins (including gold coin additional to coin hoard discovered in 1993).
1 medieval coin.
Flints identified by J. Gibbons (HES) and coins by A. Marsden (HES). See list in file.
The Roman gold coin from the hoard found in 1993 was submitted as potential Treasure (Treasure case 2012 T230), declared Treasure on 5 July 2012 and subsequently acquired by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2013.64). See Treasure report in file.
A. Rogerson (HES), 19 March and 24 April 2012. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 June 2020.

January-February 2013. Metal-detecting. [3].
6 Roman coins and a copper alloy bead.
Early Saxon cruciform brooch.
Middle/Late Saxon hooked tag.
Medieval strap-ends, a buckle and a folding clasp.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 April 2013.

February-March 2013. Metal-detecting. [4].
1 Late Iron Age/Roman coin.
20 Roman coins, tweezers, steelyard weight and key handle.
1 medieval coin, harness pendant, possible mount, buckle and an unusual enamelled disc brooch (S4).
Medieval/post-medieval buckle and hooked tag.
1 post-medieval jetton, hinge and harness mount.
Information from PAS import.
See finder's map.
A. Beckham (HES), 14 March 2013.

July-September 2014. Metal-detecting. [5].
Neolithic/Bronze Age flint flake.
1 Roman coin, a brooch and a clapper bell.
2 medieval coins and a lead pot mend.
1 post-medieval pottery sherd and a harness mount.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 3 November 2014.

May-September 2016. Metal-detecting. [6].
Medieval pendent loop fragment from a purse frame.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 4 November 2016.

September-October 2016. Metal-detecting. [7].
Neolithic/Bronze Age flake.
Medieval buckle.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 15 December 2016.

January-February 2017. Metal-detecting. [8].
1 medieval coin.
1 post-medieval coin.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 3 April 2017.

April-May 2017. Metal-detecting. [9].
1 Roman coin and a brooch.
Medieval thimbles.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 July 2017.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Unknown date)
  • FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1001 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • QUERN (Undated)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
  • FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
  • AXEHEAD (Early Bronze Age to Middle Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1001 BC)
  • BROOCH (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
  • BROOCH (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
  • COIN (Late Iron Age to Roman - 41 AD to 260 AD)
  • BEAD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BELL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 60 AD)
  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 65 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN HOARD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • HAIR PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • TWEEZERS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • KEY (LOCKING) (Roman - 150 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 260 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 268 AD to 270 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 269 AD to 271 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 270 AD to 270 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 275 AD to 286 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 310 AD to 313 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 310 AD to 388 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 319 AD to 330 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 325 AD to 326 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD to 335 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 330 AD? to 364 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 335 AD to 337 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 335 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 335 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 335 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 335 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 335 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 337 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 337 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 337 AD to 341 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 341 AD to 348 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 353 AD to 364 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 364 AD to 378 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 383 AD to 388 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 394 AD to 395 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
  • BROOCH (Early Saxon - 480 AD to 530 AD)
  • HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CRUCIFIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • VESSEL (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
  • BROOCH (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
  • HARNESS PENDANT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1200 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • HARNESS HOOK (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • MOUNT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1300 AD)
  • POT MEND (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
  • STRAP END (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1306 AD to 1307 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1310 AD to 1314 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1351 AD to 1352 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1413 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • THIMBLE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1500 AD)
  • PURSE (Medieval - 1450 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1461 AD to 1500 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval to 16th Century - 1490 AD to 1509 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • DRESS HOOK (Medieval to 17th Century - 1500 AD to 1700 AD)
  • BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • PURSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • VESSEL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • POT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1550 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (16th Century - 1573 AD to 1575 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1635 AD)
  • JETTON (16th Century to 17th Century - 1586 AD to 1651 AD)
  • HARNESS MOUNT (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • HINGE (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • STRAP FITTING (16th Century to 17th Century - 1600 AD to 1700 AD)
  • COIN (17th Century - 1635 AD to 1636 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Publication: British Museum. 2014. Treasure Act Annual Report 2012. p 25.
---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---Map: Finder's Map..
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Slide: Various. Slide.
---Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1993. Two years' wages were hidden in 4th century. 19 May.
<S1>Drawing: Unknown. Sketch plan of finds site. Film.
<S2>Illustration: Ashley, S.. Unknown. Drawing of a medieval suspension mount.. Film. 2:1.
<S3>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2011. Drawing of an Early Bronze Age-Middle Bronze Age axehead. Find Illustration. Film. 1:1.
<S4>Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2013. Drawing of an unusual late Saxon or medieval copper alloy enamelled disc brooch.. Film. 1:2.

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