Record Details

NHER Number:31622
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Multi-period finds

Summary

Metal detecting has recovered a hollow fragment of the head of a Roman figurine, fragments of Roman brooches and pottery, Roman coins including a possible Greek Imperial issue, part of a Roman finger ring, and a post medieval cloth seal and buckle.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 50 07
Map Sheet:TF50NW
Parish:EMNETH, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

October 1995. Metal detecting. North Field.
Roman figurine and brooches, sherds and coins.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 27 November 1995.

November 1998. Metal detecting.
Five Roman coins. See list in file (one coin retained for further study by British Museum).
Bezel from Roman copper alloy finger ring, with three concentric ridges around a small central indentation. Between the ridges there may have been enamel. The whole thing is very worn.
Buckle frame frilled for (missing) central bar.Late 17th century to early 18th century.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 29 December 1998.

September/October 2002. Metal detecting.
One Roman and one medieval coin.
Post medieval cloth seal.
See lists in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 6 November 2002.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FIGURINE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINGER RING (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • GEMSTONE (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • BUCKLE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • CLOTH SEAL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph.
---Photograph: 1995. LCH 13-14, Romano British brooch fragment..
---Photograph: 1995. LCH 15-16, Romano British enamelled disc..
---Photograph: 1995. LCH 17-18, Romano British composite brooch..
---Secondary File: Secondary File.

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