Record Details
| NHER Number: | 35716 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Middle Saxon silver pin and medieval coin |
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Summary
Metal detecting in this area between 1999 and recovered a Middle Saxon silver pin head and a medieval coin.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TG23NE |
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| Parish: | GIMINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
November 1999. Metal-detecting.
Middle Saxon silver pinhead. In shape, a cube with the corners cut off. All faces have a grooved border, in laid (possibly only on the major faces) with niello. The far side faces also have a grooved cross inlaid with niello. Double collar above a ciruclar broken off shaft. 8th to 9th century.
K. Hinds (NLA), 3 October 2000.
Before 29 September 2000. Metal-detecting. Extended to whole field.
Found in 'Further Church Close' at [1]:
1 medieval coin.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NLA), see list in file [2].
P. Watkins (HES), 20 February 2019.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- PIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2000. Treasure Annual Report 1998-1999. pp 38-39; No 66. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
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