Record Details

NHER Number:4181
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Medieval to post medieval coin mould

Summary

A medieval to post medieval stone mould for casting coins or tokens was found in a garden in 1842. The exact location of this discovery is unclear.

Images - none

Location

Parish:LITTLE DUNHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Stone mould for casting coins or tokens.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

This is the same as the 'mould of white lias for casting base pennies' rubbed by Woodward in 1835 (S1).
E. Rose (NAU).

See drawing (S2) in the Illustration Library.

Purchased by British Museum (1852,0626.82).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN MOULD (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Publication: Dawson Turner. BM Add. MSS. 1.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Publication: Norfolk Topographers Manual. app.1 p.46.
---Serial: 1852. Gentleman's Magazine. Gent. Mag.. p.81.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Dunham, Little.
<S1>Publication: Woodward, S.. 1835. Woodward Correspondence. after p.168.
<S2>Illustration: [Unknown]. 1971. Drawing of a medieval/post medieval stone coin or token mould. Paper. Unknown.

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