Record Details
| NHER Number: | 24252 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman, medieval and post medieval coin |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1987 recovered an antoninianus coin of the Roman emperor Carausius, badly struck so much of the inscription was missing. A medieval and post medieval coin were also recovered. The exact location of this discovery is unclear.
Images - none
Location
| Parish: | TOFT MONKS, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1987. Found with metal detector. At Maypole Green (hamlet). [1]
Very nice Antoninianus of Carausius badly struck so much of inscription is missing. Reverse depciting Laetitia? standing left headless, surviving inscription reads LI-AV. For comparison see (S1).
Said to have been found with 'two silver coins, one medieval, one post medieval'.
Identified and compiled by E. B. Green (NUA), 26 November 1987.
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
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Serial: Sutherland, C.H.V. & Carson, R.A.G.. 1984. Roman Imperial Coinage.. Volume 7. Carausius, p.532. |
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