Record Details
NHER Number: | 24549 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Iron Age, Roman and medieval finds |
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Summary
Metal detecting in 1988 recovered Roman coins and a harness fitting. Fieldwalking in 1992 recovered Iron Age and Roman pottery fragments, a medieval key and pottery seal and an undated boar tusk.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TF 72 33 |
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Map Sheet: | TF73SW |
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Parish: | SHERNBORNE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
April 1988. Metal detecting.
Terret fragment, mid 1st century, Sketch (S1) in file.
Small bronze coin of Empress Helena PAX PVBLICA; 337 to 40.
Barbarous radiate, copy of PAX AVG; 270 to 280s.
Small bronze coin of Claudius II, CONSECRATIO, eagle reverse; AD 270, irregular Antoninianus.
AE3 Constantine I, VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP; 316 to 20.
Very small bronze coin, house of Constantine, GLORIA EXERCITVS soldiers with two standards; 340 to 5.
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU).
September 1992. Fieldwalking.
Boar tusk.
Two Iron Age sherds.
Thirteen Roman sherds.
Casket key (barrel padlock type); early medieval?.
Pottery seal 13th/14th century; GILB 1550.
J. Allison (KLM), 13 October 1992.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age to Medieval - 800 BC to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
- POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- HARNESS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- KEY (LOCKING) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SEAL (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
<S1> | Illustration: Finds Illustrations. |
Related records - none
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