Record Details

NHER Number:3883
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Saxon ornament containing a Roman coin (poorly located)

Summary

A Saxon ornament containing a late 3rd century AD coin has been found in Walton. It is not clear whether it was found in East or West Walton and the exact nature of its discovery is uncertain.

Images - none

Location

Parish:EAST WALTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
WEST WALTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

3rd brass (silvered base metal coin) of Carus (AD 282-83) in Saxon ornament.
Called burial in (S1).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PERSONAL ORNAMENT (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Article in Monograph: Sainty, J. E. 1935. Norfolk Prehistory. Report of the Annual Meeting, 1935. Norwich, September 4-11. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Appendix pp 60-71. p 70.
---Article in Serial: Leeds, E. T. 1945. The Distribution of the Angles and Saxons Archaeologically Considered. Archaeologia. Vol 91 (Second Series) pp 1-106. Map 27.
---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 41 SE 11.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Walton (East).
---Article in Serial: 1863. [unknown]. Numismatic Chronicle new series. p 9.
<S1>Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 341.

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