Record Details
| NHER Number: | 11192 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman coin found in a fish |
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Summary
A Late Roman coin was found inside a three and a half pound cod caught off Bacton in 1971.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3426 3442 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG33SW |
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| Parish: | NORTH SEA, -, NORFOLK |
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Full description
February 1971.
Late Roman (House of Constantine) coin found in three and a half pound cod caught off Bacton.
Identified by Carson (British Museum) 16 March 1971 as Constantinopolis, Rome (num.R*E). A.D. 330-335, LRBC I, 557.
T. McClough (NCM).
Press cutting (S1) in file.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | 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 - Roman. North Sea - Norfolk. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1994. Fisherman's tale of the cod with a coin lands top prize. 14 June. |
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