Record Details
| NHER Number: | 13687 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Roman coin (Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby, poorly located) |
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Summary
A large copper alloy coin, probably of Roman date, found in 1920.
Images - none
Location
Full description
1920. 'At California Gap'.
Large copper alloy coin found in clay washed from cliff, close to spot where coins found a few years previously.
See (S1).
One of these may be a corroded coin of Constantine - CONSTANTIVS ACT P D head with laurel wreath right.
See (S2) and (S3).
From notes by R.R. Clarke (NCM) in NCM file for Caister.
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. |
| <S1> | Newspaper Article: 1921. Eastern Daily Press. 6 August. |
| <S2> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Evening News. 1930. [unknown]. 8 February. |
| <S3> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Evening News. 1930. [unknown]. 15 February. |
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