Record Details

NHER Number:4139
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Roman coin

Summary

In 1952 a Roman coin of Severus Alexander (AD 222-35) was recovered from the allotments located here.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 8406 1104
Map Sheet:TF81SW
Parish:SPORLE WITH PALGRAVE, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1952. Sporle allotments by railway bridge opposite bungalow.
Sestertius of Severus Alexander (AD 222-35) with bust of Marcus Aurelius.
Rome, AD 234? (British Museum report).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

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: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 81 SW 33.
---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. Sporle.

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