Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1952 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Middle Saxon coin |
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Summary
A fragmentary silver penny of the Saxon king Offa minted around 795 AD was found in a garden.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TF83NE |
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| Parish: | NORTH CREAKE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1959. Found in garden.
Fragmentary silver penny of Offa around 795 AD obverse OFFA.REX now kept in NCM. Celtic cross. Moneyer EALKI = EATHMUND.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
See (S1) for further information.
Article missing from file [J. yates, 30 July 2010].
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
Associated Finds
- COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1959. [unknown]. 6 August. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Correspondence: Dolby, M.. 1959. Letter. Offa penny.. 1 September. |
| --- | Serial: 1959. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1959. No. 6. p 3. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Creake (North). |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Wilson, D. M. and Hurst, D. G. 1961. Medieval Britain in 1959. Medieval Archaeology. Vol IV (for 1960) pp 134-165. p 136. |
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