Record Details
| NHER Number: | 23321 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Iron Age or Roman finds |
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Summary
Metal detecting recovered Roman coins and a Late Iron Age or Roman copper alloy head. The head may be votive or have been used for divination.
Images
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 69 36 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF63NE |
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| Parish: | SEDGEFORD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
December 1986. Found with metal detector. Grid reference supplied by finder.
Follis. Constantine I 396 to 317 SOLI INVICTO COMITI London S/F PLN.
Information from [1].
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU).
A. Rogerson (NAU), January 1987.
1988. Found with metal detector by [1].
Antoninianus Trebonianus Gallus VERITAS AVG 251 to 253.
Small bronze head, apparently NOT off statuette, with no means of attachment or suspension (photographed).
Head identified as Roman by [2]; [3] says stylistically late Iron Age or early Roman, compare heads from Welwyn and ridged balls from Hayling Island.
Function votive or for divination.
See (S1 and S2).
D. Gurney (NAU), 4 November 1988.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- FIGURINE (Late Iron Age to Roman - 100 BC to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Article in Serial: Boon, G.. 1983. [unknown]. Antiquaries Journal. Vol LXIII, p 364. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Correspondence: Johns, C.. 1988. Letter. 'Greek head' from Sedgeford. 20 December. |
| --- | Monograph: Toynbee, J.. 1964. Art in Britain under the Romans.. plate If. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Photograph: EXE12-23. |
| <S1> | Map: Finder's Map.. |
| <S2> | Illustration: White, S.. 1988. Drawing of a Late Iron Age/ Early Roman copper alloy head.. Film. 2:1. |
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