Record Details

NHER Number:29705
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Middle Saxon coin

Summary

An unusual Saxon coin of the East Anglian king Beonna made by the moneyer 'EFE' was found near Fakenham.

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Location

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Parish:FAKENHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Around 1992 'near Fakenham'.
Beonna coin, moneyer 'EFE'.
Cast seen by a Kentish contact of [1] who had seen it at a ?fair.
See (S1) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 2 April 1993.

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

---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Unpublished Document: 1993. Letter, British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals. 26 March.

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