Record Details
| NHER Number: | 40288 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Iron Age to post-medieval finds, including a Middle Saxon coin hoard |
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Summary
Metal-detecting between 2003 and 2019 recovered Roman, Late Saxon and medieval pottery sherds; Iron Age, Roman, Early Saxon, Middle Saxon, medieval and post-medieval coins, including a dispersed Middle Saxon hoard of 20 sceattas; medieval tokens and jettons and Iron Age to post-medieval metal objects. The metal finds include an Iron Age brooch; an Iron Age/Roman pin and brooch; Roman brooches and a copper alloy nail; an Early Saxon brooch fragment; a Middle Saxon hooked tag; Middle to Late Saxon strap-ends; medieval to post-medieval dress accessories; a medieval thimble, spur, and scabbard chape; a medieval/post-medieval cloth seal, harbick and a 17th century gold pendant, decorated with enamel and a garnet.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TF60NE |
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| Parish: | FINCHAM, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Before 6 November 2003. Metal detecting.
1 medieval jetton.
1 post medieval coin.
Post medieval gold and enamel pendant, set with a garnet.
See lists in file.
See also scanned photograph and description of gold pendant by S. Ashley (NLA) and [1] in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 15 February 2004.
Post medieval gold and garnet pendant declared Treasure at King's Lynn, 26 May 2004.
Acquired by Norwich Castle Museum.
A. Rogerson (NLA).
January 2007. Metal-detecting.
2 Romano-British coins, 1 Early Saxon silver coin, 2 medieval coins.
See description in file.
A. Marsden & E. Darch (NLA) 30 April 2007.
Before May 2011. Metal-detecting.
Iron Age coins, Roman brooches, a Middle Saxon coin (S1), a Late Saxon strap-end, medieval and post-medieval objects. See description in file.
E. Darch (HES), 23 November 2011.
October 2011. Metal-detecting.
Middle Saxon coin hoard of 12 sceattas.
Submitted as potential Treasure (Treasure case 2012 T401), declared Treasure on 28 April 2014 and, according to (S3) subsequently acquired by King's Lynn Museum [4].
Information from PAS import.
These coins are published in (S4).
A. Beckham (HES), 2 June 2014. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 June 2020.
Before 24 November 2011. Metal-detecting. [2].
1 Iron Age coin and a brooch.
Iron Age/Roman copper alloy pin (S2).
1 Roman coin, brooches and a copper alloy nail.
Middle Saxon hooked tag.
Middle/Late Saxon strap-ends.
1 Late Saxon pottery sherd.
4 medieval coins, 2 jettons, 1 token, a thimble, bar mount and a scabbard chape.
Medieval/post-medieval harbick.
See descriptions in file and PAS records for coin descriptions.
A. Beckham (HES), 2 June 2014.
January-November 2012. Metal-detecting.
One Iron Age, one Roman and four medieval coins; one medieval token; two medieval jettons.
A. Marsden (HES), 16 October 2012.
September-October 2014. Metal-detecting. [3].
8 Middle Saxon silver sceattas, additional to the dispersed hoard of 12 found in 2011.
3 medieval coins, 1 jetton and a pendant mount.
Information from PAS import.
The Middle Saxon coins were submitted as potential Treasure (Treasure case 2015 T240), declared Treasure at inquest on 5 October 2015 and subsequently acquired by King's Lynn Museum [4].
A. Beckham (HES), 3 December 2014 and E. Darch (HES), 4 February 2016. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 June 2020.
April 2018. Metal-detecting. [5].
1 Roman pottery sherd.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 5 November 2018.
July-September 2019. Metal-detecting. [6].
1 Roman coin and 1 pottery sherds.
2 medieval coins and 1 pottery sherd.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 4 November 2019.
October-November 2019. Metal-detecting. [7].
Late Iron Age/Roman Colchester brooch.
Early Saxon brooch fragment.
Medieval rowel from a spur.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 10 January 2020.
February-March 2020. Metal-detecting. [8].
1 medieval pottery sherd.
Medieval/post-medieval cloth seal.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 1 August 2020.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Saxon - 410 AD to 650 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- PIN (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Late Iron Age - 50 BC? to 30 BC)
- COIN (Late Iron Age - 30 BC? to 10 BC)
- COIN (Late Iron Age - 20 BC to 5 BC)
- COIN (Late Iron Age to Roman - 0 AD? to 43 AD)
- BROOCH (Late Iron Age to Roman - 25 AD to 60 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- NAIL (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- PLATE BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 100 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 296 AD to 297 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 324 AD to 330 AD)
- COIN (Early Saxon - 411 AD to 650 AD)
- BROOCH (Early Saxon - 475 AD to 525 AD)
- HOOKED TAG (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- STRAP END (Middle Saxon to Late Saxon - 651 AD to 1065 AD)
- COIN (Middle Saxon - 695 AD? to 710 AD)
- COIN HOARD (Middle Saxon - 710 AD to 750 AD)
- COIN HOARD (Middle Saxon - 730 AD to 750 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- STRAP END (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- BUCKLE (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARBICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HARBICK (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- JETTON (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SCABBARD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SCABBARD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- THIMBLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- THIMBLE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1100 AD to 1300 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1200 AD to 1400 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1247 AD to 1279 AD)
- TOKEN (Medieval to 16th Century - 1280 AD to 1530 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1310 AD to 1314 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1310 AD to 1314 AD)
- JETTON (Medieval - 1310 AD to 1314 AD)
- JETTON (Medieval - 1310 AD to 1314 AD)
- SPUR (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1400 AD)
- STRAP FITTING (Medieval - 1350 AD to 1450 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1413 AD to 1422 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1413 AD to 1422 AD)
- JETTON (Medieval - 1415 AD to 1497 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1422 AD to 1427 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1422 AD to 1483 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1427 AD to 1435 AD)
- COIN (Medieval - 1471 AD to 1483 AD)
- CLOTH SEAL (Medieval to 16th Century - 1500 AD to 1600 AD)
- BUTTON (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- PENDANT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2006. Treasure Annual Report 2004. pp 148-149; No 343; Figs 343.1 and 343.2. |
| --- | Photograph: NLA. Finds Photograph. |
| --- | Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2015. Rare coins will help fill gap in region’s history. 31 March. |
| <S1> | Archive: Middle Saxon sceatta NCM Accession No.. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Gibbons, J.. 2012. Drawing of a Iron Age/Roman copper alloy pin. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1. |
| <S3> | Publication: British Museum. 2014. Treasure Act Annual Report 2012. p 31. |
| <S4> | Article in Serial: Marsden, A. 2013. Three Recent Sceatta Hoards from Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLVI Pt IV pp 492-502. pp 500-501. |
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