Record Details
| NHER Number: | 9266 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Great Melton Roman coin hoard I and a Mesolithic/Neolithic roughout |
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Summary
In 1887 a hoard of twenty-five to thirty Roman silver coins was found. The coins were discovered in a pot and were buried in around AD 180. In 1989 a Mesolithic or Neolithic flaked axehead roughout was found in the same area.
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Location
| Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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| Map Sheet: | TG10NW |
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| Parish: | GREAT MELTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1887.
Hoard of silver coins found in pot - about 25 to 30 coins. Range from Titus to Marcus Aurelius (Lucilla). Concealed about 180 AD.
See (S1), (S2), (S3).
Known to include coins of Trajan (6), Domitian (2), Faustina I (1), Marcus Aurelius (2), Hadrian (1), Antoninus Pius (1), Faustina II (1), Lucilla (1).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Coins also include Vespasian (1), Nerva (1), another Faustina (1) and four unrecorded.
8 May 1989. Fieldwalking.
Found by [4] at [5]:
1 chipped flint roughout for axe. Mesolithic/Neolithic type.
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU), 15 May 1989. Subsequently donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.1.32.1).
W. Milligan (NCM), 15 May 1989. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 11 March 2014.
Notes (S4) in file.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN HOARD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 10 NW 10. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Evening News. 1984. Teacher detects treasure trove. 27 September. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1984. Norfolk farm coins treasure trove. 27 September. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Melton (Great). |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Fox, G. E. 1889. Roman Norfolk. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XLVI pp 331-367. p 362. |
| <S2> | Monograph: 1901. The Victoria History of Norfolk. The Victoria History of the Counties of England. Vol 1. p 319. |
| <S3> | Monograph: Sutherland. 1937. Coinage and Currency in Roman Britain.. p 161. |
| <S4> | Unpublished Document: Clarke, R.R.. 1949?. Melton Magna (Great Melton) Hoard, Norfolk (1887). |
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