NHER 1748 (Find Spot record) - Egyptian coins

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Summary

Three Eygptian coins made of copper alloy, found in the early 20th century.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	BURNHAM MARKET, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Full Description

Pre 1914.

Three copper alloy Egyptian coins found at unknown site probably in Burnham Market, early in 20th century, before 1914.

1. Ptolemy III. Head of Zeus Ammon, reverse; 2 eagles on thunderbolt. PTOLEMAIOS BASILEOS (in Greek lettering) 247 to 222 BC.

2. Ptolemy III. Head of Zeus Ammon; broad band in hair, border of dots. Reverse: eagle on thunderbolt.

3. Ptolemy V, 204 to 181 BC. Head of Zeus? reverse: eagle.

Compare with examples in (S1) and (S2).
Probably all are imports of Roman date, but they are not above suspicion of having reached England VERY recently.
R. R. Clarke (NCM)

(S3) gives 2 Ptolemaic, regards as scrap metal (This comment affixed by R. R. Clarke to card listing above and coins from Overy (NHER 1749, NHER 21881) and not clear if refers to all.)
Retyped 28 October 1985 by E. Rose (NAU)
See NHER 1749 and NHER 21881.

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF87259 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Burnham Market.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 84 SW 3.
<S1> SNF3347 Newspaper Article: Eastern Evening News. 193. [unknown]. 23 April.
<S2> SNF1971 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1939. The Iron Age in Norfolk and Suffolk. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XCVI pp 1-113. pp 91-2, 33-4.
<S3> SNF7149 Publication: Milne, J. G. 1948. Finds of Greek Coins in the British Isles: the evidence reconsidered in the light of the Rackett collection from Dorset. p 38.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Early Iron Age to Roman - 800 BC to 409 AD)

Object Types (3)

COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
COIN (Undated)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

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Burnham Market (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Apr 6 2016 2:33PM