NHER 3074 (Find Spot record) - Mattishall Roman coin hoard
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG01SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | MATTISHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Full Description
January 1968. Found by shovelling at side of new driveway to bungalow site.
Hoard of 1100 Roman silver coins in pot.
Treasure Trove Inquest 12 February at Dereham.
Pot buried in shallow pit, perhaps covered by large sherd miscellaneous other Roman sherds in pit no traces of domestic rubbish nor of contemporary building.
Range of hoard: Antoninus Pius to Postumus.
Cleaned J. Tidder (NCM).
List prepared by E.B. Green (NCM) and T.H. Mck. Clough (NCM).
See (S1), and (S2).
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
Summer 1979. At location [1].
Footings and service trenches watched at irregular intervals, so not all trench sections and spoil were thoroughly examined. No finds.
See (S3) and (S4) in site file.
A. Gregory (NAU), 6 December 1979.
Article - 1968 missing from file [Jo Yates, 23 September 2010].
Associated Sources (12)
- --- SNF3171 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1968. [unknown]. 20 January.
- --- SNF3172 Newspaper Article: Eastern Evening News. 1968. [unknown]. 20 January.
- --- SNF63907 Photograph: CM 1561 to 1564 Negatives. Mattishall Roman coin hoard.
- --- SNF87260 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Mattishall [2].
- --- 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. TG 01 SW 6 [2].
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
- <S1> SNF5342 Article in Serial: Green, B. & Mck. Clough, T. H. 1968. The Mattishall Hoard of Roman Silver Coins. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXIV Part III pp 272-278. pp 272-277.
- <S2> SNF63906 Unpublished Document: Wade Martins, P.. 1968. Report of Excavations at Site of Roman Coin Hoard at Mattishall. April.
- <S3> SNF63908 Map: Excavation plan of area of Mattishall Roman hoard.
- <S4> SNF49212 Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (5)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- 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)
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Record last edited
Jun 28 2018 12:51PM