NHER 37080 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age coin hoard

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Summary

A storm in 1954 exposed two soil-filled features, in which was found a hoard of 206 Iron Age coins.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG14SW
Civil Parish	WEYBOURNE, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full Description

1954/5. Following a storm, two dark soil-filled features exposed in clay in section at back of beach.
Finder and another recovered 206 coins from beach below these features.
Description indicates that these were Gallo-Belgic E (uniface) type.
Finder retains one stater and one quarter stater. Rest sold. There may have been other quarters amongst the 206.
See map (S1) marked by finder, and e-mail (S2) in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 13 March 2002.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map..
<S2> SNF68480 Correspondence: Davies, J. (NCM). 2002. Printed email to D. Gurney (NLA). 6 March.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Object Types (1)

COIN HOARD (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

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Record last edited

Jul 24 2006 12:31PM