NHER 6064 (Find Spot) - Iron Age coins
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BRETTENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Full Description
Two Iron Age coins.
Copper coin of Cunobelin, see (S1).
Uninscribed copper alloy 'where I believe other British coins have also been discovered'.
33 1/2 grains, type G.12.
?Called Icenian.
Obverse; convex CVNO in front of beardless laureate head to right derived Augustus. Abraded circle surrounds whole.
Reverse; concave, Bull butting to left, behind 3 pellets, CVN in exergue-whole with a beaded circle.
See (S2), (S3) and (S4).
Probably coin of the Aubiani, see (S6).
Obverse; 2 boars wheel in centre.
Reverse; Horse to right.
R. R. Clarke (NCM)
Associated Sources (9)
- <S1> SNF5976 Publication: Evans, J.. 1890. Coins of the Ancient Britons. 2nd Edition. p 571; Pl xxvii No 10.
- <S2> SNF5949 Publication: Evans, J. 1864. Coins of the Ancient Britons. pp 120-121.
- <S3> SNF1794 Article in Serial: Brooke, G. C. 1933. The Distribution of Gaulish and British Coins in Britain. Antiquity. Vol 7 No 27 pp 268-289. p 285; Map XI.
- <S4> SNF1938 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. and Moore, I. E. 1937. The Roman Villages at Brettenham and Needham and the Contemporary Road System. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVI Pt II pp 123-163. p 144.
- <S5> SNF1971 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1939. The Iron Age in Norfolk and Suffolk. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XCVI pp 1-113. p 103.
- <S6> SNF5736 Publication: de la Tour. Atlas de la Monnaic Gaul. No.8514.
- --- SNF87259 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Brettenham.
- --- 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. TL 98 SW 6 [2]; TL 98 SW 7 [2].
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
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Record last edited
Jul 12 2016 9:09AM