NHER 9627 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age coin hoard (Thorpe St Andrew, poorly located)

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Summary

It is recorded that 'no small number of silver pieces' were recovered from this parish. They are thought to have been Iron Age coins, one side depicting a head and the other a horse. The exact nature and location of this discovery are unclear, though they are likely to have been found in the 18th or 19th century.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full Description

Silver coins, see (S1).
Obverse depicts rude head, reverse an ill-formed horse - Ic Dure I.
'British Coynes...no small number of silver pieces near Norwich (Browns footnote 'at Thorpe'): with a rude head upon the obverse and an ill formed horse upon the reverse, with inscriptions IC.DVRO.T Browne Urne Burial (S1) (says coin at both Caisters but misread Browne).
(S2), (S3), (S4), (S5).
Compiled by R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Associated Sources (9)

--- SNF496 Article in Monograph: Browne, T., Sir.. 1862. Hydriotaphia: Urn-Burial, or A Discourse of the Sepulchral Urn Lately Found Lately in Norfolk [1658]. The Writings of Sir Thomas Browne. Evans, J.. p 40.
--- SNF1971 Article in Serial: Clarke, R. R. 1939. The Iron Age in Norfolk and Suffolk. The Archaeological Journal. Vol XCVI pp 1-113. p 105.
--- SNF87259 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Iron Age. Thorpe (St Andrew).
--- 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 20 NE 1.
<S1> SNF5949 Publication: Evans, J. 1864. Coins of the Ancient Britons. pp 25, 360; Plates xv-xvi.
<S2> SNF868 Article in Serial: Chester, G. J.. 1855. A Brief Sketch of the Antiquities of the Valleys of the Waveney and Yare. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol IV pp 310-316. p 312.
<S3> SNF6137 Publication: Gale. 1709. [unknown]. Itinerary p.109.
<S4> 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. Map XII.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Object Types (2)

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

Related NHER Records (0)

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Thorpe St Andrew (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

May 13 2022 12:38AM