NHER 18528 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period metal objects, coins and pottery sherds

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Summary

Metal detecting in this area during 1980 and 1985 recovered a variety of objects. Finds of note included a Bronze Age copper alloy axehead, Roman coins, a Roman cosmetic palette and sherds of medieval and post medieval pottery.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TM39SW
Civil Parish BROOME, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

1980. Metal detecting and stray finds. North-east of Wainford. Field north of new maltings.
Roman coins.
Republican forgery - silver plated denarius 1st century BC? Sestertius of Domitian AD 69-96.
Late 3rd century Antoninianus.
Constantine I? PROVIDENTIAE AVGG AD 324-30.
Helena; PAX PVBLICA AD 337-40.
Roman pottery.
Various Roman? metalwork.
Medieval pottery.
Bronze weight with crowned R.
Fragment bronze spur.
Fragment iron spur.
Miscellaneous bronze.
Lead.
Post medieval pottery.
Roman metalwork includes palette.
See (S1).

1985. Metal detecting.
Antoninianus of Claudius II, commemorative, reverse: CONSECRATION AD 270.
Identified by A. Gregory (NAU), 23 November 1985.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: Trett, R. 1983. Roman Bronze 'Grooved Pendants' from East Anglia. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXVIII Pt III pp 219-234. p 229.
  • FLAT AXEHEAD (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • PALETTE (COSMETIC) (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SPUR (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • SPUR (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • WEIGHT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Sep 16 2016 12:05PM

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