NHER 1952 (Find Spot record) - Middle Saxon coin

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Summary

A fragmentary silver penny of the Saxon king Offa minted around 795 AD was found in a garden.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF83NE
Civil Parish NORTH CREAKE, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

1959. Found in garden.
Fragmentary silver penny of Offa around 795 AD obverse OFFA.REX now kept in NCM. Celtic cross. Moneyer EALKI = EATHMUND.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
See (S1) for further information.

Article missing from file [J. yates, 30 July 2010].

  • --- Correspondence: Dolby, M.. 1959. Letter. Offa penny.. 1 September.
  • --- Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1959. [unknown]. 6 August.
  • --- Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Early Saxon. Creake (North).
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Serial: 1959. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1959. No. 6. p 3.
  • <S1> Article in Serial: Wilson, D. M. and Hurst, D. G. 1961. Medieval Britain in 1959. Medieval Archaeology. Vol IV (for 1960) pp 134-165. p 136.
  • COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 29 2016 3:38PM

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