NHER 31278 (Find Spot record) - Medieval boy bishop token and post medieval coin

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Summary

Metal detecting at this location in 1992 recovered a medieval Boy Bishop token with an inscription relating to the story of Samuel. At the same time a post medieval shilling of Elizabeth I was found.

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Map sheet	TM08NW
Civil Parish	QUIDENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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1992. Metal detector finds. The Wilderness.
Boy Bishop token 'groat' type, mitred head, initials SN on each side.
PIE NICHOLAE ORA PRO NOB[IS]//VOS.VO/CASTI/S:ME:E/CCE:AD/ inner circle: AVE/REX/GEN/TIS:
= vos vocastis me: ecce adsum (you have called me: behold, here am I). As in story of Samuel.
See for comparison 'Ic' in (S1). Identified by S. Margeson (NCM) 21 November 1994.
Elizabeth I shilling mint mark tun.
Polaroids (S2) in file.
W. Milligan (NCM) 23 August 1993.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF7902 Article in Serial: Rigold, S. E. 1978. The St Nicholas or 'Boy Bishop' Tokens. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History. Vol XXXIV Pt 2 pp 87-101.
<S2> SNF51667 Photograph: NCC Find Identification and Recording Service. c. 1975-2000. HES Find Polaroid Collection. HES Find Polaroid Collection. polaroid. black and white.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Object Types (2)

TOKEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Quidenham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Sep 16 2016 2:30PM