NHER 35090 (Find Spot record) - 4th century Roman coin hoard

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Summary

Metal detecting recovered a scattered hoard of 127 Roman coins minted before 320 AD originally stored in a Roman pot. Other finds from the vicinity include other Roman pottery fragments, a prehistoric flake, scraper and Neolithic knife.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TG30SW
Civil Parish	CARLETON ST PETER, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full Description

Early February 2000. Metal detecting. Found in plough soil. Height OD 10m.
Roman coin hoard. 4th century.
Parts of a greyware pot still containing one (out of 53) coins.
See draft coin hoard catalogue in file.
One coin acquired by British Museum (2001,0909.1).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 February 2000 and A. Rogerson (NLA), 4 September 2000. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 14 May 2020.
December 2002/January 2003. Metal detecting.
See file for notes, (S1), 1:2500 map copy and list of surface finds in the vicinity.
A. Rogerson (NLA), 14 February 2003.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF56452 Unpublished Document: Department for Culture, Media and Sport. 2001. Treasure Annual Report 2000. pp 120-121; No 257.
<S1> SNF51288 Drawing: Unknown. Sketch plan of finds site. Film.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to 19th Century - 1000000 BC to 1900 AD)

Object Types (9)

FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN HOARD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
COIN HOARD (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

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Carleton St Peter (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

May 14 2020 3:41AM