NHER 55082 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age coin and Early-Middle Saxon silver mount

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Summary

Metal-detecting in 2010 recovered an Iron Age coin and an Early-Middle Saxon silver mount.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM09NW
Civil Parish	GREAT ELLINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full Description

Before 20 May 2010. Metal-detecting.
Iron Age coin.
Early-Middle Saxon silver mount with gold foil on one face.
See description in file.
The silver and gold mount was submitted as potential Treasure (Treasure case 2010 T574), declared Treasure at inquest on 5 July 2012 and subsequently acquired by Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2013.66). See British Museum report in file, which notes that while the object was likely to be more than 300 years old it wasn't more closely datable.
A. Rogerson (HES), 15 September 2010 and E. Darch (HES), 2 April 2012, 13 July 2012 and 12 March 2013. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 June 2020.

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF50955 Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
--- SNF100586 Publication: British Museum. 2012. Treasure Act Annual Report 2010. p xxii.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF84878 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2012. Treasure found by Norfolk detectorists. 6 July.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (3)

COIN (Late Iron Age - 100 BC to 42 AD)
COIN (Late Iron Age - 75 BC to 25 BC)
MOUNT (Early Saxon to Middle Saxon - 411 AD to 850 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Jun 5 2020 12:49AM