NHER 59640 (Find Spot record) - Iron Age coin (Sedgeford, poorly located)

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Summary

The Celtic Coin Index records an Iron Age coin with a provenance of 'Sedgefield, Norfolk' and it is suggested that this may therefore have come from Sedgeford. It is recorded that the coin (which is in a private collection) was found prior to 1998, but no other information regarding its provenance or circumstances of discovery is available.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	Not recorded
Civil Parish	SEDGEFORD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full Description

Before 2002. Possibly metal-detecting [1].
From 'Sedgefield, Norfolk' (so perhaps meant to be Sedgeford):
1 Iron Age gold coin (Iceni stater).
Information from PAS import.
Coin within private collection and originally recorded for the Oxford University British Celtic Coin Index at some time prior to 2002. The above description includes some additional information from (S1). The exact provenance and circumstances of discovery appear to be unknown and the association with Sedgeford clearly only tentative [2].
A. Beckham (HES), 4 April 2013. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 26 March 2020.

Associated Sources (1)

<S1> SNF100525 Website: Oxford University. ????-2020. The Celtic Coin Index. www.celticcoins.ca. 26 March 2020. 000243 [accessed 26 March 2020].

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Object Types (1)

COIN (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)

Related NHER Records (0)

Record last edited

Mar 26 2020 2:19AM