NHER 24757 (Find Spot record) - Roman coin and undated unidentified object

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Summary

Metal detecting in 1988 recovered a broken and melted piece of brass and a Roman Antoninianus coin of Gordian III from a heap of earth moved during the construction of the Kirby Cane bypass.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TM39SE
Civil Parish	KIRBY CANE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full Description

August 1988. Found on spoil heap beside bypass construction work.
Gold fragment 8g weight.
Possibly piece of broken and partly melted torc.
Re-identified by British Museum as brass, so origin unknown.
See (S1) and (S2) in file.
Antoninianus of Gordian III 'Concordia Aug' found in same dump 30cm from above fragment.
Information from J. Davies (NCM).
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU) and A. Gregory (NAU).
E. Rose (NAU), 1 September 1988

Associated Sources (4)

--- SNF62385 Correspondence: Wymer, J.J.. 1988. Gold from Kirby Cane bypass. 19 August.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map.
<S2> SNF62384 Correspondence: Hook, D.. 1988. Gold-coloured lump of metal from Kirby Cane, Norfolk. 11 November.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (3)

TORC (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Undated)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Kirby Cane (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Mar 2 2016 5:28PM