NHER 25431 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Metal detecting recovered four Roman coins, a possible medieval copper alloy human head and the tip of a Bronze Age copper alloy spearhead. The human head may have been part of a knife handle.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TM49SW
Civil Parish	GILLINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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20 August 1989. Found with metal detecting. Gorleston Metal Detectorists Club rally car park.
Four Roman coins: sestertii of Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius, Faustina I and II.
See coin list in file.
Medieval? bronze human head, from knife handle? No details, (S1).
Tip of Bronze Age spearhead.
D. Gurney (NAU), 25 August 1989

For a similar miniature head, see Weybourne NHER 31088.
D. Gurney (NLA), 19 January 1996.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF9870 Photograph: FHR21-28.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF77940 Illustration: White, S.. 1989. Drawing of a medieval bronze human head from knife handle.. Paper. 2:1.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)

Object Types (6)

SPEAR (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
FIGURINE (Undated)
KNIFE (Undated)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
FIGURINE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
KNIFE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Gillingham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Mar 17 2026 8:17AM