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COIN HOARD
Unique ID: NMS-EA4080
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Description: The group as found originally constituted six coins, all pennies of the late 13th or early 14th centuries. Unfortunately, one of these was subsequently lost before it could be handed in to Norfolk Landscape Archaeology's Identification and Recording Service. Cursory examination, however, revealed it to be of a similar date to the other five. The five surviving coins are all pennies of Edward I. One is an Irish penny struck at Waterford and showing signs of wear, the other four are in much crisper condition and can all be dated to a short period at the end of Edward's reign, from 1303 to 1307. The sharp condition of the four later coins makes it likely that the putative purse containing these coins was lost not long after this date, probably between c.1310 and c.1320.
Catalogue
Edward I penny, Waterford mint, 1279-1284 issue
Edward I penny, class 10ab4, London Mint, c.1303
Edward I penny, class 10ab5, Canterbury mint, c.1303-1305
Edward I penny, class 10cf1, London mint, c.1305-1306
Edward I penny, class 10cf2, Bury mint, c.1306-1307
Notes:
The Treasure Act states that two or more silver coins of three hundred years old or more lost or deposited together constitute Treasure. The close date range of these coins, together with their recovery from a very small area make it overwhelmingly likely that they all come from the same deposit, probably a purse lost soon after the latest coin was struck, and so a priori represent a case of Treasure.
Update: Two more coins were found in 2008 and reported under the Treasure Act as 2008T708. They are recorded separately on the PAS database at NMS-C28AC4.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Norwich Castle Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2007T676
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1279
Date to: Exactly AD 1307
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 5
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 21st October 2007 - Wednesday 21st November 2007
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 64191
Treasure case number: 2007T676
Materials and construction
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