HOARD
Unique ID: IARCH-59E201
Workflow
status: Published 
Known as
Forncett
Also known as: Forncett St Peter
Quantity summary
- Coins in hoard: 381
- Containers for the hoard: 1
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Coin chronology
Last ruler: ECEN/ECE
Last Reece period: Period 1 Pre-Claudian and Iron Age (Pre AD 41)
Date from: AD 20
Date to: AD 50
Terminal reason: Date of latest coin
Coin summary
Download as CSV| Period | Ruler | Denomination | Mint | Geog. area | From | To | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRON AGE | Uninscribed | Unit (silver) | - | East Anglia | - | - | 95 | |
| IRON AGE | CANI DVRO | Unit (silver) | - | East Anglia | AD 5 | AD 20 | 2 | |
| IRON AGE | ANTED (Iceni) | Unit (silver) | - | East Anglia | AD 20 | AD 50 | 64 | |
| IRON AGE | ECEN/ECE | Unit (silver) | - | East Anglia | AD 20 | AD 50 | 152 | |
| IRON AGE | Uninscribed | Unit (silver) | - | East Anglia | - | - | 6 | |
| IRON AGE | SAENV | Unit (silver) | - | East Anglia | AD 20 | AD 50 | 1 | |
| IRON AGE | AESV | Unit (silver) | - | East Anglia | AD 20 | AD 50 | 4 | |
| IRON AGE | Uncertain | Unit (silver) | - | East Anglia | - | - | 12 | |
| ROMAN | Republic | Denarius (Roman Republic) | - | - | 128 BC | 42 BC | 23 | |
| ROMAN | Republic | Denarius (Roman Republic) | - | - | 32 BC | 31 BC | 9 | |
| ROMAN | Augustus | Denarius (Empire) | - | - | 27 BC | AD 14 | 7 | |
| ROMAN | Tiberius | Denarius (Empire) | - | - | AD 14 | AD 37 | 6 |
Coin data quality rating: Good (Grade 3)
Description
De Jersey (2015) writes: "10 Iron Age silver units and 4 denarii to Tiberius. The first part of this hoard, consisting of fourteen coins, was found by five metal detectorists at a rally held between 24 and 26 August 1996; another detectorist found the second batch, of c.369 coins (see below for problems with the precise figure), on 26 July 1997, at a depth of c.30 cm. Seventeen body sherds of a wheelmade vessel in a sandy, micaceous fabric were found nearby, possibly from a globular beaker and perhaps the container for the hoard (Chadburn 2006, hoard 54)."
He notes discrepant totals in various sources. The latest Roman coins are ofTiberius.
Notes
Images in BM file. Graded 3 due to discrepancey mentioned by de Jersey. TTRC 1996-97, 13; NC 1998, 13.
In John Talbot's unpublished thesis (2015, 241) he dates this hoard to AD 60/1 on the basis of additional coins allegedly found at the hoard site, including a Neronian denarius of this date.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: British Museum (part); Wymondham Heritage Society (part); Diss Museum (part); Unknown (part)
Materials of coins and artefacts in the hoard
Artefacts linked to this hoard
Record ID:
PAS-B80CE1
Object type:
HOARD
Broad period:
IRON AGE
Containers linked to this hoard
Record ID:
IARCH-15E90F
Object type:
VESSEL
Broad period:
IRON AGE
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 24th August 1996 - Saturday 26th July 1997
Personal details
Other reference numbers
Legacy hoard number: 1451
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Forncett
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Archaeological context
No archaeological context available.
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