Record ID: NMS-E95041
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
An assemblage of artefacts from an early Anglo-Saxon female furnished burial. Each object is discussed in turn below. 1. Merovingian coin pendant with (detached) gold suspension loop Pale gold solidus of Sigebert III (634-56), minted in Marseille, pierced in order to be riveted to a suspension loop, now detached. The suspension loop comprises a rectangular strip of ribbed gold sheet with one terminal curved over into a loop. The strip has a small circular perforation at the other terminal for a lost rivet that would have fixed it to the coin. The loop is apparently of higher qua…
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2015
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOUTH NORFOLK', grid reference and parish protected.