Monument record GSE 018 - Mis-location, correct findspot, see Kessingland 021.

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Summary

Mis-location, correct findspot, see Kessingland 021.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 522 880 (100m by 100m)
Map sheet TM58NW
Civil Parish GISLEHAM, WAVENEY, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

Mis-location, correct findspot, see Kessingland 021.
Gold quarter stater of hitherto unrecorded type, found with a metal detector (S1)(S2). Obv: a cross-shaped device consisting of a central 4-spoked wheel connected by straight ribbons to 4 ring and dot ornaments, in the angles are 4 tear-drop shaped objects with `T' bars at their narrow ends, with pellets in between. Rev: standing horse with long tail, to right, below a palm branch and a ring ornament, above a rosette, in front part of another palm branch with a T-shaped end. A pellet beneath the tail. Possibly a Trinovantian issue, the obverse has some similarities to Mack 270 (Addedomaros), the palm branch on the reverse also occurs on coins of both Addedomaros (Mack 268) and Dubnovellaunus (Mack 275). Maximum diameter 12mm. Originally mislocated as Gisleham 018.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <M1> Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: finds report and photographs (L. Wigg).

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 21 2020 8:35AM

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