Treasure Annual Report 1998-1999 - Portable Antiquities Scheme

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Catalogue A. Artefacts a) Prehistoric 10 b) Roman 16 c) Early Medieval 25 d) Medieval 54 e) Post - medieval 78 Treasure Annual Report 1998-1999 Artefacts 9
10 Treasure Annual Report 1998 - 1999 Prehistoric Artefacts a) Prehistoric Artefacts (fig.1) Stogursey (fig.2) Longbridge Deverill 1 Stogursey (1), Somerset: Bronze Age gold ‘basket ornament’ (Fig. 1) Date: About 2500–2000 BC Finder: Messrs T Phillips and D Hines Date of discovery: 5 April 1999 Circumstances of discovery: While searching with metal-detectors. Description: A small parcel of tightly folded and very thin sheet gold. Unfolding would probably reveal a plaque of oval shape, with a gently tapering tang projecting from one side. Where the original edge of the plaque is visible, it is seen to carry inset decoration comprising three rows of lightly punched dots and one light groove in between the outer two rows. There are traces of a further very light groove crossing the centre of the plaque in line with the tang. Dimensions: Maximum dimension (in folded state): 19.5 mm; weight: 1.08g. Note: Found with, or close to, a plough-scattered hoard of 1096 Roman coins of the 3rd century AD: see below, no. 300. Although tightly folded into at least five layers, mental unravelling leaves little doubt that this piece belongs to a class of object known as basket ornaments, regarded alternatively as earrings or hair tress rings. They date to the earliest phases of metallurgy in the British Isles, about 2500–2000 BC. Note: 93 per cent for gold. Disposition: British Museum Valuation: £200 S P NEEDHAM 2 Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire: ?Early Bronze Age gold disc (Fig. 2) Date: Possibly Early Bronze Age, about 2200–1600 BC Finder: Mr Brian Read Date of discovery: 3 February 1998 Circumstances of discovery: While searching with a metal-detector. Description: The disc is of thin gold sheet. It is crumpled and bears the marks of having been folded and unfolded. There is a small tear in the surface of one side. The edge is torn away in two places and folded over where complete. The brighter side, or face, appears to have been faintly striated before the crumpling occurred; this could represent polishing at the time of manufacture. Some small punched dots are visible by way of decoration near the edge. These do not neatly follow the edge but are irregular and have been punched from the back, or duller side, of the disc and break through in places. There are some (but fewer) faint striations on the back, and some faint scratches. Out of any clear archaeological context the piece is difficult to place chronologically. It recalls, though by no means precisely, two small gold discs from an Early Bronze Age burial at Lake, Wiltshire (about 2200–1600 BC). The combination of sheet gold and punched dot decoration, while certainly not conclusive, does admit the possibility of an Early Bronze Age origin. Dimensions: Maximum diameter:18 mm; weight: 0.37g. Note: Approximately 94 per cent for gold. See Treasure Annual Report 1997–98, no. 16. Disposition: Devizes Museum Valuation: £50 G VARNDELL 3 Binstead, West Sussex: Two Bronze Age gold rings linked together (Fig. 3) Date: Middle Bronze Age, about 1500–1300 BC. Finder: Mr C Longridge Date of discovery: 10 August 1998
Page 1 and 2: Department for Culture, Media and S
Page 3 and 4: 2 Treasure Annual Report 1998 - 199
Page 9: 8 Treasure Annual Report 1998 - 199
Page 61 and 62:
60 Treasure Annual Report 1998 - 19
Page 63 and 64:
Page 65 and 66:
Page 67 and 68:
Page 69 and 70:
Page 71 and 72:
Page 73 and 74:
Page 75 and 76:
Page 77 and 78:
Page 79 and 80:
Page 81 and 82:
Page 83 and 84:
Page 85 and 86:
Page 87 and 88:
Page 89 and 90:
Page 91 and 92:
Page 93 and 94:
Page 95 and 96:
Page 97 and 98:
Catalogue B. Coin finds a) Iron Age
Page 99 and 100:
6.19g, 6.15g, 6.22g, 6.09g, 6.21g,
Page 101 and 102:
British QB staters (VA 216, BMC 461
Page 103 and 104:
5.31g, 5.46g) plastic A (VA 2010, B
Page 105 and 106:
earliest of which may have been par
Page 107 and 108:
(fig. 277) South-West Norfolk Face-
Page 109 and 110:
282 Llanhamlach, Powys Deposited: A
Page 111 and 112:
Nero (AD 54-68), 1 Vitellius (AD 69
Page 113 and 114:
289 Lichfield area (1), Staffordshi
Page 115 and 116:
293 Prestwood A, Buckinghamshire De
Page 117 and 118:
Faustina I, 5 Diadumenian, 8 Diva F
Page 119 and 120:
Description: 2,830 coins, all base-
Page 121 and 122:
Claudius II (AD 268-70), 2 Divus Cl
Page 123 and 124:
307 Prestwood B, Buckinghamshire De
Page 125 and 126:
Uncertain, 1 Disposition: Disclaime
Page 127 and 128:
Salus Reipublicae (Helena, AD 324-8
Page 129 and 130:
and have also been acquired by the
Page 131 and 132:
the interests of the landowners; as
Page 133 and 134:
7a, 2 (London, 1; Canterbury, 1) 7b
Page 135 and 136:
Circumstances of discovery: While s
Page 137 and 138:
Groats, 2 (star on sceptre, Edinbur
Page 139 and 140:
Henry VIII, Second Coinage (4) im l
Page 141 and 142:
Third coinage: half-crown, 1 (lis)
Page 143 and 144:
Henry III, Short Cross coinage, cut
Page 145 and 146:
Index ENGLAND Bath and North East S
Page 147 and 148:
Bacton, 111 Wormegay, 263 Beachamwe
Page 149:
Sutton on Derwent, 32 Newport Wilbe
show all

Treasure Annual Report 1998-1999 - Portable Antiquities Scheme

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?