SNETTISHAM 1991

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Location

City

Snettisham (Parish)

Address

King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)

County

Norfolk

Region

Eastern

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

52.877233 / 0.49495961 / 12 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

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Information

15317

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/15317

Hoard name

SNETTISHAM 1991

Alternative names

Snettisham Bowl Hoard, Snettisham P

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Feb 1991

Total number of coins

8000

Summary

De Jersey (2015) gives a full account of this discovery and its implications. This was probably the largest Iron Age coin hoard found in Britain, but it was illegally detected and then dispersed, before a complete record could be made. The hoard appears to have been contained in a metal bowl and was associated with further gold coins, ingots and torc fragments buried above and below it. Estimates range from between 6000 and 8000 silver coins.

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Discovery method

Metal detector
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Dispersed through trade
Closing reign (earliest)

Uncertain (non Roman)
Terminal year (earliest)

20
Closing reign (latest)

Uncertain (non Roman)
Terminal year (latest)

50
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Metal detecting use
Site class

Uncertain

Depositional context

Ploughsoil

Containers belonging to this hoard

Metal vessel

A metal bowl, apparently of silver-plated or tinned bronze. The bowl is said to have been 30 cm in diameter at the rim, standing 20 cm high.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/2767

References

Reference

de Jersey, P.J. - 2015 - Coin Hoards from Iron Age Britain

Ref

196.6

PAS Leicester - British Museum dataset, imported and edited by M. Spoerri (July 2019). Updated by C. Gazdac (Mar. 2026).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

SNETTISHAM 1991

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Metal vessel

A metal bowl, apparently of silver-plated or tinned bronze. The bowl is said to have been 30 cm in diameter at the rim, standing 20 cm high.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

SNETTISHAM 1991

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Metal vessel

A metal bowl, apparently of silver-plated or tinned bronze. The bowl is said to have been 30 cm in diameter at the rim, standing 20 cm high.

Permalink in other online databases

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire