Find Spot record 881/0/1 - Saxon Coins Found at Eastcote

Two Saxon sceattas found in 1933 and 1950.

{1} Coin dug up at Eastcote.

{2} Precise location of find unknown, as is finder

{3} Find made in 1933.

{4} A silver Saxon sceatta recently found near Northampton has been given to the British Museum. A copy of a Roman Emperor's head is on one side, and on the other a design based on the Roman wolf suckling Romulus and Remus.

{5} Find made in1950; a Saxon Sceatta was found at Eastcote.

{8} The [1950] coin originated from Eastcote (SP 6854), but a precise site is not available and the finder is unknown.

<1> 1934, Journal of Northants Natural History Society & FC, p.91 (part checked) (Journal). SNN12357.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP65SE14 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<3> Northampton Museum Records, (unchecked) (Uncertain). SNN126.

<4> 1951, Bulletin of The British Archaeological Association (Vol.34), p.1 (unchecked) (Series). SNN12360.

<5> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.111 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<6> 1952, British Museum Quarterly, p.54 (unchecked) (Series). SNN59724.

<7> 1977, British Numismatic Journal, p.39 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN59725.

<8> Baird, J, 1969, Field Investigators Comments, F1 JB 18-MAR-69 (Note). SNN111452.

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Jul 5 2023 2:48PM