| Reference number | CLP/16/25 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'An account of some Saxon coynds found in Suffolk [England]' by Philip Skippon |
| Date | 1687 |
| Description | Skippon describes some Early Medieval coins found in May 1687 at Honeden in Suffolk. He writes that 'the sexton as he was digging a grave in the churchyard mett with a skull, and neare it his spade broke a yellow earthen pott, wherein were many silver pieces of Saxon mony, some of which I have seen, and endeavoured to read the inscriptions, which are so various, that there are scarce two alike, tho they are generally of the same bignesse viz: of a groat, and about the same weight.'
Subject: Archaeology
Read to the Royal Society on 14 December 1687
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 16 (1686), p 356 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 12p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1686.0066 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA5658 | Skippon; Sir; Philip (1641 - 1691); army officer and politician | 1641 - 1691 |