COIN PELLET MOULD AND CRUCIBLE FRAGMENTS FROM OLD SLEAFORD, LINCOLNSHIRE
Author(s): Justine Bayley, K Robbins
Excavations at Old Sleaford, Lincolnshire in 1963 discovered over 4000 fragments of late Iron Age coin pellet moulds and 320 fragments which were thought to be from crucibles. A sample of both groups was examined and analysed. The artefact assemblage is interpreted as evidence of a mint on the site. The analytical evidence supports this view, the results suggest that the coin pellet moulds were used in the production of silver alloy flans (blanks) for coin production. Analysis of the crucible fragments by XRF identified copper, zinc, silver, tin and lead on the surface of a number of them, indicating that at least some of them were used for melting alloys containing silver. This report complements AML Report 220/87 which describes comparable material from later excavations on an adjacent site.
- Report Number:
- 69/1996
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 11
- Keywords:
- Copper Alloy Lead/Tin Alloy Silver Technology
