Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 November 2011
1 In April 2003 projects were established in Buckinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Surrey, and Staffordshire/West Midlands, in August in Cornwall, Essex, Hertfordshire/Bedfordshire, the Isle of Wight, Leicestershire, London, the North-East, Sussex, and Wiltshire, and in December in Berkshire/Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire, Devon, Gloucestershire/Avon, Herefordshire/Shropshire, Lancashire/Cumbria, and South/West Yorkshire.
2 Owing to the very high number of artefacts presented for identification in Norfolk, only a proportion is currently available on the PAS database. Records of other artefacts are entered in the Norfolk Historic Environment Record.
3 N. Crummy, The Roman Small Finds from Excavations in Colchester 1971–9, Colchester Archaeological Report 2 (1983).
4 Throughout the year, staff at the British Museum, in particular Ralph Jackson, together with Martin Henig (Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford) have provided invaluable support in the identification of individual objects.
5 c/o Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, London, WC1B 3DG. Contact Dan Pett, Portable Antiquities Scheme ([email protected]).
6 The geographical sequence here follows that set out in the ‘Roman Britain in 20xx. I. Sites Explored' section of Britannia. Finds Liaison Officers have submitted reports which have been edited by the author.
7 All single coin finds, excluding coin hoards. The latter will continue to be reported in the annual fieldwork summaries in Britannia (‘Roman Britain in 20xx. I. Sites Explored’).
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55 Found by N. Green. Record by J. Bird.
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