Record ID: SF-77EB75
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This item 19mm long is shaped in half-round with a flattened back. It is formed of rod 2.3mm broad and 2.5mm thick, which suddenly broadens to 4mm wide and 3mm thick, before tapering to a terminal of 2mm in both dimensions. The overall effect is of a long serpentine head with a tapered snout. This could be broken off some longer object, but the 'neck' end is apparently cut rather than broken, and there is no sign of how this item might have been fixed to another: there are no signs of securing pins on the back. This serpentine head form recurs frequently among middle Saxon items from t…
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-77C1A7
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, broken faceted-headed pin presumably of Middle Saxon age. The head is 4mm square and displays four equal lozenges on the side faces with an additional lozenge on the top, the triangular chamfers between forming the facets of the upper corners. There is a single collar between the head and the shaft, and the shaft is of rod 2mm in diameter. The point of the pin is broken off and missing, but 19mm of the shaft survives, which at a short distance from the broken end has been bent in antiquity to a 90 degree bend on a very tight curve. This may be connected with its breakage, whi…
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-77B144
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Georgian copper-alloy two-piece shoe buckle, 47mm long and 42mm wide. The buckle has four roundels, one in the centre of each side; in between these the frame is beaded. In each corner triangular shapes make up pointed terminals. The holes that would have held the missing bar are filled with iron corrosion. It is very similar to no. 675 in Ross Whitehead's book 'Buckles 1250-1800'.
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-77BE62
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper alloy Roman bracelet, 8mm wide at one break and tapering to 7mm at the other, ?eyelet end. Elongated D-shape in section. The inside of the bracelet is flat but curving and smooth, and the decoration is in four sections flanked by horizontal ribs and grooves. From the complete end, there is a plain section (9mm in length) followed by a 10mm long section with a vertical line of four ring-and-dot (two slightly overlapping) flanked on either side by oblique incised lines c.1mm apart. After a deep groove, the next section begins. Two punched-dot oblique sides of a triangl…
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cricklade', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-778898
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze object formed of a 2mm thick strip of bronze 30mm long, which tapers evenly from a breadth of 7mm at one end to a point at the other. At the broader end it is hammered to make it thinner, raising the possibility that this was intended as a sharpened edge and that the object is a chisel-blade or small chasing tool. Although Anglo-Saxon finds are frequently produced from this field, there is nothing intrinsic in the present object to enable one to date it, and the identification suggested may be wholly wrong.
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-777D68
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy seal matrix with tall handle, pierced at the top. The die is almost circular, with a diameter of 15.89mm - 14.33mm. It is engraved with a crowned letter 'T' with a foliage design around. The depiction of a crown does not mean that it is a royal matrix, but the 'T' could represent a personal mark.
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Sussex', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-778715
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy two piece garter buckle, 18mm high and 16mm wide. The rectangular frame has rounded corners and the bar is attached by two holes through the frame. It has a small pointed pin and it is corroded. Similar to 735 in 'Buckles 1250-1800'
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-7752C7
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy medieval spectacle buckle, 31mm high and 23mm wide. Each side of the buckle is in the form of an elongated oval. The buckle is rectangular in section, but it has flattened out sides, as though it has been hammered to widen it. No pin present.
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South of Roman Settlement', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-775ED5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small copper alloy buckle hoop 17mm long by 9.7mm across, formed of continuous rod 3.3mm thick on outer side and 1mm thick on the inner. There is a very distinct 'shoulder' at the point where the inner or pin-bearing rod becomes thinner than the outer hoop, suggesting that this buckle was intended to have a folded bronze plate with a central piercing, to hold the pin in its central position on the small inner bar.
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-770794
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy and gilt brooch. Oval plate brooch with a dark glass centre boss. Copper alloy with a gilt surface at the front and tinned at the back. The oval frame has a slight lip or flange around the oval boss. The boss is drawn to a point at it's centre which projects up from the framing plate The glass is black, ovoid and conical. The back of the plate is flat with a tinned surface. Dividing it lengthways are a fixing point for a sprung pin which is missing, and a catchplate. There is some decoration on the front of the plate around the surface of the outer edge. This consists of a…
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SF-7710A1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small copper alloy buckle hoop 19mm long by 10mm across, formed of continuous rod 3.0mm thick on outer side and 1.5mm thick on the inner.
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7750A8
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy brooch, Hod Hill (straight sided) type. Missing pin, half of hinge, part catchplate; mostly heavily corroded but a patch of white metal survives on the lower bow. Three transverse ribs at the top are separated by broad concave mouldings and a similar pattern occurs at mid bow: the intervening area has an undecorated convex front. The lower bow is flat and tapers to a small foot knob. Length 42mm, surviving width (c. half of original) is 7mm. As Riha Typ 5.14 (eg Riha 1979 nos. 1226, 1230)
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shimpling, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-774778
Object type: HARNESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy zoomorphic harness hook, probably dating to the 13th or 14th century. This hook is 53.28mm long and weighs 20.69 grammes and is moulded in one piece. The top portion of the hook is shaped to resemble the body and head of an animal, possibly a dragon. The head is 12.46mm long and 8.2mm wide. It is rectangular in plan and square in section. It has two small indentations to represent eyes, two incised lines down the back of its head, between which is a small incised ‘v’ with the point facing upwards, and two indentations representing nostrils on the end of the snout. The …
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bromley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-76F826
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small copper alloy buckle hoop 14mm long by 8.5mm across, formed of continuous rod 2.5mm thick on outer side and 1.5mm thick on the inner.
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-76D9E5
Object type: WATCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This artefact was originally identified at a 16th - 17th Century dress fastener. Therefore the artefact was reported as a possible Treasure item and was sent to the British Museum. The British Museum's Post-Medieval artefact specialist (Dora Thornton) has suggested that the artefact is more likely to be a watch key than a dress-hook. The watch key is silver, with traces of what could be niello. The artefact is triangular in shape tapering to a point which appears to be the zoomorphic head of a bird. The opposite end of the triangle has been broken; the breaks do not look recent. The w…
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Friday 28th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Sussex', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-76D526
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy mount, probably a bronze bucket mount. The object has a bulls head on one terminal. The other terminal is very worn and in profile is much thinner than the bulls head. This may indicate that it was a tail, or perhaps another, smaller beast head. The face of the mount has a very worn human face with prominant eyes. The reverse of the mount is plain and recessed at the back of the head. Suspension loop cast integrally at top.
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-76DEC4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy late Iron Age/ Roman brooch, probably of the Aucissa variant type: The head curls over to the reverse to create simple wings either side of 5x1mm cut, although one wing is now missing (broken in antiquity). The brooch tapers from a width of 14mm just below the wing(s) to a point less than 1mm in width that runs for 10mm to the foot. The catchplate extends from the reverse for this same distance and the curl is complete. The decoration is in the form of two vertical ribs running next to each other and flanked by a groove either side and inbetween, starting 40mm f…
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cricklade', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-75EE95
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy double looped trapezoidal buckle frame and pin. The frame has a narrowed centre bar with a small projecting knop at each end. There are rounded projecting knops, one at each corner, and a rounded projection at the mid-point of each of the outer edges on the short sides. The outer edges are wider than the sides. There is an incised line along each of the outer edges on the upper surface. the back is undecorated. The pin is formed of a copper alloy strip hooked around the centre bar. It tapers to a point.
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-768EC0
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
This copper alloy artefact probably dates to the 16th - 17th Centuries, although it is unidentifiable. The scrolling foliage decoration on the surface of the artefact is characteristic of the 16th - 17th Centuries. The artefact looks like a buckle or some sort of dress fitting. The front surface of the find has the foliage decoration on the main 'arm' of the artefact, there is also a small hole in the 'arm'. If you hold the artefact in your left hand along its length (facing forwards between your thumb and 1st finger) both terminals look like they have broken. The terminal against your…
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Sussex', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-766833
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy nummus of Constantine I dating to the period AD 324 to 325 (Reece period 16). PROVIDENTIAE AVGG reverse depicting campgate. Mint of Lyon. RIC VII, p. 136, no. 225.
Created on: Friday 28th November 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2012
Spatial data recorded.