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| Image | Object Type | Find number | Broadperiod | County | Actions |
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| Brooch | NMS15 |
Roman | Norfolk |
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| Rather fine Aesica brooch of ‘closed’ form. The wings are semi-cylindrical, open at the back for the (missing) spring, and with a rear-facing hook in the centre. There are traces of ?solder at either end of the spring channel. The front of each wing is decorated with a broad oblique groove wit... | |||||
| Brooch | NMS155 |
Roman | Norfolk |
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| AE fan-headed or ‘radiate’-headed trumpet brooch, broken flat semi-circular fan-shaped plate with four tiny lobes (remains of chain loop). Part of bow broken immediately below acanthus button. Plate hollowed out into bow, the hollow is flanked by twin pierced lugs for pin and spring. Similar to (... | |||||
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Pin | SF4134 |
Post medieval | Suffolk |
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| Silver head-dress pin. The section is thick and flat with the edges bevelled to form a flat hexagon which smoothly tapers to a sharp point. About halfway up, both faces are decorated with identical engraving; a long triangle, point downwards, then above this a ?double-strand zigzag and then a f... | |||||
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Cloth seal | SF4630 |
Post medieval | Suffolk |
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| Lead cloth seal. Disc 1 is stamped with a rampant lion, probably the 'Belgic' lion of the Netherlands (although the sabre and bundle of arrows that it ought to be holding are off the flan). Disc 2 has a shield with a row of ?six lozenges across the middle (or 'conjoined in fess' in heraldic lan... | |||||
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Religious personal accessory | SF5471 |
Early medieval | Suffolk |
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| Enigmatic object made of cast copper alloy with a long, slightly flaring base, a central loop and a human-head terminal. The base is rectangular in section, 5 x 6 mm, with chamfered edges; it is 12 mm long and hollow, and perhaps served as a socket. The central loop sits on top of the base; its... | |||||
| Coin | SF5051 |
Roman | Cambridgeshire |
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Hooked tag | NMS-100B45 |
Early medieval | Norfolk |
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| Incomplete copper-alloy hooked tag, strong beaded border, each bead with central dot (in some cases fully perforated). Projecting lobes with holes for attachment, circular central niello panel with simple scrolls and annulets in silver wire, 15 x 22mm. Almost identical to example illustrated in ... | |||||
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Brooch | HAMP1962 |
Early medieval | Hampshire |
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| Cast copper-alloy Small-Long brooch. Rectangular head-plate, incised border line with two ring-and-dot motifs. Arched bow, carinated in front, concave behind; mouldings at top and bottom forming facetted corners. Discoid foot, the end of which is missing. One ring-and-dot motif at the centre of t... | |||||
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Brooch | HAMP3678 |
Early medieval | Hampshire |
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| Cast copper-alloy Cruciform brooch. The top-knob is circular in section and conical in outline, side knobs missing. Small head-plate without wings, with a transverse moulded ridge at the junction with the top-knob. Narrow high-arched bow, carinated in front, flat (solid) behind. The base of the b... | |||||
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Pin | SF9909 |
Bronze age | Suffolk |
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| A very small quoit-headed undecorated bronze pin, 89mm in lenght. The pin has a flat sub-circular loop head with slightly rounded edges, which measures 30mm in external diameter and 22mm in internal diameter. At the neck the pin shaft is flattened but becomes circular about half-way down. At the ... | |||||
| Brooch | HAMP3511 |
Iron age | Hampshire |
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| Incomplete copper-alloy Colchester type brooch. Very short, flat side wings, forward hook to secure external chord intact. Oval-sectioned bow tapering to missing foot and trace of catchplate. Sprung pin missing. | |||||
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Ampulla | SF9448 |
Medieval | Suffolk |
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| A lead ampulla, 53mm in length and 32mm in width, made from a two-piece mould. Such ampulla were pilgrim souvenirs and were used to carry the holy water that was dispensed to pilgrims at holy wells and shrines. In East Anglia they are often found on arable land unassociated with other holy relics... | |||||
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Coin | SF11006 |
Early medieval | Suffolk |
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| 90 coins and frags of Edward the Elder, deposited c920. An important hoard as it must date very soon after the Anglo-Saxon re-conquest of East Anglia. Coins are being examined at the British Museum under the Treasure Act. | |||||
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Harness fitting | SF10781 |
Iron age | Suffolk |
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| A complete Iron Age 'ribbed terret' in extremely good condition. It is copper-alloy and the hoop has been cast in one with the bar, it is oval in shape and measures 49mm in length and 38mm in width externally and 29mm in length and 24mm in width internally. The hoop has ten lip mouldings along it... | |||||
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Sleeve clasp | SF10755 |
Early medieval | Suffolk |
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| A copper-alloy clasp-half from a wrist-clasp, formed of a rectangular bar, measuring 31.8mm in length and 7mm in width. The upper face of the bar is decorated with bands of transverse grooves in between three undecorated bands. Each of the undecorated areas has a semi-circular lug projecting from... | |||||
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Brooch | SF10237 |
Roman | Suffolk |
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| Copper alloy penannular brooch, Fowler type F. Complete but bent and quite corroded. Circular section ring, diameter c. 3.5mm, with no surviving decoration apart from the terminals. Animal head terminals (stylised) as shown in Hattatt 1989 Fig 130 almost rectangular in section (up to 8x6mm).The p... | |||||
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Bow brooch | SF8999 |
Roman | Suffolk |
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| Copper alloy brooch fragment. Upper half only, missing most of pin. The pin is hinged, the hinge bar held in tubular wings with two grooves at each terminal. A cast headloop has a near lozenge shaped outline, circular hole diam 4.5mm. The bow has a flat rectangular section and angular profile. Tw... | |||||
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Stud | SF10018 |
Roman | Suffolk |
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| A copper-alloy lion headed stud. It is circular in shape, measuring 12mm, on the front face there is a platform incised with a mane and the central head of a lion in high relief, its nose and eyes are visible although it is fairly worn. The back of the stud is concave with a central iron rivet, w... | |||||
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Weight | SF9421 |
Early medieval | Suffolk |
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| A circular lead weight measuring 18mm in diameter and 4mm in thickness, both faces are flat. The top face has a rectangular strip of copper-alloy lying across it, this strip measures 13mm in length and 7mm in width, the remains of gold gilding can be seen on it. It seems that this strip of copper... | |||||
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Pendant | SF9305 |
Early medieval | Suffolk |
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| Silver 'Valkyrie' type pendant. Cast in the form of a human figure, possibly male rather than female, standing to the left (height 40mm), holding a circular shield under the left arm and an upright, fullered sword with a short, straight guard in the right hand, as the usual symbol of a warrior. T... | |||||
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Brooch | SF9203 |
Early medieval | Suffolk |
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| Remains of an extremely corroded flat disc brooch. It has relief decoration consisting of a central relief lozenge with a sunken circle in the middle. Each corner of the lozenge is extended to form double strands which loosely knot around themselves. On the reverse is a broken transverse pin lu... | |||||
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Harness fitting | SF8160 |
Medieval | Norfolk |
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| Decorated swivel, thought to be part of an elaborate dog's lead or similar. Made from copper alloy, it has two separate elements. In the centre is a flattened sphere, at least partly hollow, and measuring 17 x 27.5 mm. The sides of this are decorated with a series of oblique ribs which have a s... | |||||
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Sickle | SF7552 |
Bronze age | Suffolk |
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| Tip of copper-alloy double-edged blade. A marked arris exists at the end of the implement, but splays into a more rounded profile about 35 mm from the tip. The arris and one cutting edge are straight, but the other edge is curved. The edges are badly bent and damaged; there is a recent surface... | |||||
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Ampulla | SF-D83E11 |
Medieval | Suffolk |
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| An incomplete lead ampulla, only the pouch of this ampulla survives. It is 27mm in height and 26mm in width. The obverse face has an open pouch shape with twp vertical lines projecting upwards from it. The reverse has the 'long arrow' of Walsingham, with its tip in the form of the letter V wit... | |||||
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Brooch | SF-D9EEA2 |
Early medieval | Suffolk |
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| A well made cast copper alloy Viking lozengiform openwork brooch in very good condition. This brooch measures 30mm by 30mm in size. The front face of this brooch is decorated with a raised central cross with circular holes for each quadrant. Each corner of the brooch has a tiny animal head, wi... | |||||
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Pin | SF-70F2F7 |
Roman | Cambridgeshire |
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| A copper alloy pin, 31mm in length. The head of this pin is globular with a flat underside, it measures 9mm in width and 8mm in height. The pin head appears to have been decorated with small circular indentations, there is one on the tip of the pin head and the remains of several near to its lo... | |||||
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Harness fitting | NMS-D5E6F4 |
Iron age | Suffolk |
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| A fragment of a cast copper alloy late Iron Age-early Roman copper alloy terret. Only one portion of this terret has been recovered comprising a section of the hoop with a decorative moulding. The attachment bar and rest of the hoop, which would have incorporated two more decorative mouldings, i... | |||||
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Mount | NMGW-EA7D22 |
Early medieval | Vale Of Glamorgan |
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| The copper-alloy mount, which is now in four fragments, is of cruciform shape (one arm absent)and has cast ornament over all of its front face, which bears traces of gilding. Two opposing arms are smaller than the third intact arm, each having two groups of four ridges, each representing the tai... | |||||
| Tweezers | NMS-6960B4 |
Medieval | Norfolk |
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| Fragment of copper-alloy page holder, trapezoidal plate (17 x 17mm) with tapering broken projection from short ?upper side (total surviving length (at least) 27mm), faint traces of pecked scallop-like decoration on one face. A similar page holder was found in a 13th-century context at Winchester ... | |||||
| Brooch | ESS-D02382 |
Early medieval | Essex |
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| This gilt copper alloy Anglo Saxon saucer brooch is circular in plan but is broken into two adjoining pieces. The smaller fragment is 31.84mm in length with a diameter of 13.18mm, whilst the larger fragment is 32.72mm in length with a width of 24.12mm. When the two widths are combined, this gives... | |||||
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