Record ID: NMS-40E56D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Base gold stater of the Iceni, so-called Norfolk Wolf type (uninscribed Series JB) with debased head of Apollo/Wolf left, struck in a very pale, silvery coloured alloy, c.50-20BC
Created on: Monday 11th October 2021
Last updated: Sunday 17th October 2021
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Record ID: NMS-C8B20B
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Two sherds of Iron Age hand-built reduced pottery, one with profuse flit grits up to 3.5mm across and oxidised exterior, one with less dense flint grits and one surface missing, weight 7g. 8th century BC - mid 1st century AD
Created on: Tuesday 5th October 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 6th October 2021
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Record ID: NMS-B04606
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Two gold aurei of Augustus, addenda to a hoard now numbering eleven coins. Coin 10 was found on 8th August 2021; coin 11 was found on 29th January 2022. Catalogue: 10. Gaius and Lucius type, reverse showing the emperor's two grandsons who predeceased him (RIC I, no. 206, mint of Lyons). Weight 7.80g, date 2 BC to AD 4. This coin has a similar peck to the obverse field in front of the emperor's face to the other nine coins, surely a check mark to ascertain it was not a copy.   11. Augustus, aureus, reverse showing eagle grasping wreath (RIC I, no…
Created on: Monday 4th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-8C56F3
Object type: MIRROR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age or Early Roman cast copper alloy mirror handle. The upper part bifurcates and the two arms have the remains of a slot in the upper edge and stumps of missing integral loops to accommodate the disc of the mirror (scraps of which remain in the slot). One terminal is broken, the other splays slightly to a straight blunt end (oval-sectioned 10 x 9mm). both arms spring from an integral D-shaped transverse collar, below which is an oval teardrop-shaped loop (circular-sectioned, 6mm). Extant width 39mm. Extant height/length 62mm…
Created on: Wednesday 8th September 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-888EA0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Eastern British Iron Age gold stater of Cunobelin, minted at Colchester (type: ABC 2786 / BMC 1809). Obverse: CA_MV flanking corn ears. Reverse: Horse leaping right over CVNO. Neatly pierced with an oval perforation measuring c. 2 x 2.4mm, placed at approximately 4 o'clock (obverse) and 9 o'clock (reverse). Another failed attempt at piercing from the obverse is visible slightly below and to the left of the hole. It is a coppery or pale yellow colour, suggesting a gold of relatively low purity (although still in excess of the 10% required to qual…
Created on: Wednesday 8th September 2021
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-FA2AD5
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possibly burnt and deformed or miscast fragment of a Late Iron Age to Roman enamelled copper-alloy terret. It consists of a short length of the curved loop terminating in an ancient break at one end and an expanded oval collar followed immediately by another ancient break at the other. The loop is broadly triangular in cross-section, being pointed at the external edge with a flat internal face. At least, that part of the internal face closest to the collar is flat. At the opposite end it becomes lumpy and amorphous. The other two faces each contain one complete and on…
Created on: Wednesday 1st September 2021
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-3C4E54
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age or Early Roman copper alloy Colchester brooch with the spring, the pin, part of one wing, part of the forward-facing hook, most of the perforated catchplate and the tip of the pointed foot missing. The wings are plain and the bow is oval in cross-section. Estimated wingspan 12mm. Extant length 48mm. AD c.20 - c.60.
Created on: Wednesday 11th August 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 11th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-949F71
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete cast copper-alloy (probably leaded) unidentified object of a known type usually referred to as 'moustache-like' or 'moustache shaped'. These objects are thought to date from the Middle Bronze Age to the Iron Age, after the discovery of one in the Salisbury Hoard (Stead, 1998, no.117) and various other finds reported to the PAS which are associated with Middle Bronze Age material. The object consists of a pair of solid three-dimensional pointed ovoids the bulbous upper parts of which are conjoined to each other by a bar stretching between the upper sides. The bar …
Created on: Tuesday 3rd August 2021
Last updated: Sunday 7th November 2021
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Record ID: NMS-5565CC
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Iron Age copper alloy pin with the lower part of the shaft missing (break not recent). The head is discoidal with a recessed top which rises as a central cone to above the level of the edge. Two moulded grooves run around the periphery. The round-sectioned shaft tapers slightly to the break. Cf. LON-7134A5, DOR-B177D4, WILT-45E175 and FAKL-19F0A8, which have been dated to the Middle Iron Age. Head diameter and thickness 14.5 and 3.5mm. Extant length 58.5mm. Shaft diameter 4.3 - 3.4mm. c.500 - c.200 BC.
Created on: Saturday 31st July 2021
Last updated: Friday 27th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D9B5C9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age or Early Roman copper alloy Colchester brooch with the spring, the pin, all of the catchplate missing and the tip of the pointed foot missing. The wings are plain and the bow is sub-circular in cross-section. Wingspan 9.5mm. Extant length 47.2mm. AD c.20 - c.60.
Created on: Sunday 25th July 2021
Last updated: Sunday 25th July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-BF0F1D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Colchester brooch, with all but half a coil of the spring, the pin and most of the perforated catchplate missing. The forward-facing hook is present but distorted, as is one of the plain wings. The bow is of flat cross-section (maximum width 3.5mm, thickness 1.5mm) with rounded edges and ends in a pointed foot. Wingspan c.7.5mm. Length 38.5mm. AD c.20 - c.60
Created on: Saturday 24th July 2021
Last updated: Sunday 25th July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-AFF2CB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete probably Late Iron Age to Early Roman brooch of uncertain type. The head has not survived. A round-sectioned tenon-like projection from the upper end of the bow is probably incomplete. It might have continued to form the spring and pin but there there is no evidence for wings. The rectangular-sectioned bow descends to a pointed foot and is decorated on the front face with two moulded longitudinal grooves which merge and then fade out before the foot. On the folded-over part of the solid catchplate there are eight transverse, probably moulded, grooves (cf.…
Created on: Friday 23rd July 2021
Last updated: Monday 23rd August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-AACD03
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy U-shaped loop, probably the high arch bow from an early (probably Adams type1) Iron Age brooch. The oval sectioned bow thickens and widens towards its centre with a straightening kick at both broken ends of the loop, indicating the bow survives complete; as such, the head and foot section of the brooch are missing from these old breaks. The bow has vestiges of decoration on the upper surface appearing to consist of low relief curvilinear chevrons reaching back towards the centre of the bow from oval features at either end. Circa 450-350 BC.
Created on: Friday 23rd July 2021
Last updated: Saturday 24th July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-6FB5EE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold quarter stater of the Iceni, Snettisham type, appears to be a pale, rather debased gold although at present (20/7/2021) only images have been seen, c.10BC-42AD
Created on: Tuesday 20th July 2021
Last updated: Thursday 22nd July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-42DAD3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Probably Iron Age to Early Roman small U-sectioned copper alloy object with some decayed iron attached to the inner face. The outer face is decorated with a moulded groove along both curved edges and with two probably engraved lines curving from end to end and touching in the centre. Weight 0.78g. Length 8.3mm, width 7.3mm, height 5.8mm. Very similar to, but slightly smaller than, NMS-4B61A5 and NMS-1D7C72, see also NMS-CED154 and NMS-CEFFD7. Perhaps some form of edging. Probably 1st century BC - 1st century AD. The mount is possibly a shield clip (Parfitt, 1995) In the record fo…
Created on: Tuesday 6th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 7th July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-1E6F97
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Langton Down brooch with an iron axis bar. The pin and most of the roun-topped bow are missing. The spring housing is decorated with transverse groove and the bow is reeded. Extant length 13.8mm. Width of head 15.5mm. c.25 - c.60 AD.
Created on: Sunday 4th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 13th July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-1E4AB2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Colchester brooch with the spring, the pin, part of the forward facing hook and part of the catchplate missing. The wings are plain. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section and ends in a spike. Enough survives of the catchplate to show that it was perforated. Wingspan 9.5mm. Length 44mm. c.20 - c.60 AD.
Created on: Sunday 4th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 13th July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-1DF58B
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman toggle of round cross-section with much of the loop missing. Between buffer terminals are two evenly sized rounded mouldings. Weight 13.53g. Length 24.2mm. Diameter 10.5mm. The remaining parts of the loop show it to have been very flimsy in comparison to the main part of the object, D-sectioned and only 2.8mm wide and 1.3mm thick. 1st century BC - 1st century AD
Created on: Sunday 4th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 18th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-0CA920
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Iron Age copper alloy bow brooch, both ends broken, lower part of bow with part of one aperture present. Sub-circular in cross-section and very narrow, 2mm. Extant length 25.8mm. 1st century BC.
Created on: Monday 21st June 2021
Last updated: Saturday 3rd July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-0C5E61
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete and very abraded Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Rosette brooch, with the rear of the spring housing, much of the rosette and all of the lower bow and catchplate missing. The spring was of iron. Width of head 15.5mm. Extant length 26.6mm. c.25 - c.60.
Created on: Monday 21st June 2021
Last updated: Saturday 3rd July 2021
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