Record ID: NMS-56A4B7
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a late Iron Age to early Roman enamelled copper-alloy object, probably a strap or harness mount or fitting. It is flat and rectangular and terminates in a worn transverse break at one end. The front is decorated with an abstract curvilinear design defined by moulded counter-relief cells, which retain traces of degraded red enamel. It is approximately symmetrical about the longitudinal axis and is tightly contained within a rectangular border on the three original edges.  The positive or relief element of the design is a single continuous form that can be des…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-859518
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Eroded head fragment of a copper alloy Iron Age to Roman birdlip-type brooch. The spring, pin, most of the bow and catchplate are all missing from the fragment The upper head is oval with a trumpet brooch-like shape, the underside of which is deeply concave and probably originally housed the emerging pin. Where the head turns sharply down towards the bow there is a large moulded decoration with two collars that converge through the thickness of the moulding. On the front face, the collars are vertically separated by an axially aligned vulvate-shaped mouldi…
Created on: Saturday 30th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-2EAB72
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold Gallo-Belgic quarter stater, weight 1.44g, devolved designs on both sides, c.60-50BC
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 28th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-2D6563
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Colchester brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type C 6.d.d or C 6.d.e and similar to ibid. Pl. 26, No. 13160. The spring and hook are missing (only very short stubs survive) and the catchplate and one wing are incomplete. None of the breaks are recent. The wings are very small, rectangular in cross-section and undecorated. The complete one is now bent. The bow is slender, although wider than it is thick for most of its length. After an initial curvature at the head, it is almost straight. It tapers in width from the head and terminates in a point at the fo…
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-06F24A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small fragment of a Late Iron Age or Early Roman copper alloy brooch of uncertain type, part of a bow of tapering sub-triangular cross-section with a pair of median engraved lines along the arris. There is an dark green patina overall but interrupted by some recent scuffing. Both breaks are old. Weight 3.93g. Extant length 21mm. Width 8.8 - 7.7mm. Thickness 5 - 3.5mm. 1st BC - 1st century AD. Finder's no. POD15/F22
Created on: Sunday 24th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
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Record ID: SUR-07D415
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An uninscribed Iron Age gold quarter stater attributed to the Iceni / eastern region and dating to 40-35 BC. Obverse: wreath with crescents flanked by paired scrolls. Reverse: Horse, right with feather tail, pellet in ring above. Not in ABC; Cf. Rudd (2022) Type 28.
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-B8A194
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy toggle dating to the Iron Age to Roman period (c.200 BC-AD 100). The toggle is broadly cylindrical in shape with a narrowed waist. The ends are circular and mostly flat with a slight concave centre, they measure 17.5mm in diameter. By comparison, the waist is narrowed to 7mm and is decorated with two bands around the centre. Atop of the centre is a small suspension loop. Overall the object has a smooth dark green patina. Dimensions: Length 19.3mm; width 17.5mm; weight 14.87g The form is not common for typical toggles, a similar openwork example is recorded un…
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 18th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-8AEC25
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Nauheim Derivative brooch with most of the spring and all of the pin missing. The bow is of flat cross-section, undecorated and leaf-shaped with a pointed foot. The catchplate is solid. Weight 1.71g. Length 38.7mm. Width of bow 5.8mm. AD c.1 - c.70
Created on: Sunday 13th August 2023
Last updated: Sunday 13th August 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-741F97
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, heavily corroded, and eroded copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook type brooch. The brooch is missing the foot of the bow, catchplate, spring, and pin. The wings are eroded at the edges and have a shallow C-shaped cross-section, there is a tiny trace of solder to the underside of the left (as viewed from above) wing. The rearhook is reduced to a stub from which the bow forms a raised mid-rib that runs medially down its surviving length. Any decoration on the bow is obscured by pitting corrosion. The bow terminates in an abrupt bend, after…
Created on: Saturday 12th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 14th August 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-4F928E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Iron Age unit, uninscribed East-Anglian 'Face/Horse Regular' type, c. AD 20-50. ABC 1564 = BMC 3556-3604 = VA 790.
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 18th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-256F78
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bow brooch of most unusual form, now patinated dark brown with lighter, rusty coloured pits covering the surfaces, some of the broken and abraded edges are showing green. The head/pin mechanism is missing, leaving a sub-rectangular slight expansion just before the irregular break. The catch plate is set to the right-hand side when viewed from the front with the (missing) spring uppermost; this is of typical open topped form, with the trough for the pin slightly angled to accept the pin; it is now incomplete. The bow is of trapezoidal section and thickens towards the mid…
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-FD6E6B
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Late Iron Age to Early Roman Roman copper alloy terret of Lewis 2015 Simple type, consisting of one collar between a small part of the loop and the strap bar which survives only as a stump, the breaks being old. The collar is circular but straightened on its inner edge. Around the curving edge a short length of shallow groove remains, the rest possibly removed by wear. The cross-section of the loop is round as it springs from the collar but before the break it becomes D-shaped with a flat inner face. The stu…
Created on: Sunday 6th August 2023
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-7CBF35
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy Iron Age class II potin (Cantian type E) issued by the Cantiaci, dating c. 100-50 BC. Obverse; stylised head of Apollo right, comprised of a single line which merges into a circle with a single pellet at its centre and two crescents in the right field. Reverse; stylised bull facing right, comprised of a series of horizontal and vertical lines with a single central pellet. Part of the casting sprue is stil visible on one side of this example, which is preserved in extremely good condition. Similar examples have been published in numismatic catalogues (s…
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-69F95C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and abraded Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Langton Down brooch with the pin, parts of the spring housing, the lower part of the bow and all of the catchplate missing. The top of the bow is rounded but wear has removed other decorative details. Mackreth 2011, LD 2. Weight 3.32g. Extant length and width 22 and 18.5mm. c.20 - c.65 AD.
Created on: Sunday 30th July 2023
Last updated: Sunday 30th July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-3D1CCE
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 the spring, the pin  and the catchplate missing. The wings are undecorated and the oval-sectioned bow descends to a spiked (and bent) foot. Weight 3.69g. Wingspan 10mm. Length c.51mm. c.25 - c.60 AD.
Created on: Friday 28th July 2023
Last updated: Friday 28th July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-FFE841
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman bow brooch, probably Mackreth 2011 DD 1.b1, with almost all of the spring, the pin and the curled over part of the catchplate missing. The bow is of sub-rectangular cross-section. Weight 1.26g. Length 45.2mm. Extant width 3.4mm. c.25 BC - AD c.75.
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-BF5C43
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pale gold Freckenham type stater, Talbot's Boar Horse B with crescents on obverse and a horse on the reverse, Talbot's die combination D6, weight 5.07g, c.20BC-AD20
Created on: Monday 10th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-81F1EB
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of an Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy terret. It is oval in cross-section, curved along its length (probably originally oval or circular) and terminating at both ends in a worn break. It expands very slightly in cross-sectional diameter from one end to the other. At the thicker end there is a triple-lipped moulding: three closely-spaced expanded disc-like ridges projecting outward and slightly laterally, diverging from each other at an acute angle. The central one is smaller and thinner than the flanking ones. An example of a similar and complete terret, albeit with only double…
Created on: Friday 7th July 2023
Last updated: Friday 21st July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-AF2E74
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold quarter stater of the Iceni, Irstead type with reverse horse left, weight 1.07g, c.30BC-AD10
Created on: Tuesday 27th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 21st August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-9B2F9E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy stater, completely base Freckenham type or a core of a plated copy with none of the plating remaining, Talbot's Boar Horse B Series, die group 2, weight 4.67g, c.30-10BC
Created on: Wednesday 14th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 27th June 2023
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