Record ID: NMS-6FFAD9
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Burnt and slighty molten Iron Age discoidal knob from lower part of linch pin terminal. The broken oblique stub on the reverse indicates that the knob was of hoof type, set at right angles to the rest of the terminal and the pin, cf. Gregory 1980 fig 7 and MacGregor 1976 no. 135. On the front of the knob a large off-centre recessed area is edged by a circular cordon. On the flat base of the recess are two circular blind holes filled with white material (perhaps shell) and traces of a zone of fine pecked decoration. Diameter 19mm. Weighs 11.54g. 1st century BC - 1st century AD.
Created on: Thursday 29th May 2014
Last updated: Saturday 16th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-F36EDA
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Very unusual Late Iron Age to early Roman iron and copper alloy composite linch pin with bent and corroded square-sectioned shank (14 x 14mm), pelta-shaped openwork head and foot with discoidal terminal. The peltoid head and the foot are both cast. The face of the head is decorated with six circular cells containing traces of red enamel, four in a Y-shaped arrangement within an engraved triskele reserved on a circular pecked field, one in the centre and each of the three outer cells in a curled terminals of the triskele, two further cells are set in the swollen convex base of the head…
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Saturday 16th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-15F679
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete hoof-shaped Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy linch pin foot terminal, the circular hoof with a short length of the curving shank on the reverse, an ancient break. Most of the face is recessed slightly asymmetrically and is decorated in very fine pecking with a reversed-S motif with bifurcating terminals and a central open circle. This design is reminiscent of that found on some Dragonesque brooches, e.g. Kilbride-Jones 1980, fig. 48, nos. 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9. Diameter 20.2 - 20.7mm. Extant length 16mm. 1st century BC - 1st century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Saturday 16th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-DBC3B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Langton Down or Rosette brooch, the lower part of a reeded bow. The breaks are not recent. There is a large aperture in the incomplete catchplate. Weight 2.38g.  Extant length 32mm. Width at top 9.5mm, at base 12mm. AD c.20 - c.65.
Created on: Saturday 16th December 2023
Last updated: Saturday 16th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-78884E
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of an unusual Late Iron Age or Roman Copper alloy vase headed linch pin. Relatively small copper-alloy head with a flattened disc-shaped terminal, the upper face with a central boss within a raised circular border decorated with multiple transverse notches to give the impression of a corded border, and an outer plain border. Below this the convex underside is stepped before a narrowed neck with twin narrow corded ribs, expanding to a bulbous hemispherical body, around the base of which is a groove and slight collar. Above the collar, on one side is a projecting lateral loop wi…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 16th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-4F0B8D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Langton Down or Rosette brooch, the lower end of a reeded bow with one edge missing. The breaks are old. There is a triangular aperture in the broken but complete catchplate. Weight 0.90g.  Extant length 19mm. AD c.20 - c.65.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Saturday 16th December 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: 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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'The Broads Hoard', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-229D66
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 the spring and all of the pin missing. The bow is of flat cross-section, undecorated and elongated leaf-shaped with a pointed foot. The catchplate is solid. The break, which occurs at the point at which the spring begins to turn, is apparently not recent. Weight 1.71g. Extant length 33.7mm. Width of bow 3.7mm. AD c.1 - c.70.
Created on: Saturday 25th November 2023
Last updated: Saturday 25th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-DC7F9C
Object type: LINCH PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of copper alloy Iron Age linch pin, damaged hoof-shaped foot terminal with a damaged collared socket for the missing iron pin. The face of the hoof has a sub triangular cell for missing enamel, with a convex lower edge and two concave obliquely-angled upper sides. Height 39.5mm. Width 19mm. Weighs 18.74g. 1st century BC/AD.
Created on: Tuesday 17th July 2018
Last updated: Monday 20th November 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-4ECE01
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two incomplete and highly abraded Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Colchester brooches with ancient breaks, AD c.20 - c.65: - half of the spring, the pin, both wings and the catchplate missing. The bow is D-sectioned at the top but becomes rounded and ends in a (distorted) point. Weight 3.43g. Length c.42mm. - all of the spring, pin, and both wings, and most of the catchplate missing. The bow is D-sectioned at the top but lower down abrasion has rendered the cross-section uncertain. Weight 3.41g. Length c.41mm.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-A35D14
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver unit of the Iceni, badly struck but appears to be a Boar-Horse type, weight 0.84g, c.30-0BC
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2023
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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: 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: PUBLIC-BE1AB4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Edge-eroded copper alloy Iron Age so-called Thurrock type potin of the Cantiaci, Kent. Cast in high relief (greatest thickness 4mm), one side has an irresolvable prominent moulded shape along its centre, surely a miscast head of Apollo, and the other face has an exergue line surmounted by a bull butting right with a raised foreleg. Above the bull's head is a series of intersecting straight chevron lines, the last of which is crossed and resembles the letter A. The surviving patina is a dark lustrous brown. See Rudd, Ancient British Coinage (ABC) 120. D…
Created on: Sunday 15th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 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-6E0D9C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy late Iron Age or early Roman Langton Down brooch, with the outer ends of the spring, most of the pin, the lower part of the bow and all of the catchplate missing. The wings consist of a thin undecorated sheet cylinder with a seam along the reverse and a slot in the centre for the copper-alloy circular-section pin. The broad bow springs from the centre of the wings, with a faint curved ridge running round the top and grazing the edge of the pin slot. The bow is thin and C-shaped in cross-section, with remains of very worn vertic…
Created on: Friday 31st March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd 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-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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