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Record ID: SF-4177FB
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman mini-terret. An oval loop shape and oval in cross-section, narrowing towards its upper edge, which has worn through and is missing. There is a narrowed, flattened and recessed bar, c.5.2mm long, to one side, with a raised transverse ridge to either side on both faces.
Although larger terrets functioned as reign guides on carts/chariots, smaller terrets like this one appear to have had different functions. Hutcheson (2004, 29) suggests that they many have been attached to the end of the straps that held the linch pin o…
Created on: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 23rd November 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Worlington', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-F2CDD3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver Iron Age Catuvellaunian unit, issued c.60-20 BC. ABC (Rudd et al. 2010) 'winged helmet' Type.
Rudd et al. (ibid., 125) write that 'Dr John Sills believes that the helmeted head may be a stylised representation of Cassivellaunos'.
B.M.C 381; ABC; 2472
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 31st January 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Bottisham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-7F16AA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman probable Aescia brooch. Only the fantail foot of the brooch survives. This is sub-triangular in shape, flaring considerably towards its lower end. Both sides curve inwards slightly and a small knop projects from each outer corner. The outer face is decorated with a central recessed rectangular panel which contains a vertical row of three raised lozenges. The remainder of the panel contains traces of reddish enamel. To the reverse there is the remains of a catch-plate, which has lost its hooked outer edge. There is a well wo…
Created on: Tuesday 26th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 15th September 2022
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Ashfield cum Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-ABA8C9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver Iron Age Icenian unit, dating to the period c.50-15 BC. Early face/horse series, Rudd's 'Bury Diadem' Type. Talbot (2006, 219, fig.13) Bury A, Group 2. Obverse die E and reverse die 4.
VA 80; BMC 3524-27; ABC 1495; Ev. p.115; Al. LX10, M 438
Created on: Monday 4th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 4th May 2022
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This findspot is known as 'Henley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-5FEB15
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver Iron Age Icenian unit, dating to the period 20 BC to AD 40. Rudd's 'Norfolk Boar Star' Type.
Talbot's (2017) Boar Horse B, Die-group 2 (P/22).
ABC 1579; VA 657, BMC 3455-72
Created on: Monday 7th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-0C044A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy probably Iron Age to Roman Colchester brooch. Only a very worn and corroded bow now survives.
The head is trumpet-shaped with a concave reverse, but has a break to either side where short wings would probably have projected and a break in the centre of the upper edge where a front-facing hook appears to have projected. The pin fitting and pin itself are now entirely missing. The bow is very small, oval in cross-section and quite chunky at the head before tapering to a point at the foot. The catch-plate missing. The surface of the metal is he…
Created on: Thursday 3rd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2022
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This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-39F151
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver iron Age unit, dating to the period c.AD 10-40. Rudd's 'Cunobelinus Amphora' Type from his north-Thames region.
ABC no.2849.
Created on: Monday 21st February 2022
Last updated: Friday 18th March 2022
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This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-25EAA6
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Iron Age or Roman mount, possibly a decorative shield clip or tankard fitting. A tubular fragment, C-shaped in cross-section with a narrow opening running longitudinally along one side. The outer surface is decorated with groups of transverse raised ridges alternating with flutes.
Compare SF-09487B, SWYOR-277D96, DOR-670C56 and SUSS-D4AAD7 for similar examples on the database, and SWYOR-1B5433 which has many published references.
Length: 18.97mm, width: 8.08mm, thickness: 7.24mm, weight: 2.91g
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 18th March 2022
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This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-09C2F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Iron Age to Roman Colchester brooch. The head has a very short, flattened wing to either side. A short, flattened hook projects from the centre of its upper edge, which would have secured the pin in place originally (now missing). The bow is narrow, sub-oval in cross-section and tapers to a blunt point at its tip. The bow is bent at an angle close to the centre and the catch-plate is missing. The surface of the metal is heavily corroded and the breaks are all well worn.
Colchester brooches were used during the middle decades of the first century&nb…
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Blythburgh', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-09487B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Iron Age or Roman mount, possibly a decorative shield clip or tankard fitting. A partially tubular fragment, C-shaped in cross-section, its outer face decorated with multiple parallel transverse grooves. The outer edges are damaged and well worn making the original size uncertain. The interior contains corroded material.
Compare SWYOR-277D96, DOR-670C56 and SUSS-D4AAD7 for similar examples on the database, and SWYOR-1B5433 which has many published references.
Length: 23.01mm, width: 10.68mm, thickness: 6.68mm, weight: 4.05g
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Blythburgh', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-675612
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy coin, probably of Iron Age date, of uncertain ruler, dating to the period c.50 BC to AD c.40. Appears struck, but reverse type unclear.
Created on: Monday 25th October 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Ashbocking', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-195AEB
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Iron Age or Roman bow brooch. Only the upper part of the brooch survives. The head appears to have been cylindrical or at least partially cylindrical originally. There is now damage to each end and most of the reverse is open revealing a heavily corroded copper-alloy spring within, the pin itself now missing. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section with a rounded outer face and tapers towards a worn break at its lower end. Any decoration is now obscured by heavy corrosion.
The construction of the head suggests that this is a mid-first century AD type such…
Created on: Monday 27th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 14th January 2022
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This findspot is known as 'Felsham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-01FD5F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded silver unit of unclear type, probably of the Eastern region / Iceni, dating to the period c.20 BC-AD 10, possibly Bury or face/horse type. Unclear obverse, possibly depicting a face or bust? Reverse type depicting a horse left, pellet in ring below, unclear motifs around and above. cf. ABC no. 1495ff.
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 7th September 2021
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This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-01F6F7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age gold Gallo-Belgic 'boat-tree' quarter stater of the Morini, dating to the period c.80-c.60 BC.
ABC 40; LT 8611: DT 249; VA 69-1; Ev. E10.
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 28th March 2022
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This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-015B49
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy late Iron Age or early Roman brooch. All that survives is the lower bow and catch-plate. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section, narrow and tapers slightly to a rounded point at the foot. To the rear is an incomplete roughly triangular catch-plate pierced with two irregularly shaped holes. The surface of the metal is corroded and the breaks are worn.
There is no foot knob suggesting that this may be part of a Colchester brooch or one of the Colchester derivatives with a date range of c.AD 25-120.
Length: 21.96mm, width: 7.94mm, thickness: 3.35mm, w…
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 28th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-824005
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman to Iron Age to Roman Nauheim derivative brooch. Only the bow and part of the head survives. The bow is oval in cross-section, flattened, gently curved in profile and tapers gently towards a break before the foot. A deep groove runs longitudinally down the centre of the outer face of the bow.
Nauheim derivative brooches were in use from the last decade of the first century BC until the end of the first century AD.
Length: 40.59mm, width: 7.26mm, thickness: 8.68mm, weight: 4.20g
Created on: Friday 9th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th September 2021
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This findspot is known as 'Higham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-8232D6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman to Iron Age to Roman probable Nauheim derivative brooch. Only the bow and catch-plate survive. This is flattened and tapering with a groove running longitudinally down the centre of the outer face. There is a small triangular solid catch-plate to the reverse of the foot, which has now been bent out to one side. the surface of the metal is corroded and the breaks are well worn.
Although distorted, the form of the bow and the solid catch-plate suggests that this is part of a Nauheim derivative brooch, which date from the last decade of the first cen…
Created on: Friday 9th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 4th October 2021
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Higham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-B35301
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper-alloy unidentified object of probable Iron Age to early Roman date. The fragment is roughly semi-circular and flattened in shaped, with an irregular break along the straight edge. Within this break the edges of three curved recesses can be seen. There is a raised rim, triangular in cross-section, running along the curved edge of one face. The remainder of this face is decorated with two intersecting engraved curved lines towards the break and a section filled with engraved dots behind this. The surface of the metal is corroded in places.
The function of the…
Created on: Thursday 17th June 2021
Last updated: Friday 17th December 2021
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This findspot is known as 'Old Buckenahm', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-1DC380
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold Iron Age stater, dating to the period c.55-15 BC. Early Icenian 'Norfolk wolf' Type. Talbot's (2017, appendix 1.4) Type B, sub-Type A2, which has one of the widest distributions of this type (ibid., 16, fig.2.11a).
ABC 1399; VA 610-3; BMC 218-78.
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 2nd December 2021
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Henley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SF-AC4B15
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An ?incomplete copper-alloy and red glass inlaid late Iron Age to early Roman strap fitting. The object is semi-circular in shape. Its outer face is decorated with an incised linear border within which there are two raised opposing trumpet coil motifs against a recessed background filled with traces of opaque red glass. To one side of the reverse there is a short, sub-rectangular projection, 11.4mm wide and 6.7mm in length, terminating in a slightly hooked outer end. Behind this there is a rectangular recess across the reverse face. This projection may have been longer origin…
Created on: Thursday 29th April 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.
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