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Record ID: NMS-E3383A
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of late Iron Age copper-alloy D-shaped terret, now very corroded but perhaps originally enamelled. It has a sub-circular or slightly oval upright collar terminal 13.7mm wide, 12.1mm tall and 4.8mm thick. From one side of this projects a triangular-section upper ring, with a flat inner and an angled outer. On the other side of the collar, at its base, is a stub of the attachment bar which shows that this was rectangular-section, 6.5 x 3.4mm, and set vertically. The overall length is 21.0mm and it weighs 7.34g. All surfaces of the fragment, including the breaks,&…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-3C7F28
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age silver of the East Anglian/Iceni region, 'Odin's Eye' type, dating to circa 20 BC-10 AD. Obverse: Head right, herringbone hair, large oval eye, another eye in front of mouth. Reverse: Horse right, double upper front legs, large open head, pellet in ring or pellet triad to either side of wheel with tail above, pellet in ring. As ABC 1537.
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-16D3A8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver unit of the Iceni, Boar-horse type, obverse boar, reverse horse right, weight  0.93g, c.30-1BC
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-9C3E2C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One small body sherd of probably Late Iron Age hand-built pottery, reduced with oxidised surfaces, sparse sand and angular quartz inclusions, weight 1.6g, 1st century BC - mid 1st century AD. Found on bare surface of rabbit scraped soil
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-EAADB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pointed lower end of the bow with a solid catchplate of Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Colchester brooch. At the ancient break the cross-section is pointed oval but with three faintly defined facets on the front face. Weight 2.92g. Extant length 30.2mm. Width and thickness at break 4.8 and 3.1mm. AD c.20 - c.65. Finder's no. CF4/F7
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-E71CE3
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 almost all of the spring, the pin, one wing, all of the catchplate and the foot of the bow missing. The breaks are old and the bow is pockmarked. Part of the chord remains fixed within the forward-facing hook. Weight 3.88g. Estimated wing-span 12mm. Extant length 40.7mm. AD c.20 - c.65. Finders no. HCF4/1
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-EA9198
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver half unit of the Iceni, Boar-horse B type, Talbot's die group 2, weight 0.42g, worn, c.30BC-10BC
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-EA7476
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver unit of the Iceni, Pattern-horse ECEN type, weight 0.99g, worn, c.AD10-42
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-584A22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper-alloy Birdlip Brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type 4.1a or b. The trumpet-like head and the straight upper part of the bow are extant and joined at a slightly obtuse angle. Between them there is an expanded transverse disc, projecting forward, sideways and very slightly rearward. Immediately below this on the front of the bow is the characteristic turned-up beak. All parts are cast in one piece. There is no trace of the spring or pin. The trumpet head is sub-lozengiform in cross-section before it flares, with a well-defined arris run…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F2BB4A
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 with part of the catchplate. The breaks are not recent. Weight 0.78g.  Extant length 15.7mm. Width 7mm. AD c.20 - c.65.
Created on: Sunday 17th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 17th 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-068B41
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy bronze unit of Cunobelin, obverse [...], laureate head left, reverse [...], centaur advancing right, die axis 9, weight 1.72g, c.AD8-41
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2023
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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-C9883D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver unit of the Iceni, Face-horse Bury A type, obversed diademed female head left, reverse horse left, die axis 12, weight 1.45g, c.50BC-30BC
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-8BF812
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Abraded fragment of a Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy terret with old breaks. Lewis 2015 Simple type. What remains of the apparently undecorated loop is very badly distorted. Its size is unknown and its shape may have been either circular or D-shaped. Its cross-section is oval (7.7 x 6.3mm) at the base and narrows upwards to be sub-circular (diameter 5.5mm) at the break. The collar is oval (14.8 x 13.6mm) and the stump of the strap bar is rectangular-sectioned (8 x 4.5mm and set vertically). Weight 15.12g. 1st century BC - 1st…
Created on: Saturday 18th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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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: 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-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: 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: 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
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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: 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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Record ID: NMS-893084
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete late Iron Age to early Roman copper-alloy Colchester brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type C 2 (the standard British type). It is heavily corroded and abraded. The catchplate, the tip of one wing, the pin and about half of the spring are missing to old breaks. The wings are short, flat on the reverse and probably convex on the front (this is somewhat obscured by corrosion). The integral spring projects from the reverse of the wings at the centre of the lower edge, forms four coils on the right (as viewed from the reverse) then passes as an external chord along the top of th…
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Last updated: Saturday 15th July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-098BCB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver unit of the Iceni, probably an early Face-Horse type, weight 0.61g, c.50-30BC
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-097D89
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver unit of the Iceni, Boar-Horse type, weight 1.00g, c.30-10BC
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 24th July 2023
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Record ID: NMS-F3A5F9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Quarter stater of the Iceni, Irstead type, struck in a typical somewhat debased gold, weight 1.11g, c.20BC-AD10. 
Created on: Thursday 25th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-F3867C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver unit of the Iceni, so-called Norfolk God type with mohican-headed bust right, fragmentary, weight 0.76g, c.AD10-42
Created on: Thursday 25th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-2204C3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
11 sherds, body apart from two rim, hand built Iron Age pottery, probable bowl, reduced, fine flint grits, both surfaces burnished, especially outer, thickness 6-7mm, weight 80g, 8th century BC - mid 1st century AD.
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-130F34
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy brooch, probably a rosette type. It has an incomplete cylindrical spring case, now open at the top, with all edges being worn breaks, perhaps apart from the forward edge and a concave pin slot at the centre of the reverse. The bow is reasonably flat in cross-section. It arches in a C-shaped profile and probably tapers in width from top to bottom. The lateral edges are heavily abraded and no more than half of one edge is original. Decoration begins with a narrow transverse groove and ridge immediately below the spring case. Then …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-BA52C3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Body sherd of Iron Age pottery, hand built, reduced with oxidised outer margin and dark reddish brown exterior, sparse flint inclusions up to 3mm across, weight 6g, 8th century BC - mid 1st century AD.
Created on: Friday 28th April 2023
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2023
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