Record ID: PUBLIC-EA9CEE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn, clipped and pierced silver Medieval penny of Henry VI. Pinecone-mascle issue of Durham mint. North 1467. The coin is pierced with a 1mm circular hole punched through from the obverse to the reverse. The hole is placed at the 10 o'clock position on the obverse to the inside of the inner circle, which registers on the reverse slightly off-line with the arm of the long cross at the end of the CIVI legend quadrant. AD 1430-1434 Diameter 17.8mm, weight 0.75g.
Created on: Saturday 23rd September 2023
Last updated: Saturday 23rd September 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6E8EE1
Object type: CANDLE HOLDER
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper-alloy late Medieval to early Post Medieval candle holder. The holder consists of a solid 72mm long, 11mm cylindrical cross-section rod, broken at one end with a collared expanded faceted terminal at the other. The facets shape the expanded end cross-section to that of a crude hexagon. The expanded terminal end has an axial 12mm deep circular hole. At a point 41mm from the expanded end there is a 16mm diameter bi-convex flange with two sections of its circular periphery missing from old breaks. The object has a uniform dark brown patina. …
Created on: Tuesday 5th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 25th September 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-8F8AB6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Medieval to Post Medieval groat of Henry VII. Initial mark anchor, Mint London. Circa AD 1499-1502. North 1705 Class III(c) Dimensions; Diameter 26mm, weight 2.48 (38.8 grains)
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-8B3188
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large gilded copper alloy single oval loop Medieval buckle with integral plate. The outside edge of the oval buckle frame loop is expanded into a slender trapezoidal shape with a central pin recess. Where the curving loop meets the integral plate there is a moulded triangular cusp at each junction. The plate tapers linearly from its narrowest width where it joins the loop to the wider attachment end, terminating in a shallow convex shape with a lobe to both corners of the plate. There is a large medial circular hole in the plate nearest the loop that would have accommodated t…
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-BFD9B3
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, lead alloy, uniface Medieval to Post Medieval initialed disc. It is circular with a grained peripheral flange and is marked on the front face with a closed letter E in relief set within a circular border. Its purpose is unknown but use as a token or weight is probably the most likely application. The object would be small in diameter for a token, but token sizes can sometimes be deliberately paralleled by the denomination that is being represented; - ie at this diameter a silver halfpenny or farthing coin. Initialled leaden token…
Created on: Saturday 22nd July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-115DA1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy medieval to post-medieval quatrefoil mount. The mount is flat and has four lobes, each of which has a degraded nib at the end. At its centre is a circular hole, across which is a cross formed by two linear chisel cuts that align with the nibs at the end of the quatrefoils. The forward face has significant traces of file marks on the surface. The reverse is plain. Other than the central hole there is no visible means of attachment. The mount is probably for a strap, casket, or book and is medieval to post-medieval in date. Circa AD 13…
Created on: Friday 14th July 2023
Last updated: Friday 14th July 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-81E826
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy asymmetrical late Medieval buckle with missing pin. It consists of an oval looped frame, with five knops symmetrically arranged around the outside edge. The forward-facing and two side knops are triangular and if the sides were extrapolated would form a square, whilst the two flanking the forward knop are sub-semi-circular, both with blind holes set on their upper moulded face. There is an integral but smaller rectangular framed loop on the attachment side of the larger oval frame. The transverse strip between the loops has dou…
Created on: Friday 7th July 2023
Last updated: Friday 21st July 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-10543C
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Medieval enameled harness pendant. Upper oval-shaped loop set at ninety degrees to the plane of the square body with corroded remains of the iron pin extant. The body is decorated with a raised sexfoil border with small traces of red enamel within. Circa 1150-1350AD. Compare PAS numbers SWYOR-916416, IOW-A92B71 and YORYM-D12216. See also Ashley, S. Medieval Armorial Horse Furniture in Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 101, 2002. figs 8 & 9.  Height 21.3mm, width 13mm, weight 1.76g.
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Saturday 27th May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3C0571
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver short cross penny of King John. Class 5b. Mint Rochester, moneyer hVNFREI. Circa 1205-1207. Weight 1.31g. dia 18.0. 
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E49D77
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long cross heavily clipped Medieval penny. The extent of clipping and wear precludes reliable identification, but the coin is possibly a Continental imitation. Circa 14th C. Weight 0.46g. dia 15.7. 
Created on: Friday 12th May 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-E3D0A8
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy terminal fragment of a narrow rectangular Medieval composite strap end. Only the central spacer and the front plate survive the reverse plate having broken away from behind the terminal knop. From the broken attachment end the straight sides continue gently towards the knopped terminal-end; past two pairs of symmetrical and lateral opposed cut-outs; the first being semi-circular and the second rectangular. The end-knop is reel-and-bobbin-shaped with the front plate having a cleft and engraved end, creating a foliate terminal. The terminal…
Created on: Friday 12th May 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-DFF77D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Medieval long cross halfpenny of Richard II. London mint. Circa 1377-1399
Created on: Friday 12th May 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6830C7
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Medieval strap loop or slider. Trapezoidal frame with two triangular internal projections at the narrower end of the frame. The front of the wider end has an oval-shaped central bezel. Circa AD1200-1400. Length 16mm, width 18mm, thickness 3mm, weight 1.43g. Similar strap loops are illustrated in Egan and Pritchard (2002); p234, No 1259 is a close parallel. A strap loop would be used on a belt, fitted perpendicular to the strap, to secure the tail of a belt once it has passed through the buckle.
Created on: Saturday 6th May 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4C0CFB
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Medieval domed-top type thimble. Anticlockwise drilled pits on the sub-conical crown with a reserved tonsured top and a single-blind pit at the apex. Drilled pits are arranged in columns on the sloping sides with a circumferential double-grooved basal band. A section of basal band and side missing through damage. See Reed, B. p24. Nos 78 and 79 for close parallels. Circa AD1330-1400.  Diameter; 19mm at base, height 17mm, weight 3.43g.
Created on: Friday 5th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4A7535
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy French Medieval feudal jetton of the mid-14th century. Evreux/Navarre type. Obverse; Shield of Evreux/Navarre within a six-arched tressure, with pellets in spandrels. +POVR. LA .CONTOISSE DEVRES Reverse; Straight cross fleuretty within four arched tressure, trefoil in spandrels. +CESSONT (fleur de lis) LCS (fleur de lis) GETORRS: See Mitchener p166. Nos.411-414. Apart from some fine edge abrasion, the condition is very fine. Circa 1349-1404. Diameter; 26.5mm, weight 2.95g.
Created on: Friday 5th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-F6E8F9
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy hand-punched Medieval ring-type seamless thimble. The thimble tapers outwards from the 15mm diameter open top to the 17.2mm plain base. The sloping sides have four circumferential rows of punched pits that range from circular to slightly oval. Overall deep greenish-brown lustrous patina. Similar ring-type thimbles are illustrated in Read, B. Metal Sewing Thimbles Found in Britain, dating to the 14-15th century. Circa  AD1300-1500.  Metrics: Height 11.1m, diameter 17.2mm, weight 4.66g  
Created on: Monday 13th March 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-DF2111
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval to Early Post-Medieval copper alloy strap hanger. The fitting consists of a sub-triangular body with an integral lower hook. In plan, the body has a damaged inward-facing chevron shape at the wider attachment end, and a transverse extended bar narrowing to a rectangular backward-looping blunt hook at the other. The main body has two medial circular rivet holes with traces of iron attachment rivets extant.  Metrics; Length 30mm, width 14mm, weight 3.51g Strap fittings/belt hangers of this style are typically considered to be p…
Created on: Sunday 12th March 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-DBE14A
Object type: ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, distorted, and crudely cast lead alloy openwork object. A central openwork cruciform lattice shape is set within an octagon with incurving sides. The cross-section of the tracery is lozenge-shaped with concave sides. Similar openwork lead objects are often identified as window ventilation panels, especially on medieval religious sites, but also on farmhouses up to the 17th century (ref. Finds Research Group 700-1700 datasheet 2: Some Ecclesiastical and Monastic finds, Cherry, J). They are also sometimes identified as brick or wall vents and ascribed…
Created on: Sunday 12th March 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-BA7629
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy flat annular ring with extensive filing marks on both sides. Simple plain rings similar to this have served a multitude of purposes from the Bronze Age to the present day and without archaeological context, they are very difficult to assign a purpose and date. However, the form of this example suggests it is most probably a suspension loop, or strap distributor and most likely dates from the medieval to the post-medieval period.  Metrics: Diameter 24mm, annulus width 3.3mm, thickness 1.8mm, weight 2.23g.
Created on: Friday 10th March 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-AF81CE
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval lead alloy pendant weight. The body of the weight is an elongated ovoid shape and is cast in-the-round with a suspension loop uppermost. The loop has been struck on one side and is now distorted. The convex moulded body has grooves to either side that follow the curving shape of the sides in the centre of which the profile rises to form a medial arris. There is a transverse groove around the base of the weight that acts as a stopping point for the contoured decoration. These types of weight are poorly understood. There are many with the sa…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2023
Last updated: Sunday 21st May 2023
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