Record ID: PUBLIC-B2B2B9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver, medieval long cross penny of Edward I. Probably class 3cd. Circa AD1280. Diameter 19.3mm, weight 1.35g.
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-D08755
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy object, possibly the goad terminal of a Medieval prick spur. The terminal end has a flat-tipped pyramidal shape with a circular recess at the apex. At the base angle of the pyramid, there is an angular bevel on three of the four sides. From the slightly rectangular flat base a circular stub projects with a distorted broken, or possibly even cut end, which is possibly the remnant of the neck. There is an overall green colouration with patches of dark brown patina. The surface has no trace of iron corrosion and the object does not react to a magnet. Simi…
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CFD2A9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bent medieval silver long cross crockard sterling penny of John II D'Avesnes; Lord of Hainaut. Mons mint. Obverse; Facing bust, crowned with a chaplet of roses. I COMES HANONIE. Reverse; Long cross with three pellets in each quadrant. MON/ETA/MON/TES. Mayhew 34. Circa AD1290-1298.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-33995D
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Slightly damaged lead alloy Medieval ampulla. The ampulla is a bag or flask shape that is waisted towards the middle. There are triangular lug handles to either side, set where the more bulbous body joins the narrower tapering neck. The handles are not quite laterally aligned with one positioned lower than the other.  The top is damaged and is split and lipped over to one face, probably as a result of post-depositional impact damage rather than any contemporary attempt to force it open or shut. The iconographic decoration is raised and bifacial, with one face consis…
Created on: Saturday 2nd March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-3CA70E
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt copper alloy horse harness pendant in the form of a bird (probably an eagle) displayed; the vertically aligned suspension loop representing the bird's head. Some engraved or moulded decorative detail, probably representing feathers, is extant on the front surface, but only a very small amount of gilding survives. Pendants of similar form can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database ref NMS-FE1033 and NMS-5F6B74. Circa AD1150-1300.
Created on: Thursday 6th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 14th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Diss', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-594BAE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of silver finger ring consisting of the bezel, one shoulder and part of the hoop. The bezel has a square base with a solid dome set on top. This has worn decoration showing that it was intended as an animal head, with centrally dotted relief circles for eyes and short rounded ears above. To one side of the bezel is a patinated but still granular break. On the other side there is a well developed transverse crack revealing the silvery interior; the shoulder is still (just) attached here. This is narrowed to form a concave shape, and then ex…
Created on: Friday 24th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-275037
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete late Medieval copper alloy purse hanger frame with niello inlay decoration. From the base of a narrow rectangular strap loop a semi-oval loop projects down and forwards curving back on itself towards the base of the strap loop from which it sprung. Just short of the return to the strap loop it bifurcates into two arms. One arm juts downwards in a short tapering projection to restrict the upper part of the semi-oval loop. The other arm continues the frame and turns abruptly to run upwards slightly obliquely to the plane of the loop. Just beyond the terminal end of the…
Created on: Sunday 18th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-284A7A
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy horse harness pendant hanger. T-shaped in plan with a transverse rectangular strap attachment bar of triangular cross-section. On the reverse of each wing of the bar is a thick integral rivet with an upset end. In the centre of the lower edge of the bar, projecting perpendicularly is an integral bifurcated hanger, which also initially has a triangular cross-section before it splits into two pierced hanger arm loops that would have suspended the pendant from an iron pin passing transversely between them. B…
Created on: Monday 1st January 2024
Last updated: Saturday 17th February 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-2AAE58
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy 'disc-on-pin' buckle frame. The annular frame is divided in half by a non-integral narrower bar let into the reverse of the frame. The frame is pinched over the bar retaining it flush with the lower edge of the frame. The frame has a wide 'brooch-like' pin restriction, set such that the line of the missing pin would run perpendicular to the bar. The configuration is that of a disc-on-pin buckle but the lack of a surviving pin precludes any further classification. Circa AD1250-1500. Dimensions; Diameter 24mm, weight 4.67g.
Created on: Monday 1st January 2024
Last updated: Saturday 17th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-29C8E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Complete silver medieval annular brooch with four decorated bosses and cast pin. There are four evenly spaced flat square bosses each decorated with a stamped octofoil, soldered in an equidistant pattern around the upper surface of the oval-sectioned frame. The petalled design on the bosses are sunken, and radiate from a central round raised pellet. On each boss the foils are alternately slightly larger (going into the corners) and slightly smaller. The tapering pin has an oval cross-section with a spherical knob at the junction of shaft and loop. This knob is decorat…
Created on: Thursday 1st August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Mundford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-00E1E3
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Damaged and distorted copper-alloy Medieval thimble. Dome-shaped top with slightly tapering sides to the body, with a plain basal band. The lack of raised distortion around the rows of hand-made circular indentations suggests they are drilled rather than punched. When viewed from the base the indentations travel in a left-hand spiral direction up towards the top. The base is split and distorted, but there is no sign of a seam. Circa AD 1350-1500. Dimensions; Height 20mm, estimated basal diameter 19mm, weight 9.83g.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Saturday 23rd December 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-94C249
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Medieval three-part folding clasp with attached plate. Trapezoidal frame with upright rectangular cross-section strip and transverse rotating end plate. The bar mount attached to the folding end plate is missing. The non-recessed undecorated clasp plate is folded back on itself laterally around the frame. Contained within the two faces of the plate are the remnants of the fabric strap that have been preserved, presumably by the copper corrosion compounds from the plate. The attachment copper alloy end-rivet also remains within the fabric. The nature of the f…
Created on: Saturday 18th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-39CD13
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead seal matrix, pierced lug projects from top. Circular, 27mm, thickness 5.2mm, weight 17.84g. Fleur-de-lis.  + SIGILL' IACOBI · WYTE (Seal of James White). 13th century.
Created on: Saturday 23rd April 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-B26248
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, probable single loop Medieval buckle frame. The fragment consists of the outer loop only, with the rest of the buckle missing from two old breaks on either side. In plan, the outer loop widens symmetrically curving around from the sides of the frame achieving a maximum width in the centre  The cross-section is C-shaped with a concave curve on the underside that is angled to cowl lower on the outside edge of the frame. The medial inner edge of the loop has a smaller triangular notch to act as a pin rest. The convex upper surface of the loop is d…
Created on: Friday 9th September 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-93C5D1
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Heavily corroded copper alloy possible harness pendant or mount.  The object comprises a thin circular disc with an eighteen-pointed star or sun-like design cast in light relief. The points taper and narrow outwards from the centre to a raised border. The fields between the flares are keyed with remains of what appears to be red enamel. There is damage to the periphery of the mount with a notch of metal torn from the edge, adjacent to which, close to the edge, is a regular 4.1mm diameter circular hole that has been made in the body. The reverse is flat and…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CEECFC
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy, sub-circular (25.0mm diameter) undecorated spindle whorl. Plano-conical cross-section with an 11mm (at base) to 8.5mm tapering central perforation. The underside has a concentric shrinkage concavity which is a common feature of the casting process for many of these whorls. Spindle whorls are very much utility devices providing a simple spinning-inertia function when manually turning fibres into yarn. Their use spans the Iron Age, Roman, Early-Medieval, Medieval, and early Post-Medieval periods. The hand spindle on …
Created on: Friday 5th August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-8E83EC
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead or lead alloy probable weight.  Circular with a thin trapezoidal cross-section. The smaller diameter upper surface has incuse lines of surface dots present. It could be concluded that these are placed in groups of three, but it is unclear if they are just damage or were intended as decoration or indicators of unit value. The fact that the larger diameter underside and sides also have these marks, albeit more random in nature and distribution, perhaps suggests that damage is the more likely reason. The underside also has a larger circular pit. The weig…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D04645
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and corroded late Medieval 15th-century jetton. Probably a Burgundian variety possibly from the reign of Philip Le Bon 1419-1467. The obverse; cannot be resolved but may be a version of the steel and flints type. The reverse is a short-cross patty with leafy ends, trefoil between each arm. Both legends are largely illegible.
Created on: Friday 5th August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CE8968
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy domestic vessel leg, probably from a cauldron, posnet, or skillet. Solid and moulded into a lingulate shape (52mm extant length by 25.2mm wide by 18.5mm thick) with an oval cross-section. Broken at both ends, one face has a slightly extended moulded flange, with a central crest, whilst the reverse is plain. The fragment is heavy for its size commensurate with an antimony leaded-bronze alloy that is commonly used for casting cooking vessels - see Dungworth, D. and Nichola, M Caldarium? An antimony bronze used for medieval and post-m…
Created on: Friday 5th August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-1266B8
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Medieval probable harness pendant or mount. A circular disc with a slightly offset raised border is decorated with a single wavy line that follows the circumference. Within the border is a cross of Toulouse in relief, with a further cast plain cross at its centre which has been punched through from the front with a circular hole.  A small, broken, perpendicular tab which is probably the extant remains of the suspension loop, projects from the uppermost edge of the disc. There is no trace of gilding or enamel on any of the pendant, but this may have…
Created on: Friday 15th July 2022
Last updated: Saturday 16th December 2023
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