Record ID: PUBLIC-7102EB
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and corroded, copper-alloy, post-medieval unattributed farthing Trader's token of Kings Lynn. Obverse: OF LIN REGES/ Grocers Arms. Reverse: IN NORFOLKE// /W/N. R. Williamson 102. Circa AD1650-1672. Diameter 15.3mm, weight 0.89g.
Created on: Sunday 17th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-401BEA
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy double oval loop buckle with missing pin. The frame is moulded with a D-shaped cross-section and a narrowed and extended strap bar. The centre of the outside loops have a moulded demi-flower decorative feature. The frame is a dark brown colour with a smooth glossy patina. A similar buckle was retrieved from the Mary Rose which sank in July 1545; and is illustrated in Gardiner, J. and Allen, M. Life before the Mast (2005); p104. Fig 2.83, No. 82A5069. Circa AD1540-1620. Length 41.4mm, Width 31.9mm, Thickness 2.9mm, Weight 10.6g.
Created on: Friday 29th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: PUBLIC-28305F
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete, post-medieval, worn, and corroded copper-alloy farthing trade token; issued by John Moyes in Wisbech. Obv: (mullet) IOHN.MOYES.1664, Grocer's Arms. Rev: (mullet) IN.WISBECH around a cabled inner circle, M over I E triad of initials. Williamson, Vol. 1. 209. Dimensions; Diameter 15.3mm, weight 0.35g.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-591E22
Object type: PADLOCK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval probable padlock body. Discoidal in shape (35mm dia. by 12.4mm thick) and plain on both faces. Although box like in construction the significant weight and emanating rust suggests it contains an iron mechanism, and is not just a hollow container. There is prolific iron corrosion on the sides and on both facing surfaces, the spacial relationship of which suggests they are probably associated with the hasp and keyhole of a post medieval padlock. One face has three circular rivet heads placed equidistantly around the periphery of the circular body…
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-925F81
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead or lead alloy semi-circular lead weight. The weight was probably originally discoidal but has been severed across the centre making it semi-circular in plan. As such the cut is accurate and square-edged, suggesting it has been done deliberately rather than through damage. Similar weights are recorded at YORYM-2C4B44 and  SF-42A486 with dates ranging from late Early Medieval to Post Medieval. There are no obvious decoration or validation marks surviving on either face of this example. The weight is 42.48g or 14.98 ounces. Lead weights were banned …
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CF3410
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Well worn and patinated Post-Medieval cast copper alloy 2-ounce stacking trade weight of Elizabeth I. The weight is flat and discoidal with a raised rim around the upper surface. The reverse has a central circular pit (repeated on the front) and a series of concentric grooves and radiating file marks;- probably associated with manufacture and calibration. The interior is multi-stamped with the marks of a crowned EL (for Elizabeth I), a Ewer (for the London Founder's Company), a sword (The sword of St. Paul for the City of London Guildhall), and a capitalised …
Created on: Friday 5th August 2022
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-8D0FF4
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Corroded copper alloy farthing token of the Norwich Corporation. Shield visible on obverse and the numbers 70 on the reverse. Further detail illegible.  A slightly better preserved example of different date can be seen on the PAS database ref  LEIC-558C2A.  AD. 1670. Dimensions: diameter 23.0mm, weight 4.70 g.
Created on: Thursday 2nd June 2022
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-439C1C
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval to Post Medieval lead alloy, uniface, circular, probable coin weight. One face is marked in the upper half with a W, with the roman numerals XXXVI or XXVII below. The other face is blank apart from a central pimple. A coin weight for a Noble is shown on p24 of Withers, P & B, Lions Ships and Angels that is marked with an XXXVI value in roman numerals. At 4.37g (67.4gn) the weight of this object would approximate to a half noble. It is not clear what the W indicates. On this basis, it is likely this is an unofficial coin weight. Circa 1351…
Created on: Saturday 9th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-08A7D1
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and worn copper alloy Post-Medieval gilded and enamelled strap mount. The central body is pirifom-shaped with a debased acorn knop extending at each end, with the tip of one knop missing from an old break. In cross-section the mount is flat on the reverse with rounded sides to the top face. The back had two square section sharp prongs located at either end, but only one survives, bent outwards to retain it on the original strap. There are incuse circular decorations on the face which towards the centre look like a flower with surroundi…
Created on: Friday 24th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th December 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-77858E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy Post-Medieval probable weight or token. The object is flat (1.5mm thick) and sub-square (20mm x 22mm) with an image cast in relief decorating one side. The design is not easily recognisable as a letter or digit, nor any easily discernable symbol. A straight line, close and broadly parallel to one edge has two separate approximately one-third-spaced, down-curving crescents, that spring across the front face and meet close to the opposite edge. Perhaps the most likely interpretation is that of a letter D. The mass is 6.95g, which is just…
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Last updated: Saturday 18th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-4B8C7E
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Post Medieval sharp hooked tag. Read Class E type 3. Circular wavy edge openwork body with pointed oval apertures running around the periphery, and a fleur de lis within an inner circle. The rectangular attachment loop appears to be missing from one side of the body whilst the opposite side forms a narrow pointed hook that bends in a U-shape away from the front face. There are three axial grooves decorating the upper junction between the body and the hook. A very similar design can be seen in Read B. Hooked Clasps and Eyes (2008) p100; No 380. Circa&nb…
Created on: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Last updated: Saturday 18th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-4CDE5F
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead alloy, circular (29.6mm diameter) undecorated spindle whorl. Plano-convex with a slightly offset central 12mm circular perforation tapering to 9.5mm at the top. 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: Wednesday 30th March 2022
Last updated: Saturday 18th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-8C75B6
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post Medieval Lion of St Mark Nuremberg jetton. Obverse: EGIDIVS KRAVWINCKEL NT, Nimbate Lion of St Mark. Reverse: Orb surmounted by cross patty within three lobed twin bordered elaborate tressure, nonsense legend. Similar to Mitchener 1436. Die axis 6 o'clock. The jetton is unusually thick and could be a Piedfort or multiple value. Circa AD1570-1613.
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Last updated: Friday 3rd November 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6927DE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and poorly struck silver Post-Medieval penny of Charles I. Offstruck reverse. Circa 1634-1640. Diameter 14.0mm, weight 0.46g
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-51B7A4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Post-Medieval asymmetrical buckle frame. On one side of the central strap bar is a trapezoidal loop, and the other semi-circular side extends on its extremity to a scallop-shaped knop. The strap bar itself extends in a triangular knop to either side of the frame and is entirely encrusted with iron rust. See Whitehead No. 583.  Circa 1575-1700. Length 23.4mm, width 15mm, weight 2.0g
Created on: Sunday 22nd October 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-4E01F3
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (UNKNOWN)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy early Post-Medieval sharp single hook clasp. Circular body with a cross fleuretty at its centre and openwork apertures between each lis. Sub-rectangular attachment loop with a slender double-collared sharp hook diametrically opposite; the return end of which is missing. The front face of the clasp is moulded whilst the reverse is flat. Dark brown patina. A similar example is shown in Read, B, Hooks Clasps and Eyes; p.97 No.360. Circa 1500-1625. Length 30mm, width 19mm, weight 1.89g
Created on: Sunday 22nd October 2023
Last updated: Monday 23rd October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-FCB994
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and complete single-piece discoidal lead Post Medieval cast button. 29mm diameter body with 2.3mm thick raised rim surrounding a facing wavy-haired crowned bust. The crown has a plain cross to either side of the central bar but any further detail in the portrait has been lost. To the left and right of the portrait are the respective capitalised letters C/R each with a pellet above and below. The reverse has a central single integral loop that follows the line of a raised casting seam. There is nothing to distinguish which regnal number monarch is represented on the button. Ci…
Created on: Friday 18th February 2022
Last updated: Saturday 14th October 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-097876
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval silver threepence of Elizabeth I. Initial mark plain cross, Tower mint. Dated 1578. North Vol II (1975), p 111, No 1998.
Created on: Saturday 7th October 2023
Last updated: Sunday 8th October 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-056614
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy post-medieval strap fitting. The fitting comprises two separate elements consisting of a separate roughly finished circular suspension ring and a sub-triangular hooked attachment plate. The plate is in the form of a triangle, the top of which dips slightly in the centre, forming a wide chevron shape. The end of the plate has a transverse groove, from which point it tapers to form a narrow hook that curves rearwards from the plate and retains a separate circular ring with an external diameter of 11mm. T…
Created on: Friday 6th October 2023
Last updated: Saturday 7th October 2023
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Record ID: PUBLIC-3E27BE
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and corroded 17th C trade token of William Pearson of Litcham. Obverse; * WILLIAM PEARSON/The Grocers' Arms. Reverse; GROSER OF LITCHAM/ W.P. Die axis 6 o'clock. Williamson 60. Diameter 15.3mm, weight 0.83g.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2023
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