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Record ID: SF-AD9761
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy jetton dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1490-1550. The jetton is a low countries issue, 'Venus penny' type. Obverse; Austro-Burgundian shield with crown above and illegible ficticious legends around. Reverse; Venus standing facing, rosettes in field, holding large flower. See Mitchiner nos. 824-851, and records LON-968842/WILT-BC183B for comparable examples on the PAS database. The jetton is preserved in relatively poor condition with part of the flan distorted at one point, though all the identifying details are visible.
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 24th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Bergholt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-82F9D8
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy official four ounce avoirdepois weight dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1588-1603. It is circular in plan and broadly rectangular in section, with neatly chamfered edges in evidence around its entire circumference. The underside of the weight is flat and featureless, while the upper surface has been stamped with three separate marks. These consist four annulets arranged in a lozenge-shaped pattern, the letter 'A' (for 'avoirdepois') within a pelleted outer border, and the royal cipher of 'EL' (Elizabeth) underneath a crown, with the further letters 'CO…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woolpit', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-A7D35B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy Post-Medieval farthing trader's token dating to 1657, issued for the City of Great Yarmouth. Williamson 284-285. Obverse: Arms of Yarmouth borough (per pale three demi-lions passant gardant, conjoined in pale with three demi-herrings, GREAT YARMOUTH 1667 Reverse: Arms of Yarmouth borough as above, FOR THE VSE OF THE POOR/POORE Farthing trade tokens were first produced under act of parliament in 1648 due to the lack of small change, with halfpenny tokens following later. They were finally suppressed under Royal Authority in 1674.
Created on: Friday 9th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hockham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-9DFE33
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy coin weight dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1604-1619. The coin weight is for a revalued double crown of James I's second coinage, being square in plan and sub-rectangular in section with champfered edges. The upper face (obverse) of the weight depicts the crowned and draped bust of James I facing right , with the legend IR BRI around, while the lower face (reverse) depicts the mark of value 'XI' and the letter 'S' underneath a crown. This side of the weight has been counterstamped over part of the crown in the top left hand corner with a crowned 'I'. Pr…
Created on: Monday 14th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 25th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Bergholt', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-012472
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Nuremburg jetton of anonymous 'ship penny' type, dating c. 1490-1550. Mitchiner nos. 1121-1189 or 1292-1293.
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-0175E6
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Nuremburg jetton of 'French shield' type issued for Hans Schultes I, dating c. 1554-1584. Mitchiner nos. 1378-1381. The jetton has been pierced at around 5 o'clock on its obverse face.
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2016
Last updated: Thursday 5th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-13219F
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy dress fastener or toggle dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1550-1700. The toggle corresponds to Read's class 5, with a broadly sub-triangular body demonstrating three parallel lobes and three parallel notches on each side, to the base of which is attached a projecting bar and disc that forms the 'toggle' element of the object. Two rivet holes are visible in the upper edge and mid-section of the object, though the rivets themselves now only survive in the form of ferrous corrosion products. The reverse of the object is slightly dished, while the outer …
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-29A9CB
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy anonymous issue Nuremburg jetton dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1500-1570. 'Lion of St Mark' type, Mitchiner 1093-1120.
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-2B3CFE
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and very worn copper-alloy Nuremburg jetton dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1500-1550. The jetton is a 'Rose Orb' type of anonymous stock, and has been pierced at c. 12 o'clock on the obverse face. Mitchiner 1094-1098.
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2016
Last updated: Thursday 15th December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-A53144
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded Post-Medieval copper-alloy farthing trade token issued by Samuel Long of the Lilly Pot tavern, Cambridge, dating to exactly 1665. Obverse; SAMVELL LONG AT THE, initials 'S L' and date 1665 within inner pelleted border Reverse; LILLY POT IN CAMBRIDGE, initials 'S L' and date 1665 within inner pelleted border Williamson no. 60.
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2016
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pentlow', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-A8D302
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn complete copper-alloy Rose-Orb type Nuremburg jetton dating to the Post-Medieval period. Anonymous stock, dating to c. 1500-1550. See Mitchiner 1190-1286c and 1294-1298.
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2016
Last updated: Thursday 5th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A9E705
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete cast silver clothes fastener broadly corresponding to Read's Class A, type 12. The fastener is preserved intact, though the hook on the rear face of the object is partially broken and distorted in old damage. In plan it takes the form of a fleur de lis, with a rectangular aperture in its projecting front edge, behind which are two circular attachment holes. Date: c. 1600-1700 AD. Dimensions: the fastener measures 26.24mm long, 21.60mm wide at its widest point, and 1.32mm thick at its midpoint. It weighs 3.94g. Discussion: For a parallel fastener da…
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7174FE
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy token dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1650-1750. One face depicts a standing man, holding a musket over his shoulder. On the opposing face are the initials 'I S'. Preserved in good condition with a brownish grey patina, it measures 25.90mm in diameter, 2.49mm thick, and weighs 8.16g. Lead tokens enjoyed a long period of use from the Medieval period onwards, though the style of dress on this example suggests a later 17th to 18th century date.
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 22nd November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nowton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-729C06
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A milled silver coin (probably a sixpence of William III) worn flat and stamped with a number of motifs, probably dating c. 1696-1900. These motifs include a single letter 'P' on a triangle on one face, while on the opposing face two sets of initials (EF and RJ) are visible, adjacent to a punch of a letter '8', an axe, and a second letter 'P' in a triangle as on the opposing face. A number of worn coins counterstamped in this way have been recorded on the PAS database. All tend to be of William III, and often demonstrate multiple stamps that appear to vary in date from the 18th-19t…
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nowton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-0746D7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and somewhat worn base silver (billon) bawbee of Mary I of Scotland (Mary, Queen of Scots) dating c. 1542-1558. Obverse: crowned thistle flanked by cipher M R, +[MA]RIA D G REGINA SCOTORV. Reverse: St Andrews cross with crown at centre flanked by cinquefoils, [OP]PIDVM ED[INB]VRGI. Mint of Edinburgh. Seaby 5432. Part of the coin has broken away in old damage, coincident with a deep crack that runs into its centre.
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 31st July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wattisfield', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-07B6BC
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy circular coin weight for the gold unite of James I (second coinage), dating c. 1604-1619. Obverse: crowned and cuirassed half bust right holding sceptre, I.R. MA BRI. Reverse: crown, under which is the mark of value 'XXII/S' (22 shillings) in two lines. See Withers and Withers (1995) p. 12.
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 31st July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rickinghall Inferior', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-41FA2C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver hammered penny of Elizabeth I, dating c. 1560-1561. Tower mint, cross-crosslet initial mark.
Created on: Friday 3rd August 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-425BD0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and heavily damaged base silver groat of Henry VIII, third coinage, dating c. 1544-1547. Mint of Bristol, North 1846. The coin is heavily torn and distorted.
Created on: Friday 3rd August 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-848C2D
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy coin weight for the double excellente of Ferdinand and Isabella (1469-1504) probably dating c. 1580-1620. In plan the weight is rectangular, with neatly chamfered edges and file marks visible on both its lower face and sides. Only the upper surface of the coin weight remains legible, the other apparently plain and featureless. On the surviving face, the design of Ferdinand and Isabella's busts in profile are visible, facing each other and set within an outer circular border. One corner has broken away in old damage, though otherwise the weight survives intact. Preserved…
Created on: Monday 6th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 6th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9977A7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete bust somewhat distorted gold and enamel finger ring dating to the Post-Medieval period, a variant on the 'memento mori' types. The ring demonstrates a circular bezel engraved with the design of a facing grinning skull. Around the skull, four sub-rectangular recessed panels forming a ring around it display the following Latin inscription (interestingly, rendered by moulding rather than engraving): RES/PIC/E FI/NEM (RESPICE FINEM). This translates broadly as 'think to the end', an allusion to the inevitability of death. Each side of the bezel, the recessed should…
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 17th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Felixstowe', grid reference and parish protected.