Record ID: NMS-3E8E08
Object type: MINIATURE OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy miniature axehead or pick of probable Roman date (c. AD 43 - 409). The head is lozenge-shaped with rounded tips. It measures 47.3mm in length, 5.53mm maximum width, 2.0mm minimum width and is 3.1mm thick. It has a central expansion with a vertical perforation through which the shaft passes. The top appears to have been hammered flat in order to sit flush with the top of the head. The shaft measures 30.7mm in length, 5.0mm in diameter below the head and then tapers sharply to a point, measuring 1.4mm at the bottom. Although no direct comparison could be found, a number …
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2016
Last updated: Sunday 7th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Diss', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-3FD44C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Colchester derivative brooch dating to the period c. AD 43 - 100. The head, wings, pin and upper bow are missing. The brooch commences in a worn break and tapers from a width of 2.6mm to 1.6mm. It is decorated by a longitudinal incised zig zag running down the centre of the bow. The catchplate expands from the reverse of the foot and terminates in a rolled pin rest. It exhibits a single circular perforation.
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Diss', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-E92914
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy contemporary copy of a radiate, probably copying Victorinus, dating to the period c. AD 275 - 285 (Reece period 14). INVICTVS reverse type. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Friday 30th September 2016
Last updated: Friday 30th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hethersett', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-3CC5D8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Roman nummus of Constantine I dating to the year AD 333 (Reece period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers and two standards. Mint of Arles. See RIC, Vol. VII, p. 274, no. 370. Finder's no. AB920
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B70B87
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete and possibly miscast Roman brooch of Mackreth's (2011) Type CD RH (Colchester Derivative Rearhook Brooch ) dating to the period c. AD 43 - 65. The pin mechanism, most of the bow, the foot and the catchplate are missing. The head exhibits C-shaped wings with the broken stub of a rearhook positioned in the centre. The bow arches back from the head and terminates in a worn break. Projecting from the lower edge of the wings and filling the arch between the head and the tip of the bow is a triangular lump of copper alloy probably as a result of miscasting. The underside exhib…
Created on: Monday 10th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 14th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wood Dalling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B9DAB3
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
This record covers Treasure cases 2016T788 and 2017T1204. A Roman coin hoard, initially consisting of 92 Roman radiates (2016T788) with one unrelated Roman coin (an as of Vespasian). Later joined by two addenda: 2017T1204 (five copper-alloy Roman radiates, one of which is fused to a sixth, incomplete coin; catalogue added to this record, below) and 2020T23 (fourteen Roman coins, recorded separately at NMS-1F78BF). 2016T788: A scattered hoard of 92 base silver and copper alloy Roman radiates dating to the period c. AD 258-279. The coins were found scatter…
Created on: Monday 10th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 19th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holme Hale', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-BA1C8C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy sestertius, dupondius or as of uncertain ruler dating to the period c. AD 100 - 250. Uncertain reverse type. Uncertain mint. The coin appears to have been cut into a fraction.
Created on: Monday 10th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-E5C8A6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy enamelled headstud brooch dating to the period c. AD 75 - 200. Most of the pin, the lower bow, the foot and the catchplate are missing. The head exhibits rectangular wings which house a cylindrical case for the hinged pin mechanism. The wings are divided by a central pin slot which houses the butt of the pin. The bow arches back from the head and is square in section. It ha a short vertical rib, below which is a lozengiform cell filled with largely degraded enamel. One spot of blue enamel remains in the centre. The bow then tapers to a worn break.
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F5793C
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Second addendum to the Marham hoard which is otherwise recorded at .NMS-3EF493 (2013 T420 and 2014 T83) and summary at IARCH-677D3D. Description: 5 copper alloy Roman radiates, 3 of Carausius (AD 286-93) and 2 of Allectus (AD 293-6), forming part of a dispersed hoard. Two groups of coins were recovered previously, 14 in 2013 (2013 T420) and a further 8 in 2014 (2014 T836). This latest addition brings the total number of coins up to 27. As noted in the report for the original group, most of the coins are corroded, but appear to have been in good condition when deposited. It …
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-F98E80
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch of Mackreth's (2011) Type CDRH (Colchester Derivative Rearhook Brooch ) dating to the period c. AD 43 - 65. The pin, spring mechanisim, foot and catchplate are missing. The head exhibits C-shaped wings which form the spring case for the missing sprung pin mechanism. The tip of one wing terminates in an old break. Each wing is decorated by an engraved diagonal line running from the bottom corner of the wing to the point at which the bow projects from the head. The intact wing also exhibits an incised longitudinal groove running along its outer edge.…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2016
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-FA146A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Colchester derivative brooch dating to the period .c AD 43 - 65. The pin mechanism, foot and catchplate are missing. The wings are D-shaped in section with a central pin slot for the missing, probably sprung pin mechansim, although there is no cavity to house the spring. The wings are decorated with bands of wavy mouldings. The bow arches back from the head and tapers to an old break. The bow is decorated with a series of four longitudinal ridges of wavy mouldings.
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2016
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-FAF033
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman Coclester derivative Dolphin brooch dating to the period c. AD 43 - 65. The sprung pin mechanism, the foot and the catchplate are missing. The head exhibits incomplete C-shaped wings with a circular recess in the centre. Just above the perforation is a slight ridge which may be the remains of a hook. The bow arches steeply back from the head and tapers to an old break.
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2016
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-49C3A4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative brooch of Mackreth's (2011) Type CDRH (Colchester Derivative Rearhook Brooch). The pin mechanism, lower bow, foot and catchplate are missing. The head exhibits incomplete C-shaped wings which would have formed the spring case for the sprung pin mechanism. Projecting from the centre of the head is the stub of the rearhook. The wings are both decorated with a bead-and-reel design. The bow arches back from the head and tapers to a worn break. It is decorated with a central longitudinal recess with a ridge running down the centre. Th…
Created on: Monday 17th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wacton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-5EA017
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Roman copper alloy bow brooch of uncertain type, probably a Colchester derivative. The head, pin and upper bow are missing. The bow commences in a worn horizontal break and tapers from a width of 5.5mm to 2.0mm at the foot. It has a central moulded ridge which tapers with the bow. The catchplate projects from the reverse of the bow and terminates in a break. At the junction between the catchplate and the bow is an engraved zig zag line.
Created on: Tuesday 18th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Buckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F70106
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
South Norfolk hoard. Description: 27 silver denarii consisting of 25 complete, or nearly complete coins and two fragments ranging in date from the Roman Republic to those of Tiberius (c. AD 37). Of the current assemblage, none of the fragments join to any of the others, although it is possible that they may join to other coins previously recorded. These coins form an addendum to the original find of 59 coins (2012 T810, NMS-A00F04) and two subsequent addenda, 2014 T94 (NMS-0F1E88, 54 denarii), and 2015 T506 (NMS-00AFB2, 26 denarii), bringing the total number of coins found …
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 14th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-9FD2F6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy zoomorphic buckle of Hawkes and Dunning's Type IIA. The strap bar, the pin and approximately one half of the frame are missing. Incomplete dolphin with a large fin engraved with a series of diagonal lines. The eye is represented by a punched dot. The jaws of an opposed dolphin survive, the rest is missing due to old damage. The reverse of the dolphin's body is slightly concave. See: Hawkes and Dunning, 1961, fig.17-18.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 5th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Buckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-A13B64
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch of Mackreth's (2011) Type CD H. dating to the period c. AD 90 - 150. The pin, most of the bow, the foot and the catchplate are missing. The head exhibits rolled cylindrical wings. There is a seam along the reverse of each wing. The wings house the copper alloy axis bar for the hinged pin mechansim. Only the butt of the pin survives housed within the recessed pin slot in the centre of the head. The wings are both decorated with a bead-and-reel design, with a diagonal moulding on either side of the bow at the junction with th…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shotesham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-062A16
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative, rear hook brooch. The pin, one wing, most of the bow, the foot and the catchplate are missing. The remaining wing is C-shaped in section, with a recessed reverse to house the pin mechanism. Projecting from the centre of the head is a rearward facing hook which terminates in a worn break. The facted hexagonal-sectioned bow arches back from the head and tapers from a width of 5.7mm to 3.0mm at the break point.
Created on: Monday 7th November 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Attleborough', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-1A2094
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Roman to Early Saxon copper alloy bracelet dating to the period c. AD 320 - 450. A D-sectioned strip of copper alloy, smooth on the reverse and decorated on the obverse with multiple motifs comprising a central field with five punched dots arranged in a line flanked on either side by toothed edges. At either end of the field is a ridge followed by an undecorated field. The bracelet terminates in a worn break at either end. Similar bracelets are discussed in Crummy, N, 1983, p. 45 & 46, no. 1725 - 1726.
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-D952FC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy contemporary copy of a Roman nummus of uncertain ruler dating to the period c. AD 330 - 402. Uncertain reverse type. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Thursday 17th November 2016
Last updated: Thursday 17th November 2016
Spatial data recorded.