Record ID: SF-24CF28
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Medieval ducat minted in Hamburg and dated on the reverse to 1497 AD. The coin has been examined by Dr. Martin Allen who notes that he knows of no other examples of Hamburg ducats being found in England.
Created on: Friday 10th June 2011
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldeburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8F3D56
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Kupang of Queen Taj al-'Alam Safiat al-din Shah from Aceh, Sumatra dating to c.1641-1675 AD. Nicholas Rhodes (Secretary General of the Oriental Numismatic Society; pers. comm. via John Naylor PAS Finds Advisor) notes that this is one of the more common Acenese gold coins and should have a gold fineness of about 60%, it is also a little under the standard weight for this issue of 0.59g.
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Benacre', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-585F02
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Scottish 'Sword and Sceptre Piece' of James VI (James I of England), 8th coinage, dated to 1601 AD. The coin has been bent at right angles due to post-depositional damage. Seaby, 1984: no. 5460.
Created on: Wednesday 25th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hessett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9EB484
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Arabic gold dinar identified by Luke Treadwell. The coin is an Almohad half dinar of Abu Ya'qub Yusuf I (AH 558-80/AD 1163-84), struck in North Africa (the mint is not named) between 1168 and 1184. Abu Ya'qub Yusuf has the title 'amir al-mu'minin' on this coin, which dates it after AH 563/AD 1168. This type is described in Stephen Album's 'A Checklist of Islamic Coins' (no. 483) as 'relatively common', but the find has considerable historical interest of course. Mark Blackburn of the Fitzwilliam Museum has confirmed that the closest parallels to this coin were two gold dinars of Al…
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wattisham', grid reference and parish protected.