Record ID: LVPL-5D6476
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy harness pendant, late early-medieval in date. It is an unusual shape and quite small. Symmetrical openwork, the central void being in outline almost reminiscent of a simplified bird in flight, with a more complex outer profile having a series of tabs projecting outwards at right angles. There is an attachment loop at the top which has now broken.
Created on: Monday 27th October 2008
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2017
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Record ID: LVPL-614825
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Dolphin brooch dating from c.55-100 AD. It is hinged but the pin is missing. The wings are cylindrical and quite long. They are made of the 2 sides folding around to form a cylinder. They are decorated with incised lines around the diameter. The top of the bow is slightly humped and there is a raised ridge which runs all the way down. It is beaded at the top but becomes plain about half way down. The bow narrows towards the end of the bow, there is no foot. The catchplate is broken but some remains.
Created on: Thursday 10th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 21st May 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-1DA3A3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Medieval oval buckle. Meols type 8 dating from the mid 13-14th centuries. Multiple knops on the outer frame, narrowed and offset strap bar.
Created on: Monday 7th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-1D89D2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy lyre shaped one-piece buckle dating to c.1390-1420. The plate is a hollow box shape, sub-rectangular in plan. The frame is missing but the pin is present (length = 24.91mm). The plate is widest at the base. The front of the plate is decorated with a letter, possibly an M but it is not clear. Above the letter there is a moulded collar and then the plate narrows before widening again to take the pin. There is a recess where the pin sits, wrapped around a strap bar. The pin is simply a strip of copper alloy folded over the bar. At the top of the plate the star…
Created on: Monday 7th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-1D6558
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy miniature axe Viking in date. It has a broken attachment loop at the top which would have been perpendicular to the axe. The axe is a broad bladed example. James Graham-Campbell, a Viking expert has seen a photograph of this object and says that 'the form is unusual as it is of the late broad-bladed type, whereas other Viking examples, e.g. of amber, are of earlier, narrower forms'. However it would be unusual to get a pagan item from a later date and so he is happy to date this item as broadly Viking.
Created on: Monday 7th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 25th November 2022
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Record ID: LVPL-F9A8C5
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy 3 arched belt hanger with which to attach a purse. Dating from the 14th century. The central arch is an inverted keyhole shaped opening, flanked by 2 open semi-circles. The top of the keyhole has 2 prongs. At the juntions between the arches are slight moulded projections. The terminals have collars at the end which keep the suspension loops from falling off the ends. One loop remains with a bar mount attached to the front. The bar mount has a central circular lobe which has horizontal ridges. C.f. no 1197 in Medieval Dress Accessories from London (Egan and Pritchard;…
Created on: Saturday 5th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 27th April 2018
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Record ID: LVPL-F98912
Object type: NEEDLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sewing needle from the Roman period. It is quite a crudely made needle with the surface and the edges being uneven. The head is slightly spatulate with a small hole in the centre. c.f. no.1977, pg65 in the Colchester report (Crummy; 1997).
Created on: Saturday 5th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-F93220
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Medieval buckle with an integral plate. The frame is oval shaped, the pin is missing. The plate is slightly unusual as it is so long. There are 2 circular perforations in the plate just below the frame. There is then a sub-circular knop with a collar at each end. The plate then narrows until the terminal. The terminal is leaf shaped and has 3 circular perforations in a trefoil pattern. Similar buckles from Meols have been dated from the early 13th century onwards (Egan, Griffiths and Philpott; 2007; 102-4)
Created on: Saturday 5th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-F929E2
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy looped strap end dating to around the 17th century. It has been cast in one and has a split end to attach to the strap end with 1 rivet still remaining. At the base there is a circular loop set perpendicular to the rest of the strap end. Above this is a sub-circular loop which has an upside down heart shaped perforation in the centre. At the base of this loop is a square projection which links it to the top loop. On the front of this are 3 circular punch marks, 2 above 1 below. There is a small projection on each side of the loop as it narrows towards the top. …
Created on: Saturday 5th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-F91D13
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Late Saxon stirrup strap mount. Williams Class A, Type 12. Openwork design. It is diamond shaped, stiting on a flat base. It has a central diagonal cross giving four apertures. There are circular bosses at the centre and at the junction between the cross and the frame. There are 5 bosses in total and they are quite worn. It has a circular attachment loop at the top.
Created on: Saturday 5th July 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2015
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Record ID: LVPL-F90F04
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Late Roman /early Medieval buckle of Hawkes and Dunning Type IIA (1961). Similar in style to the two dolphin type buckles but the front of the buckle is decorated with zig zag lines. The top of the buckle does look like two heads meeting at the lozenge shape at the top but it is plain. The pin is missing. At the base there are two circular loops which would have attached to the buckle plate.
Created on: Saturday 5th July 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2013
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Record ID: LVPL-F90037
Object type: LOCK
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Roman lock bolt. The bolt has a narrow handle then the body widens where the cut outs are. The cut outs are 2 rectangules above a square made of 4 triangles. The top of the body of the bolt is an L-shape. Compare no 468, pg77 in the Aldborough excavation report (Bishop 1996) and other examples from Colchester (Crummy 1983, 124, fig. 136, nos. 4133, 4134, 4136).
Created on: Saturday 5th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2017
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Record ID: LVPL-C91A04
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine, Urbs Roma type, 330-335AD, minted in Trier.
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-C90920
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver penny of Alexander III of Scotland, long cross penny, 1280-86. Spink no. 5053, p18.
Created on: Thursday 3rd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-B699D7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long cross penny of Henry III (1216-72), Class 3a-c, 1248-50, North 986-988.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-B68177
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver half cut short cross penny of John (1199-1216), probably class 5, 1204/5- 1208/9.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-B664E7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long cross penny of Henry III (1216-72), Class 5g, 1251-72, North 997.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-B65120
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver long cross penny of Henry III (1216-72), Class 3b, 1248-50, North no. 987.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-B63744
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval circular lead seal matrix, 13th century in date. This is a personal seal matrix with a central motif. The reverse has a circular attachment loop at the end of a raised central ridge. The central motif is of radial type, a four-petalled flower with rounded petals, with trefoils at the end of stems in between the petals.The inscription is set between two very shallow and thin ridged borders, and reads + S' MARG' FIL' hVGO (Seal of Margaret daughter of Hugh). The abbreviation marks after S and after MARG are formed from trefoils on oblique stems, but the abbreviation mark after …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Saturday 25th January 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-B61902
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead conical spindle whorl most likely to date from the Medieval period. Circular in plan. It is slightly domed and has a central circular perforation.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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