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Record ID: NMS-052BEC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an early-medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) cruciform brooch. The object consists of the zoomorphic foot below two transverse moulded ribs. Immediately above the ribs is a worn transverse break. The creature is heavily stylised, moulded pellets for eyes below two thin incised grooves representing brows. The face flattens before opening out into two flat and semi-circular nostrils which are wider than the rest of the head. The nostrils are separated by a ridge - the snout - which begins at the midpoint between the eyes and runs longitudinally, before terminating in a bifurcat…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-03E593
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete unlooped copper-alloy Middle to Late Bronze Age palstave axehead. The H-shaped hafting channels at the butt are in good condition, with most of the original edges surviving on all four flanges. The butt narrows before a worn transverse break. The (abraded) stop ridge is slightly higher than the flanges. The septum is 57.1mm long. Beneath the stop ridge on both faces is a moulded shield-shaped pattern, bisected by a prominent longitudinal ridge creating a trident pattern. The ridges fade before the cutting edge. The crescentic cutting edge is jagged and abraded. There are no ca…
Created on: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-31DE73
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified copper-alloy object of unknown age. It is sub-circular, of fairly uniform thickness and slightly dished. It appears to be complete as there is no evidence of breaks. Close to one side there is a perfectly circular area, approximately one third of the total, which is flat. Beyond this it curves concavo-convexly in all directions all the way to the edge. On the generally convex face, the flat circle is covered with multiple very fine concentric and perfectly circular grooves and ridges. The outermost ridge is wider and expanded at one point to form a wide and short triangle…
Created on: Friday 8th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-DFF43A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy object the shape of a human head with an integral rivet or attachment stud on the reverse, probably a Roman military belt fitting. It is heavily abraded and has lost most of its original surface. The head is oval when viewed face-on, tapering slightly asymmetrically in the lower half; the upper jawline from the ear to the chin is straight on one side and convex on the other.  It is plano-convex in cross-section; with the exception of the stud it is broadly flat on the reverse.  The eyes survive as two oval or sub-circular areas of the metal that have a slightly …
Created on: Monday 4th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D0E4DD
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy jetton, small Nuremberg rose-orb type of Hans Krauwinckel II, reverse GOTT ALLEIN DIE EER ESEI, 1586-1635
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D0D69B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus, House of Constantine, VRBS ROMA Wolf and twins type, Trier, mintmark [wreath]//TRP, AD330-5
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-9A24E4
Object type: HARNESS HOOK
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper-alloy hooked mount from a harness. It is a once flat but now slightly bent vertical bar with a narrowed and pointed rearward curving hook at the bottom. For the most part it has parallel sides and is rectangular in cross-section. The hook is oval in cross-section. At opposite end there is a double-cusp moulding (two opposing V or U-shaped depressions) followed by an incomplete rounded lobe terminating in a worn transverse break that truncates a rivet hole. There is a second, complete rivet hole at two thirds of the distance from the cusps to the hook. The met…
Created on: Tuesday 19th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-04253D
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy jetton of Hans Krauwinckel II, small Nuremberg rose-orb type, obverse HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NV, reverse +GOTT ALLEIN DIE EER ESEI, 1596-1635
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-03DEEC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy sestertius of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, obverse [...]AVREL[...], laureate head right, reverse [...], female standing left with sceptre, well worn, AD161-80
Created on: Tuesday 12th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2023
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Record ID: NMS-B11EE5
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval gilded copper-alloy harness mount. It is shield-shaped with a small trefoil terminal at the narrow end and two integral circular cross-sectioned attachment spikes on the reverse, One of these (at the wide end) is a just stump terminating in a worn break; the other (at the narrow end) is complete and curves toward the terminal. The edge of the mount at the wide end is slightly convex with two small protruding triangular points at the corners. There are a pair of circular holes close to the corners. The decoration in counter-relief comprises the head of a pu…
Created on: Friday 8th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-9C2DD7
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gilt copper alloy horse harness suspension mount and pendant. The mount is incomplete with the upper part missing, broken across the stump of a narrowed vertical bar with a base which expands, and is slotted and folded onto reverse to form twin-suspension loops, these contain a copper alloy pin or spindle from which is suspended the pendant. The face of the mount is bordered with incised lines. The pendant is lozengiform with chamfered sides and a knop at each angle. There are incised bordering lines on the sides and face, pairs of oblique li…
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-38C856
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy rose farthing of Charles I, further details illegible, 1636-44
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 15th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-38BDFA
Object type: COIN BLANK
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable copper alloy coin blank for creating irregular radiates or nummi, 10mm diameter, 4mm thick, c.AD275-364. This example would presumably have been hammered into a thinner form before striking.
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 29th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-389F15
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Irregular copper alloy nummus of Constantius II, reverse FEL TEMP REPARATIO falling horseman derivative, 13mm diameter, further details illegible, c.AD353-64
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 15th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-3890A0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Irregular copper alloy radiate of uncertain Gallic emperor, reverse standing figure, further details illegible, c.AD275-86
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 15th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-3865EB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Irregular copper alloy nummus of Constantius II, reverse FEL TEMP REPARATIO falling horseman type, further details illegible, c.AD353-64
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 15th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-383FB7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy radiate of Claudius II, Rome, reverse FIDES EXERCIT type, further details illegible, AD268-70
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 15th November 2022
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Record ID: NMS-051C6B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy as or dupondius of Trajan, thin and probably a cast copy, it has the appearance of a high tin content, edges have crumbled, 4.31g, c.AD98-200
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-050705
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus, obverse bust left, reverse altar, further details illegible, AD320-4
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-3C2B85
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval buckle frame, trapezoidal, four oblique filed grooves on outside edge (two pairs flanking centre), narrowed bar, pin missing. 12 x 20.5mm. Weighs 1.55g. 14th century.
Created on: Friday 29th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 29th July 2022
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