Record ID: SWYOR-E648B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy coin; a nummus of the House of Constantine, AD 307 - 361, dating from AD 335 - 341 (Reece period 17), probably Constans. GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type with two soldiers standing either side of one central standard.  Mint of Trier. The coin is 14.1mm in diameter, 1.5mm thick and weighs 1.41g.
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-E637E9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman British plate conical disc (Mackreth's domed boss) brooch dating from the early Roman period, about AD 100 - 200. The remaining portion consists of the centre of the brooch together with a short section of the rim. The central portion is circular in plan, concave on the underside, and rising on the upper side in a shallow cone to a small, hemispherical knop. The cone is decorated with 16 recessed triangular cells containing enamel. Every other cell has only traces of red coloured enamel surviving. The remaining cells are filled with opaque light blue o…
Created on: Monday 24th July 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-DB28A0
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Medieval lead spindle whorl of Walton Rogers form A1 dating from AD 850-1000. It has a flat base with a domed and slightly flattened apex and a central hole of 9.3mm in diameter. The object is 27.0mm in diameter, 13.2mm thick, and weighs 45.79g. The whorl has a mid-grey patina.  A similar example is SWYOR-057095. Form A1 whorls are known from AD 500 - 1000, but the size of the central hole (over 9mm) makes a late Saxon date more likely. 
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Saturday 22nd July 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A3001D
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint debitage blade, of Mesolithic date, 10,000 BC - 4000 BC. It is formed on a tertiary blade of opaque tan coloured flint with a small area of cortex on the right side of the distal end. The distal end is missing, snapped off. It is sub-rectangular with a rounded proximal end. The dorsal face is covered with long blade removal scars and has a triple arris. There is some edge damage, but the blade is not retouched. It is 62.6mm long, 22.1mm wide and 5.4mm thick. 8.9g.
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st November 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-A2DCF7
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint scraper, or perhaps a retouched flake, of uncertain date, probably Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4000 BC - 1000 BC. It is formed on a primary flake of translucent dark brown flint. The proximal end is missing, snapped off. It is sub-rectangular with a rounded distal end. The dorsal face is covered with cortex. There is slightly invasive, sub-parallel semi-abrupt retouch on the right side and sporadically on the distal end. It is 31.2mm long, 25.5mm wide and 5.5mm thick. 4.8g.
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st November 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-A2B466
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper, or perhaps a retouched flake, of uncertain date, probably Neolithic to Bronze Age, 4000 BC - 1000 BC. It is formed on a tertiary flake of translucent dark brown flint. It is D shaped in plan with removal scars covering the dorsal face. All the edges have short, stepped, abrupt retouch. The flint seems thin for a scraper, but the abrupt retouch rules out a shaper implement such as an arrowhead or cutting tool. The flint is 19.9mm long, 16.4mm wide and 4.6mm thick. 1.3g.
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 21st November 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-0B1A32
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Medieval, or perhaps Post Medieval, silver gilt circular reliquary pendant depicting the lamb of God holding a cross (Agnus Dei) on one face and the Holy Christogram 'ihc' on the other face, probably dating from about AD 1350 - 1500. The pendant is constructed of two flat circular discs both of which are soldered to a separate rim or collar. The 'ihc' face has separated at the join and is pushed backwards into the body of the pendant, suggesting nothing is contained within the pendant, as there is no longer any void between the discs.  The A…
Created on: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Last updated: Saturday 7th October 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-CF1974
Object type: STRAINER
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy strainer or skimmer of medieval to post-medieval date (c. AD 1250 - 1700). The strainer is formed of a disc of copper-alloy sheet metal which has been perforated by hand from the reverse using a variety of different shaped puches for the holes. The perforations are irregularly positioned and vary in size. The sides of the sheet are curved backwards, but there is no evidence of attachment. The disc is 87.6mm diameter, 14mm thick (sheet metal 0.6mm thick) and weighs 48.8g. Similar examples are known from the medieval period onwards, such as Egan (1998, 158) fig. 127, w…
Created on: Wednesday 6th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-CEE32C
Object type: PIN
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable pin of uncertain date, probably Medieval to Modern. It is a slender rod of copper alloy, circular in cross-section and broken at the pointed end. The head end has a slight projecting collar 14mm from the end, and then tapers with faceted (hammered?) sides to the end which has a slightly wider disc or thickened end. It seems likely that the pin once had a separate decorative head of a disserent material, which threaded onto the faceted tapering area, held in place by the two thickened areas, perhaps a glass bead or hollow metal head. The thickened end of the hea…
Created on: Wednesday 6th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-CE8041
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy casting well or jet of uncertain date. This well or jet is evidence of casting, being a waste fragment from the process of casting an item made of copper-alloy. The date is uncertain but could range from the Bronze Age to Post Medieval periods. The well is sub-triangular in plan and is 20.6mm long, 19.2mm wide and 14.8mm tall. 6.54g. The top is slightly concave. The lower side is domed, an oval convex, that has a central projection, the runner into the mould. This projection has a rectangular cross-section, and is about 9mm long. The upper surface of the well has a c…
Created on: Wednesday 6th January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
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Record ID: SWYOR-BEF2ED
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver groat of Henry VII (AD 1485 - 1509), facing bust issue, Class IIIc dating from AD 1490 - 1504. Pansy initial mark on obverse with a leopard's head on the reverse. Mint of London. See North (1991, page 102) number 1705. The coin is 27.2mm diameter, 0.9mm thick and 2.9g.
Created on: Tuesday 7th July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-BEBDED
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver groat of Henry VII (AD 1485 - 1509), profile issue, dating from AD 1507 - 1509. Pheon initial mark. See North (1991, page 104) number 1747. The coin is 26.5mm diameter, 0.8mm thick and 2.98g.
Created on: Tuesday 7th July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-BE8D54
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval silver half groat of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603) dating from AD 1583 - 1603. Third issue. Initial mark: illegible. Mint of London. North (1991, 137) no. 2016. The coin is 16.3mm diameter, 0.5mm thick and 0.84g. It is bent and cracked and has patches of bright orange material (soil or corrosion) adhering to the surface.
Created on: Tuesday 7th July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-BE1E1A
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy post-medieval trade token of 17th century date, issued by Samuel Watts of Halesworth, grocer. *SAMVEL * WATTS* = The Grocer's arms [*IN.]HALSWORTH = W // S M See Williamson (1967), 1082, no.146 cited in SF-A944E3. The token is 15.9mm diameter, 0.9mm thick and 0.88g. Die axis: 12 o'clock
Created on: Tuesday 7th July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-BDD5A2
Object type: BULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead alloy Medieval papal bulla dating from AD 1254 - 1261. It is a bulla of Pope Alexander IV (AD 1254-1261). The seal is circular with a vertical longitudinal hole through the centre for the string to which it was attached. The reverse is very scratched round the edge. The obverse depicts the heads of St Peter and St Paul facing each other, with the heads surrounded by beaded borders. The letters: SPA SPE above and a long cross in the centre. The reverse lettering on three lines reads: A[LE]/[X]ANDER/[PP]IIII with an omega placed above the PP, which indicates that this abbre…
Created on: Tuesday 7th July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-BACCF1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver coin; a penny of Edward I (1272 - 1307), class 3, 3f probably. It was minted at Lincoln and dates from 1280 - 1281. See North number 1021.
Created on: Monday 27th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 30th March 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-BA8064
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver coin; a penny of Edward I (1272 - 1307), class 10cf, probably 10cf3a and perhaps muled with an 11b reverse, dating from 1302 - 1310. It was minted at London. See North number 1039.
Created on: Monday 27th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-BA0041
Object type: PISTOL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An unidentified Post Medieval object. It consists of a dome which is pointed oval in plan. The dome is hollow and at one end is extends into a bar of rectangular section which bends back beneath the dome and terminates in a bifurcated break, perhaps where the was originally a hole or a slot. There is a narrow raised line round the edge of the dome and along the edge of the bar, but it fades out at the bend. The border is not interrupted at the other end of the domed area, indicating that there was never a matching bar there. There is a large circular hole in the apex of the dome. The …
Created on: Monday 27th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th December 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-B9C874
Object type: DAGGER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Post Medieval pommel from a knife or dagger. The object is half of a sheet copper alloy sphere with a circular hole at the apex, surrounded by a thick collar. The lower half of the sphere is missing, and the remainder has been squashed so that the median band is now bent inwards and triangular in plan. There is a raised and moulded band decorated with short transverse incised lines round the circumference at what was once the widest point. The metal is broken along the lower edges if the band, but a strip of metal survives, enough to show that there was a sheet metal lower …
Created on: Monday 27th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-62CC00
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval cast copper alloy seal matrix of conical form. It has a faceted hexagonal shaft with a circular suspension loop. The design shows a bear walking right and the legend reads: " *TOVMBEBOSSE". Though the letters are quite clear, it is not easy to understand what this means. A similar seal matrix is NLM-359707 which has a mouse instead of a bear and again, has a legend which is not understood. Circular, non-personal seal matrices became common from 1300 onwards, with the legend and device often forming a witty partnership (Harvey and McGuiness). This example is probab…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
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