Record ID: NMS-09EC59
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Complete long silver ingot of slightly irregular shape, but with a clear rounded top and slightly flattened underside. It has one neatly rounded end, 11mm wide and 5.8mm thick. One long edge runs roughly at right angles to this end, and the other long edge flares slightly. The maximum width of 13.5mm is close to the other end, and here there is a rounded angle, with the ingot tapering steeply to meet the other long edge in a rounded point. The ingot is sub-triangular or drop-shaped in cross-section, with the long straight edge being thicker and the top then …
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-09AD0E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver strip, probably a finger-ring, now in two pieces (broken during discovery). It is bent out of shape but appears to originally have been circular, with half of the circle surviving (c. 20mm in original diameter). The strip has a consistent width of 4.5mm to 5mm (perhaps depending on how worn the edges are) and is a low D-shape in cross-section, 1.0mm thick. There is no decoration on either the convex exterior or the flat interior. One of the ends (on the smaller fragment) is neatly cut across and finished, and although the other is more rounded and possibly wo…
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2023
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Record ID: NMS-61F22A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Tiny and incomplete Roman copper-alloy Colchester Derivative Harlow brooch. The lower part of the bow, the catchplate and the pin are missing to worn breaks. The wings are complete, or almost complete, C-shaped in cross-section and undecorated. The tip of the wing on the left side (the wearer’s right) appears to be slightly distorted, perhaps due to impact or pressure. The spring is in-situ behind the wings. There are three coils on each side of a near-central double-pierced lug which projects rearwards from the back of the head. The chord joining the far coils together p…
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2022
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Record ID: NMS-42EEDE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman copper-alloy Colchester brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type 2.a or 2.b (the standard British type with a catchplate pierced by fretwork or square holes). It is largely complete except for the catchplate, which survives only as a series of stubs between incomplete openwork voids, and the shaft of the pin, approximately a third of which is missing from the tip. The head consists of a pair of short flat wings and an integral spring that emerges from between them on the lower side of the reverse. The spring coils up and around a separate axis bar three time…
Created on: Friday 30th July 2021
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-598C53
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Roman copper-alloy spoon of Crummy Type 3, consisting of a short length of the stem and a tiny fragment of the bowl, connected at an offset junction. The stem is rectangular, nearly square, in cross-section. When considered from the side, with the concave face of the bowl facing upwards, the stem can be said to taper gently in thickness and expand abruptly in width as it develops into the junction. On the top there is step-up of about a millimetre, and then another, followed by a low rectangular slot or notch, and then arguably two step-downs, now very rounded by wear. At…
Created on: Monday 19th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-56D4C3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Romano-British copper-alloy Colchester Ddrivative Harlow Brooch of Mackreth 2011, 4.a.. Only the head of the bow, the wings and the double-pierced lug on the reverse are extant. The wings are plain, C-shaped in cross-section and taper in width from centre to tip. One is slightly thicker than the other, probably due to wear. The bow projects forward from the centre of the wings a very short distance then terminates in a worn break. The pierced lug develops into a crest which continues along the front of the bow to the break as a concave-sided median rib. The lug is shaped…
Created on: Monday 19th July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2022
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Record ID: NMS-9A05D3
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Thirty-nine sherds of Iron Age hand-built flint gritted pottery, all body apart from two flat basal, all reduced, many with the external or both surfaces oxidised. The density and sorting of the inclusions are variable, as are their sizes, the largest being c.4mm across, most much smaller. Weight 217g. 8th century BC - mid 1st century AD.
Created on: Wednesday 28th April 2021
Last updated: Thursday 8th July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-415C35
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold pendant, of roughly circular shape, made from small pieces of gold sheet soldered together. The centre is formed of a square foil collet set set upon a base of spiral-coiled gold wire and set with a stone, probably a rock crystal. Around this were originally four similar rectangular collets set with what are probably garnets, forming a cross shape. One collet is missing entirely, another is missing its setting, but two adjacent collets survive complete. In the angles of these collets are elaborate fleurs-de-lis manufactured from strips of sheet gold set on edge,…
Created on: Friday 31st January 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st April 2022
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Record ID: NMS-82B2A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch dating to the period circa 65-150 AD. The object consists of plain semi-circular wings which curve to seat the spring. A projecting plate with pierced holes sits at the junction of the bow and the wings, containing two holes for a chord and an axis bar from the spring, each of which is now lost. The upper hole would have been for the chord whilst the lower for the axis bar (Mackreth 2011: 50). One of the wings has now broken but, from the surviving wing, it is possible to extrapolate a complete wing width of circa 28mm. A central longitudinal ri…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd January 2020
Last updated: Saturday 11th June 2022
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Record ID: NMS-453EDD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Roman solidus of Magnentius (AD 351-353), dating to the period c.AD 351 (Reece period 18). VICTORIA AVG LIB ROMANOR• reverse type depicting Victory right holding palm over left shoulder, Libertas standing left holding transverse sceptre, both of them holding the shaft of a trophy between them. Mint of Aquileia. As RIC VIII, p. 327, no. 137. Weight 4.27g.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-4F0F07
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver denarius of Domitian as Caesar under Vespasian (AD 69-79), dating to AD 79 (Reece Period 4). PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS reverse type depicting clasped hands holding legionary eagle on prow. Mint of Rome. See: RIC Vol. II (2nd ed), p. 136, no. 1081.
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2019
Last updated: Sunday 12th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C41B28
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman nail cleaner of Crummy (1983) Type 2a. Upper end broken across suspension-loop, lower end broken, tip missing. Extant length 42mm. Maximum width 7.7mm. Second half 1st - 2nd century.
Created on: Thursday 7th February 2019
Last updated: Sunday 28th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-EB4C3C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver denarius of Gaius Caligula (AD 37-41), dating to AD 37-8 (Reece Period 1), struck in honour of Germanicus (died AD 19). Mint of Rome. RIC I, p. 109, no. 18 Obv. C CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR POT, Laureate head right Rev. GERMANICVS CAES P C CAES AVG GERM, bare head right RIC I, 18, weight 3.43g
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 3rd April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-E6CBB4
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Hoard of three silver coins. Two silver groats, one of Mary and one of Philip and Mary; one silver half-groat of Elizabeth I. Catalogue: Mary, groat, privy mark: pomegranate, North no. 1960, AD 1553 - 1554, Weight: 1.5g. Philip & Mary, groat, initial mark: lis, North no. 1973, AD 1554 - 1558, Weight: 1.8g. Elizabeth I, half groat, third issue, initial mark: crescent, Tower mint, North no. 2016. Weight: 1.0g. Date: c. AD 1553 - 1590. Discussion: The coins were found very close together, two being retrieved from the same hole by the finder. Only one other …
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-F52352
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative, rear hook brooch (Mackreth, 2011, type CD RH). Intact rear-hook and C-sectioned wings, both with knurled vertical rib, spring and pin missing. D-sectioned bow with knurled median rib, damaged triangular catchplate. Wingspan 22mm. Length 36mm. AD 43 - 60.
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 11th October 2018
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Record ID: NMS-F4B3A4
Object type: SEAL BOX
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy seal box lid, one end of the lid and much of the centre missing. Andrews 2012, Shape L1, Design D1. Thirteen enamel inlaid cells survive, traces of blue enamel in most. Extant length 21.5mm. Extant width 20.5mm. c. AD 70-250.
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: NMS-7A5CA5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold late medieval to early post-medieval finger-ring. It has a rectangular bezel with a raised collet containing a clear grey glass or gem setting, possibly rock crystal. The gem is table-cut and has lost three large chips along one side. The walls of the collet are bent around the gem to hold it in place. They rise from a slightly wider collar decorated with a longitudinal groove. Below this is a larger groove, and then below is the wider base of the bezel which is decorated with a series of transverse (vertical) grooves running around the edge to give a ribbed effect. …
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-24D070
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Hod Hill brooch of Mackreth's 2011 HOD HILL Type 2.b dating to the period c. AD 43 - 75. The head exhibits cylindrical wings composed of sheet metal rolled back to form a tube with a central slot cut to allow the (now missing) pin to swivel. The head tapers into the bow, with the junction between the two marked by a projecting transverse collar. The bow exhibits a single central flute flanked on either side by a ridge. The bow terminates in a transverse break. The lower bow, foot and catchplate are missing. See: Mackreth, D.F, 2011, Vol. I, p. 136 & Vol. II, p.…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5BF876
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete post-medieval gilded silver dress fastener cast in one piece. The plate has a central triangle outlined with a plain ridge and filled with a trefoil with a central pellet. At each corner of the triangle is a trefoil knop with a central pellet. Projecting from one edge is an integrally cast circular loop. On the reverse, opposite the loop, are traces of extra metal, perhaps solder from where a sewing loop was attached to the plate, either through composite construction or via a repair.  Dimensions: Extant length 15.1mm, wi…
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-FD3989
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative Springhead brooch of Mackreth's (2011) CD Ha Type 2.d, dating to the period c. AD 55 - 150. The wings are plain and curved to house the spring. Projecting from the centre of the head is a double pierced lug with a small crest which houses the spring chord running down the top of the head. The spring retains eight loops, one of which becomes the pin and termiantes in an old break. The bow arches back from the head and is plain. It tapers into the foot which is engraved with two transverse grooves. Projecting from the reverse is an openwork catch…
Created on: Monday 19th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th June 2021
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