Record ID: WMID-9ED725
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius of Vespasian (AD 69-79), dating to the period c.AD 70 (Reece Period 4). COS ITER FORT RED reverse type depicting Fortuna standing left with rudder and cornucopiae. Mint of Rome. As RIC II (2nd ed), p. 60, no. 19. Diameter: 18.19 mm Thickness: 1.88 mm Weight: 2.8 g
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
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Record ID: WMID-9F39C4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete struck / hammered silver denarius of Septimus Severus (AD 193 to AD 211), dating to the period between AD 193 and AD 194 (Reece Period 10). LEG XIIII GEM MV TRP COS reverse type depicting a legionary eagle between two standards. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, p.93. No. 14. Diameter: 17.51 mm Thickness: 2.27 mm Weight: 2.9 g
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 11th October 2017
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Record ID: WMID-9F8E46
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / hammered copper alloy radiate of Carinus as Augustus (AD 283 to AD 285), dating to the period between AD 283 and AD 285 (Reece Period14). AEQVITAS AVG/AVGG reverse type depicting Aequitas standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae. Mint unclear, but possibly Rome (rather than Lugdunum); there could be K visible at the start of the mintmark. RIC V, pt 2, p. 169, cf. no. 238 Diameter: 23.44 mm Thickness: 1.84 mm Weight: 4.1 g
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 23rd March 2020
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Record ID: WMID-9FDB44
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / hammered copper alloy Q-Radiate of Allectus (AD 293 to AD 296), dating to the period between AD 293 and AD 296 (Reece Period 14). LAETITIA AVG, Galley right with mast, no cabin and four rowers; probably waves. C Mint, QC. RIC V, pt 2, p. 569, no. 125. Diameter: 19.08 mm; Thickness: 1.68 mm; Weight: 2.7 g. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th September 2016
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Record ID: WMID-9FCF86
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / hammered copper alloy Q-Radiate of Allectus (AD 293-296) (Reece Period 14), VIRTVS AVG, Galley left with mast, cabin and probably six rowers; unclear if waves or not. Mint unclear. Diameter: 19.05 mm; Thickness: 1.81 mm; Weight: 2.8 g. This coin has been considered for Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2016
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Record ID: WMID-A00496
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / hammered copper alloy base silver radiate of Postumus (AD 260-9) (Reece Period 13), LAETITIA AVG, Galley left. Gaul, Principal Mint. Cunetio p. 143, no. 2385. Diameter: 22.60 mm Thickness: 1.69 mm Weight: 3.4 g
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
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Record ID: WMID-417DB7
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy casket key of medieval date, dating from circa AD 1200 to 1400. The key has a simple bit and a shank which is hollow at the bit end. It has a hooped bow. The shank is oval in section. The key has been fairly crudely finished. File marks are evident on all surfaces. It has a dark green patina. Length 34.04 mm, width at bow 13.96, thickness 3.81, weight 4.1 grams.
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2013
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Record ID: WMID-41B624
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small cast copper-alloy annular buckle of probable medieval date. The buckle has an integrally cast central dividing strap bar. The pin is missing. It measures 21.21 mm in diameter, 2.96 mm thick and weighs 2.9 grams. It has a dark green patina.
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2013
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Record ID: WMID-DD57E9
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval copper-alloy button dating to circa AD 1550-1700. The button has a spherical head and a flattened rectangular shank. The head is convex. the button shank has a circular perforation located in the lower half. The surface is slightly abraded and has a mid green coloured patina. A similar button was recorded from Warwickshire (WAW-7F3A55) and is suggested as dating to the mid 16th to 17th centuries. The button measures 16.2 mm in length, 10.2 mm in width at the head, 1.5 mm in thickness at the shank and weighs 2.9 grams.
Created on: Friday 11th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 18th August 2017
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Record ID: WMID-4A8FB9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver penny of Edward IV (AD 1471-1483). Minted at York under archbishop George Neville. G and key by bust.
Created on: Wednesday 5th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2017
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Record ID: WMID-F1C304
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken finger ring of probable post-medieval date. Although broken, the external hoop of the ring is made up of four knops, and based upon their size it seems likely that there would originally have been ten knops. This makes it extremely likely that this ring was in fact a decade ring, used as a discreet way of assisting in the saying of the ten prayers that make up the Rosary in the Catholic Christian tradition. The term decade refers to the ten prayer beads used to count the series of prayers that make up the rosary. Decade rings were a form of rosary used for repeating the ten pr…
Created on: Wednesday 20th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2023
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Record ID: WMID-F0DFBE
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy purse bar component of late Medieval to early Post Medieval date (c. AD 1450-1550).  The object consists of the attachement part of a two part purse bar. The purse bar is 'T' shaped in plan and formed of two arms and a rectangular projection extending from its middle. the narrower arms each have expanded dome ends. The rectangular projection is 11mm wide and 7mm long while the distance between the two domed ends is 49.3mm. The projection terminal has a worn circular break at its centre, which would have contained the attac…
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2023
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Record ID: WMID-F025DC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Trumpet brooch (Group A: Bayley and Butcher 2004, 160 ,fig.130) of Roman date, c.AD 75-150. Only the bow re mains. The bow has a sub-circular cross section and both terminals end at a worn rounded break. The top of the bow is triangular in shape and opens out to two decorative central disks, which wraps round the back of the brooch. The lower bow is also sub triangular in shape, ending at a pointed broken terminal.  The metal has a dark green patina and is very worn. Abrasion caused in the plough soil has resulted in a loss of surface de…
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2023
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Record ID: WMID-778ACF
Object type: TOY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy toy, in the form a miniature cauldron of Medieval to Post Medieval date, c. AD 1400 - 1600.  The object is a miniature tripod cauldron which is circular with a flared rim, waisted neck and bulbous body with a slightly flattened base. Two, equally spaced, circular sectioned tapering legs project from the base of the vessel, and turn out at the feet. The third leg is missing. The vessel has two rounded handles, diametrically opposed, and attached to the rim and shoulder. One of the handles is broken. The object is dark green in colour with an e…
Created on: Friday 17th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2023
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Record ID: WILT-0CEFE9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy cast single-looped rectangular medieval buckle frame and plate. The buckle is decorated with five transverse grooves on the outer edge, the central of which acts as a pin rest, and a narrowed and offset bar; the pin is missing. The external side of the outer edge is angled; the frame is otherwise flat. The plate is made out of one piece of folded copper and tapers from 11.89mm wide at the buckle to 9.37mm at the tip. The plate has two perforations near the tip but one has remains of copper wire. Inbetween the plate there is woven padding material probably from some sort…
Created on: Wednesday 28th October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2016
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Record ID: WILT-0FA13F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A pierced silver denarius of Carausius dating to the period AD 286-293 (Reece period 14), VIRT CARAVSI AVG reverse type depicting a lion facing left holding thunderbolt. Mint of London. Mintmark: -//RSR; commonly attributed to London, but to be studied further. RIC V, pt 2 - The coin has been pierced, a circular perforation which has been drilled through the reverse is located at 6 o clock on the obverse and 12 o clock on the reverse. This is the first denarius of this type to be recorded, although a second piece is similar - see LANCUM-5CE838. It is included in Sam Moorhead's c…
Created on: Wednesday 28th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2017
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Record ID: WILT-A0E40C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy gilded single-loop buckle frame of trapezoidal shape, missing its pin and probably plate, and most of its gilding. It measures 22.29x13.24x2.88mm and weighs 2.44g. The frame is triangular shaped in section but it narrows towards the bar, which is circular in section,
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2016
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Record ID: WILT-A377C3
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval copper alloy buckle dating to the period c AD 1500-1650. It comprises a double loop, one angled and one rounded, internally the loops are oval. The pin is missing. Cf Whitehead, R, 2003, Buckles 1500-1650, Greenlight Publishing Witham, p 56, No 325.
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2016
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Record ID: WILT-33075E
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A incomplete copper-alloy Roman spoon (AD 43-410), missing most of the handle and some of the end of the bowl. The bowl is almond shaped, and measures 31.87mm long, 16.35mm wide, and 3.56mm thick. The join of the handle remains in part, and the section of this fragment suggests a circular or rectangular shaped cross-section approximately 2.7mm diameter. The spoon weighs 2.33g.
Created on: Monday 23rd November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2016
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Record ID: WILT-33E4A9
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy early medieval pin with a faceted cuboid/polyhedral head with a ringed dot motif on all panels apart from the corners. The shaft is bent. Overall the pin measures 62.16mm long, 6.55mm wide and 5.08mm thick. It weighs 2.05g. The shaft is circular in cross-section and tapers in diameter from 2.49mm below the head to 0.44mm at the tip. The head is a roughly shaped polyhedron (cuboid with the corners cut off) and is decorated with a single ring and dot motif.
Created on: Monday 23rd November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 11th February 2016
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