Record ID: ESS-525992
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Romano-British, copper alloy handle in the form of Minerva, probably 1st century AD. Possibly the handle to a wax spatula or similar implement, the figure is recognisable as Minerva due to a number of attributes. She is fully draped and wears a crested helmet. Her left arm is by her side and would have rested on a shield, which is missing, whilst her right arm is raised and would have held a spear, also missing. She is wearing a breast plate, or aegis, though in this instance it does not show the head of Medusa, as is normally the case. Regarding the figure from the top down, the crest…
Created on: Monday 26th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hacheston', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: ESS-639097
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete 16th Century copper alloy sword belt fitting. This fitting would have originally had three hooked fittings attached to the main mount plate, but only one survives in this instance. The mount plate is 70.18mm long, 28.28mm wide (to the bottom of the suspension loops) and 2.24mm thick. Cast in one piece, the mount plate is barely convex, thus with a semicircular section, and is shaped into a trifoliate design at either end, with the side opposite the suspension, loops shaped into three peaks for decorative effect. The three suspension loops are integral and all complete. Thre…
Created on: Tuesday 27th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Wratting', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-644402
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Early Medieval stirrup mount, Williams' Class A, no type. The mount is lozenged shaped, with two knops to either side. It is 53.62mm long, 31.28mm at its widest point, 3.46mm thick and weighs 25.03g. The apex loop is complete, subcircular and 15mm long. The upper surface would have been smooth, but is now fairly abraded. It is decorated with a crude design of an incised line that follows the sides of the mount, with a central, incised, diagonal cross. There are no traces of inlay. There is one rivet hole to the bottom of the mount, with the remains of the iron rivet …
Created on: Tuesday 27th January 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 11th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Wratting', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: ESS-0A6762
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Worn copper alloy Roman coin,probably a 1st century As.
Created on: Monday 16th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hacheston', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: ESS-0CC4D4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy Roman coin, probably a 4th century nummus.
Created on: Monday 16th February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hacheston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-9D9833
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Clipped silver siliqua of Eugenius AD392-394, VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Trier or Milan. RIC IX, 106d or 32c).
Created on: Monday 23rd February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-9DCA28
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Clipped Silver siliqua of Honorius AD 393-423, VOT/V/MVLT/X, Milan, 395-402. RIC X 1226.
Created on: Monday 23rd February 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-1A3153
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
2nd to 3rd century copper alloy Roman brooch. Hattatt describes this brooch as an oval brooch with intaglio, though the intaglio is missing from this example. The brooch is oval in plan, with a length of 26.24mm and a width of 21.01mm. It has a moulded, raised outer rim, 2mm wide, and a moulded raised inner oval rim, within which the missing intaglio would have been fixed. The inner oval rim is 4mm from the outer edge, is 2.08mm thick and has an internal length of 10.84mm and an internal width of 7.42mm. The brooch weighs 4.87g The surface of the brooch shows minute traces of silverin…
Created on: Friday 12th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-3D82D2
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy French style jetton, issued by Cornelius Lauffer, master 1658, died 1711. Obverse shows a young bust of the King Loius XIV (1643-1715), diademed, facing right with the legend LUD: XIIII. GD. G. FRA. ET. NAV: REX The reverse shows the crowned shield of France, with three lis. The legend reads CORNELI.LAVFFERS.RECHEN.PFENING. The jetton has a diameter of 28.48mm and weighs 3.42g. It is a variant of Mitchener 1773.
Created on: Wednesday 7th April 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lower Raydon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-8E6C95
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Neolithic polished and chipped flint axehead. This axe is sub-rectangular in plan with a curved end and sub oval in section. It has a surviving length of 880mm, a width of 510mm, is 26.04mm thick and weighs 127.41g.It has been snapped at its hafted end, either deliberately or by accident. Both faces of the axe are polished smooth. There are two significant chips in the axe to either side of the broken point, and one chip on one surface of the axe, again originating from the broken end. The cutting edge of the axe also has a number of small chips. It is impossible to tell wh…
Created on: Friday 23rd April 2004
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.