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Record ID: IARCH-80E4CD
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 46 no. 223: "The late Mr. Maw, banker, of Needham Market, formerly had in his possession the antiquities shown on figs. 1, 2, and 3, consisting of (i) a bronze bowl or vessel with zoomorphic handles, ornamented with enamel; (ii) a shallow bronze bowl, with pair of rings on each side for attaching the handles; and (iii) a pot containing Roman coins.. The broken crock shown on fig. 3 was 3½ ins. high. Mr. H. Watling states that it contained numerous coins dating from Antoninus Pius. He also says that the bronze vessels fell to pieces soon after he drew them. According…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barking', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-3656E4
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 42 no. 208: "'A few days ago, as the workmen were making a new turnpike Road at Benacre in this county [Suffolk] one of them struck his pickaxe against a stone bottle, which contained about 920 pieces of silver coin of Julius Caesar supposed by the date to have been hid there 1500 years.' Ipswich Journal. May 27. I wrote to a friend on this subject who informed me, that the coins alluded to were in general in good preservation, and included a large series (some few before Domitian). Impressions of Aurelian, Germanicus and Nerva Trajanus are in my possession; drawings …
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Benacre', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-A4059A
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 38 no. 193: ""In 1823, in digging near the Scite [sic] of the Manor House, some Roman coins were found; Mr. McKeown [McKean?] in 1826, sent me impressions on wax of three of these, which are as follows:" Then came a list of three coins of Domitian, Hadrian and Faustina (I) (deified)(obv. DIVA FAVSTINA). "These are of brass; he sent me at the same time a silver coin found here during the present year. This appears to me to be of Trajan, but the inscription is not easily read." Davy, Suffolk Coll., BM Mss. I, 19077, fol. 371"
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lavenham', grid reference and parish protected.