Record ID: PUBLIC-261749
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age silver unit of the North Thames region / Catuvellauni, dating to the period 25 BC-AD 10, 'Tasciovanus Muzzles' type. Obverse: Crossed wreaths with back to back crescents at centre, teardrop shaped motifs in each angle. Reverse: Horse leaping left, TASC[I] below horse.  ABC 2607; BMC nos.1656-1657.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-25C1C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An uninscribed Iron Age silver half-unit of the North Thames / Eastern region, dating to the period c. 60-20 BC, 'Sudbury Snakeheads' type. Obverse: three-armed spiral of corded snakeheads, each with spear projecting from mouth. Ringed pellets around. Reverse: Horse running left, beaded mane, ringed pellet above and below, other rings, annulets and pellet-in-ring motifs in fields. ABC no. 2261, BMC2479.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-256EC8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age silver unit of the East Anglian Region / Iceni, dating to the period c.AD 10-45, possibly EDN type. Obverse: Back-to-back crescents on vertical wreath. Two pellets between crescents. Reverse: Globular horse right, large oval head with pellet for eye, S below head, corn-ear mane, three pellets below. cf. ABC no. 1672.
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-E90B43
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold, uninscribed, Iron Age quarter stater, probably of Gallo-Belgic D / ‘Boat Tree’ type, dating to the period c.80-60 BC. Obverse: Boat with two occupants? Reverse: Tree-like motif above forked line, Y-shaped motif below. cf. Sills 2017: p. 15, nos. 24-26; ABC p. 29, no. 40. This is probably a Gallo-Belgic rather than insular British type.  Dimensions: 12.5mm diamter and 1.0mm thick, it weighs 1.43g
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Kenton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6B9FB8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete uninscribed silver Iron Age unit of the Eastern Anglian region / Iceni, dating to c.20 BC-AD 40, probably of 'Eyelash Crescents' type. Obverse: Four opposed crescents at centre of crossed wreaths, V-shape and ring in opposing quarters. Reverse: A horse right with solid Y-shaped head, floral sun below(?), unclear motifs above. cf. ABC p. 85, no. 1588; BMC nos. 3763-3766.
Created on: Wednesday 12th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 13th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Mendham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D3D5C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete La Tene C Middle Iron Age copper-alloy brooch dating to circa 275-250 BC. The brooch is symmetrical. The head has two adjacent flat discoidal projections with central apertures, each of which is now broken. From here the rectangular-sectioned bow emerges. It has a V-shaped nick at the top and curves inwards at a right angle before reaching the central plate. On the reverse of the upper bow is an integrally cast D-shaped loop which contains an intact circular-sectioned bar with flat edges. Wrapped around the bar is the circular-sectioned pin which tapers into a point. The …
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gislingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-83C663
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Birdlip brooch dating to circa AD 30-60. The extant piece consists of a portion of the head, and upper bow. The extant part of the head consists of a hollowed hollowed and open at the reverse which would have housed a now missing spring and pin. The external face of the head is decorated with a moulded median longitudinal ridge, with  crescentic incised grooves running either side. The head rests upon an integrally cast broadly flat circular hood. At the junction of the bow and the hood is the moulded beak which curves in…
Created on: Friday 6th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gislingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-80CDD9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Middle Iron Age copper-alloy probable La Tene 1b brooch dating to circa 400-300 BC. The extant piece consists of the bow and foot. The head is pissing but would have been formed of coils. The bow is plano-convex and has a mid-low arch. The foot is reverted and zoomorphic with a rounded head and snout tapering into a point. It has a dark green patina and is heavily abraded.  The brooch is consistent with Adams' La Tene 1b form dating to the 4th century BC (2015).  Length: 47.2mm; Width: 5.3mm; Thickness; 5.2mm; Weight: 8.04g.
Created on: Friday 6th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wattisham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-55ED42
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy early Iron Age cast ring-headed 'swan-neck' pin. The head is ring-shaped, circular in cross-section and 30.22-mm maximum in diamater. Each face is decorated with a line of small incised dots along the centre. There is a diagonal join at one side of the head where the two ends meet. One end terminates here while the other curves downwards to create the stem. This is S-shaped at its upper end (from where the 'swan-necked' term originates). The stem is circular in cross-section and tapers to a point at the lower end. Th…
Created on: Thursday 29th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Euston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5758B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Colchester brooch dating to circa AD 25-60. The head consists of short, narrow wings, rectangular in section. Emerging from the top is the forward facing hook, now flattened and resting on the bow. Half of the spring mechanism survives, consisting of four coils. The bow is plano-convex in section and tapers into a pointed foot. Length: 31.8mm; Width: 22mm; Thickness: 9.1mm; Weight: 5.54g.
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Rendlesham', grid reference and parish protected.