Record ID: SF-BB29DC
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An irregular sub-rectangular fragment of 'hack' gold, cut on its upper and lower edges, curving slightly in plan and demonstrating some faceting to its upper face. Date: c. 1500 BC-1800 AD Dimensions: The fragment measures 10.82mm down its longest axis, 8.61mm wide by 1.27mm thick at its midpoint, and weighs 1.05g. Discussion: A number of similar gold fragments have been recorded on the PAS database via the Treasure Act, including LANCUM-681051 and SWYOR-784244. Though this piece was found in an area of high Early-Medieval (Early/Middle Anglo-Saxon) activity, i…
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tostock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B71685
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An inscribed gold stater struck for Cunobelin of the Eastern region / Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, dating to c. AD 10-20. Rudd's 'Cunobelinus Linear' type. Obverse: wheat ear with five buds, CA/MV to either side. Reverse: CVN; horse prancing right, laddered mane, branch above with a single pellet above and below. ABC p. 136, no. 2774.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-FD505B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold stater of the Trinovantes, Rudd's so-called Waldingfield type, Ancient British Coinage 2335, weight 6.31g, circa 50-30BC
Created on: Monday 19th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 19th March 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-421DCA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval pale gold Anglo-Saxon shilling (thrymsa) of the 'Crispus' type (Sutherland type II.iii: Roman, Crispus/delaionia) dating c. 645-665/70. Ref: Naismith 2017: 55-6, pl.1 no.12; Gannon 2013: 93, pl.2 no.21. Obverse: helmeted and cuirassed bust right, CBIPVS[...]OB CAES. Reverse: crude wreath enclosing a cross on a base, limbs terminating in pellets-in-annulets, two crosses in the lower quarters, partly runic and latin inscription, delaiona CAES (the latter retrograde).
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Darsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8963C8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete but squashed gold finger ring of earlier Roman date. The 'D' sectioned hoop is somewhat slender and has been (deliberately?) broken at its base, the two ends subsequently folded in on each other. The shoulders are plain, expanding into an oval bezel at their apex. The latter is decorated with the faint incised design of a palm frond, but is otherwise plain. Date: c. 43-200 AD Dimensions: The ring in its current folded state of preservation measures c. 11.61mm in diameter, c. 1.25mm thick at each shoulder, while the bezel is c. 6.47mm long by 4.51mm wide.…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2018
Last updated: Saturday 18th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lakenheath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E0C594
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold hammered half sovereign struck for Henry VIII, dating c. 1544-1547. Third coinage, Tower mint, initial mark: pellet-in-annulet. North no. 1827.
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2018
Last updated: Saturday 24th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walsham-le-Willows', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A84316
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold Early-Medieval Merovingian pseudo-Imperial tremissis of King Gundomar, struck in name of Justinian I, dating to the period AD 524-535. Obverse: DN IVSIVIIIANVS P P A, Diademed and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: ICTORIA AAVGGG(?A), Victory walking right looking left holding wreath and globe cruciger. Mintmark: G/*//CONO(?B) Martin Allen has liaised with Dr Arent Pol, who comments (pers. com.): 'This is indeed a tremissis of the Burgundian kingdom, struck in the name of emperor Justinian under king Gundomar, 524-535, as can be seen from the letter G in the field o…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FE581B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold quarter stater struck for the Ambiani of Northern France, dating c. 125-100 BC. Rudd's 'Gallo-Belgic broad flan' type. Obverse: wreathed bust left. Reverse: stylised horse prancing left, flower between legs, pelleted symbols above head. As ABC p. 29, no. 31. This coin appears to be the first of its exact type recorded on the PAS database.
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glemsford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2E4232
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold stater struck for Dubnovellaunos of the Eastern Region, dating c. 20 BC- AD 10. Rudd's 'Dubnovellaunos Branch' type. Obverse: single wreath with pellet-in-annulet terminals, two back-to-back hollow crescents at centre, pellet-in-annulet each side. Reverse: horse prancing left, branch below, pellet-in-ring above horse's back, pellet between horse's head and forelegs, double pellet-in-annulet below branch. 'DVNOVALLAVNOS' (or garbled rendition thereof) above horse, inscription struck mostly off flan. See ABC no. 2392.
Created on: Monday 20th November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0BAB33
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold hammered halfcrown struck for James I, dating c. 1623-1624. Tower mint, Third coinage, initial mark: lis. As North 2093. This coin demonstrates a circular piercing directly behind the bust, interestingly, a feature which is also present in an identical position on another halfcrown recorded by the PAS database (see HAMP-89C680).
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Stow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F11A55
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Iron Age uninscribed quarter stater struck for the East-Anglian Iceni, Rudd's 'Irstead Smiler' type dating c.40-10 BC. As ABC 1480.
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beck Row', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E11C7A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold sheet mount with applied filigree and granulation ornament on the upper surface. The sheet is an irregular discoid shape which flares slightly on one side to incorporate space for a pierced hole, probably for attachment. The remains of at least two more pierced holes survive around the edge of the sheet, spaced at 12, 6 and 9 o'clock (as photographed). The upper surface is decorated with an applied, serrated-band filigree design contained within a circular outer border. It comprises four separate U-shaped motifs with outward-turning spiral terminals, the bottom of the U faci…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 11th May 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-722DB4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold signet ring dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1600-1700. It demonstrates a circular plano-convex sectioned hoop, with thin shoulders that expand rapidly into a large circular bezel. On the upper surface of the bezel, the initials 'I C', separated by a central lobed ribbon motif have been engraved, all the latter within an outer incised border. The decoration and inner surfaces of the ring itself are all incredibly worn, suggesting that this ring was worn intensively. Date: 1600-1700 Dimensions: The ring hoop measures a maximum of 20.52mm in exte…
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yoxford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5D41E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold stater struck of the East Anglian Region / Iceni, dating to the period c. 50-20 BC, Rudd's 'Norfolk Wolf Left Type'. Obverse: Wreath motif with 'cloaks' and crescents. Reverse: Open-jawed wolf left standing on pelleted exurgal line with crescent and pellet motifs below, large pellet and triad of smaller pellets between legs. As ABC, p. 78, no. 1399; BMC (Hobbs), nos. 218-278. The coin appears to perhaps be struck from a debased gold alloy.
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cretingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BB0E4E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An uninscribed gold stater struck for the Eastern Region/Catavellaunii, dating c. 60-20 BC. Rudd's 'Early Whaddon Chase' type, see ABC no. 2433.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haughley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-907553
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A milled gold quarter-guinea struck for George III, dating to 1762. Obverse: GEORGIVS•III•DEI•GRATIA; Laureate bust right. Reverse: 62•M•B•F•ET•H•REX•F•D•B•ET•L•D•S•RIAT•ET•E•17; Crowned garnished shield with Arms of England, Scotland, Ireland and Hanover. Spink no. 3741. This coin has been modified into a love token, having been bent into a shallow 'S' shape.
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Framlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6A9EC5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold uninscribed quarter-stater struck for the Eastern Region/Catavellaunii, dating c. 60-20 BC, Rudd's 'Harlow Wheel' type. Obverse: stylised wreath with pellet-in-ring at centre quartering coin, three 'cloaks' in one angle, mask motifs made up of crescents in other three. Reverse: horse running right, 'cogwheel sun' between legs, pellet-in-ring and annulet motifs around horse's hindquarters, 'wheel' motif above. As ABC, p. 124, no. 2463; Hobbs nos. 365-366. This is one of only a few examples of this type recorded through the PAS, see also BUC-336A21, NARC273.
Created on: Monday 11th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B10CD3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Gallo-Belgic E 'Gallic wars uniface' series gold stater issued by the Ambiani of northern France, dating c. 60-50 BC. As ABC p. 28, no. 16.
Created on: Monday 21st August 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashfield cum Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-750A31
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete gold finger ring dating to the Medieval period, c. 1150-1400. This is a stirrup type ring, demonstrating a rectangular-sectioned flattened hoop and shoulders that extend to the bezel, which is constricted and thinner with a plano-convex section. In the apex of the latter is a recessed circular hollow which presumably would have originally accommodated a stone or gem setting (though this is now missing). The shoulders and hoop are inscribed with the Old French motto '+AMIE TV ES MA VIE' (Friend, you are my life). Despite some post-depositional damage which ha…
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2017
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nayland-with-Wissington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4E789C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold medieval angel of Henry VIII, dating to the period AD 1509-1526. First coinage. Pheon initial mark. North vol.II, no.1760
Created on: Tuesday 11th July 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3AA2CB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold hammered quarter noble struck for Edward III, dating c. 1363-1369. Treaty series, initial mark: cross potent, lis in centre of reverse, mint of London. As North no. 1243.
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Last updated: Saturday 21st October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetherden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9122A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Gallo-Belgic E 'Gallic wars uniface' series gold stater issued by the Ambiani of northern France, dating c. 60-50 BC. As ABC p. 28, no. 16.
Created on: Tuesday 20th June 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nayland-with-Wissington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F231C1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold quarter-stater of uncertain attribution, Early Uninscribed British series H, dating c. 50-1 BC. The coin has been struck on a dished flan, though both faces are well struck. As Hobbs no. 192, c.f also SF-D8DCE4 and SF-5AAAFD on the PAS database.
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 26th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2ADF5B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Iron Age stater of the East Anglian Region / Iceni, Norfolk Wolf Left Type, dating to the period c.50-20 BC. Obverse: patterns of 'cloaks' and crescents bisected by oblique wreath. Reverse: Wolf left with jaws open, bird sitting on back, pellets above, pellet triads below tail, large pellet motif surrounded by multiple small pellets and elongated 'stalk' beneath body. Cf. ABC p. 78, no. 1399; BMCIA nos. 218-278. Norfolk Wolf staters demonstrate multiple minor variations of the reverse type and although there is no obvious parallel in ABC or the BMCIA (Hobbs) for the motifs b…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2017
Last updated: Friday 17th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worlingworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6CDBFB
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete but distorted solid gold penannular ring dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c. 1550-1150 BC. It is broadly oval in plan view and plano-convex in section, being formed of three 'D' sectioned bands which have been soldered together, though in places these are starting to come away from one another. The terminals are squared off, but now overlap due to damage. Date: 1550-1150 BC Dimensions: The external diameter of the penannular ring is 12.16mm, while the bands have a maximum width of 8.74mm and a maximum thickness of 1.33mm. It weighs 3.68g. Discussion: Composite pen…
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldeburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1E8F81
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A milled gold half-escudo (800 reis) struck for John V (Joao V) of Portugal, dating to 1736 (dated on coin). The edges of the coin have been bent outwards slightly so it now appears slightly 'S' shaped in profile, possibly indicating its modification into a love-token.
Created on: Monday 13th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 29th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Framlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1E398C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold hammered quarter-noble struck for Henry VI, dating c. 1422-1427. Annulet issue, mint of London. As North 1991, p. 74, no. 1420.
Created on: Monday 13th February 2017
Last updated: Saturday 1st April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Framlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-07C511
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A mid 1st-century BC gold Iron Age early uninscribed British 'O' 'Geometric type' quarter stater, dating to the period c.50-c.45 BC. BM 414ff; VA 1225
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2017
Last updated: Monday 3rd December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-690636
Object type: SPANGLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circular disc made of gold sheet. The disc is thin and rather crumpled. There is no apparent decoration but there are a few small dents, although it is unclear if these are intentional. One point on the circumference has been snipped off.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 1st July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-59659C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  At face value, this is an unofficial copy of a gold Merovingian tremissis of a type originally minted in Dorestad between c.630 and c.650 by a moneyer named Madelinus. The obverse displays a right-facing bust with the legend RESTΛTFIT. The reverse is a stylised cross on steps, with a base and two rows of three pellets beneath. The reverse legends reads NΛVNI(LE[retrograde])△SN. It has a small circular neat piercing near to the edge of the flan directly above the reverse cross. The legends on both sides of the coin are blundered to a degree that is un…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-990929
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold hammered quarter noble struck for Richard II, dating c. 1377-1399. No mark over obverse shield, pellet at centre of reverse. The coin is preserved in fair condition, though has been torn at c. 10 o'clock on its obverse face. C.f North no. 1319.
Created on: Monday 14th November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 29th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Bergholt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-772FD9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold post-medieval finger ring in the form of a belt or garter with a buckle. The band is rectangular in cross-section. One end overlaps the other, terminating in a moulded imitation strap end and secured with an imitation buckle at its inner end. This buckle is of the double looped type with a pin extending from a central strap bar. Between the buckle and the overlapping end of the buckle is an imitation strap slide, its outer face decorated with grooves. The outer face of the overlapping end is decorated with a series of raised scrolls alternating with annule…
Created on: Friday 7th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 9th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-97AA42
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold post-medieval posy ring. It has a simple plain gold band, D-shaped in cross-section with the inscription 'Honored for your vertues' in italic script on the inner surface. There is a small mark after the inscription, but this is probably not a maker's mark. It survives in very fine condition. Date: c. AD 1650-1800 Dimensions: Diameter: 16.62mm, width: 2.67mm, thickness: 1.25mm, weight: 1.84g Discussion: The style of lettering suggests a late 17th or 18th century date. By Anna Booth SCCAS June 2016
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2016
Last updated: Friday 14th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6E5379
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age Northen gold Trinovantian quarter stater of Cunobelin, dating to the period AD 10-40.'Linear', 'Wild' or 'Plastic' Series. Minted at Colchester. Hobbs 1996, 127, no.1837-48.
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 14th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0C27B9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Medieval noble, probably of Henry V, Class C, c.1413-1422 AD. As North, 1975: no. 1371.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rickinghall Superior', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3D60ED
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval gold Merovingian tremissis of uncertain type, c.6th-7th centuries AD.
Created on: Monday 11th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3D04B3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval gold Merovingian tremissis of Javols (Lozere) (Gavalorum Civitas). Near identical to an example from the Sutton Hoo hoard (Bruce-Mitford, 1975: p. 642, no. 35), c.600-615 AD. EMC 2015.0158 BNJ Coin Register 2016, no. 46.
Created on: Monday 11th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-7EF877
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold half noble of Edward III (AD1327-1377), dating AD 1361-69. The obverse depicts the king standing facing forward in a ship. He is crowned and armoured, holding a sword in right hand and a shield of England and France in left hand. The inscription reads EDWARD DEI GRA REX ANGL DNS HYB Z AQT. The reverse depicts a floriated cross with a fleur-de-lys at the end of each arm and an ornamented compartment containing the kings initials (e) in the centre. In each angle is a lion passant, guardant with a crown above. all is within a tressure of eight arches. The inscription reads DOMINE …
Created on: Monday 20th June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-7E3EDB
Object type: RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete early medieval gold ring. It is formed from a small piece of wire, which has been bent into a loop with either end wrapped several times around the other to secure it forming a slip knot. It survives in excellent condition. Dimensions: Length: 8.69mm, width: 9.08mm, thickness: 1.60mm, weight: 0.27g Discussion: Small rings of this form appear in both Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Scandinavian contexts and appear to have served a variety of purposes, although they are more typically made from copper alloy or sometimes silver (e.g. MacGregor and Bolick 1993, 261-2, nos.5…
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7E2323
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This object originally formed the setting for a gemstone or glass inlay, and formed part of a larger composite object such as a disc brooch, pendant or other accessory. An increasing number of similar settings, with varying centres and wire collars, have been found as stray finds and recorded on the PAS database e.g. NMS-274C44, WMID-C02AF3, SF-CB7620, NARC-05D4C1, NARC-05D4C1, PAS-E9BEA3 and PAS-A78288. The central setting of the early 7th-century Canterbury pendant is c. 13-14mm in diameter, similar in size to the present example from 'Near Woodbridge' (Webster and Backhouse 1991, n…
Created on: Wednesday 8th June 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.