Record ID: WILT-0D9A80
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Iron Age copper alloy unit issued by Trocc of the Catuvellauni (North Thames), dating to c. AD 10-20. Troccos Bull type. Obverse: Head left. Reverse: Bull butting right with tail raised, beaded ring or sun above. ABC no. 2996; BMC no. -; VA no. 1985. See CAM-EAFEB7, the only other example of this type on this database.
Created on: Monday 24th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 24th June 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-D89FE2
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy covered harness fitting or terret. There are three integral components, a large oval loop, a rectangular 'skirt' and a horizontal rectangular loop. The large oval loop is the uppermost component. It is oval in section and stands upright. This loop is probably where the reins passed through. Integral to the loop's longer exterior edge is the 'skirt', The 'skirt' is a horizontal rectangular platform in plan, which is curved in profile. The upper face is decorated with a linear grooved border, with a stippling effect forming large triangles protruding from th…
Created on: Friday 19th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-07F000
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to Roman (AD c. 25 to 55) Birdlip type brooch: The brooch made from copper alloy. The head, in plan from the reverse, is a sub-oval, which on the outer face tapers to form the bow. This portion of the bow is decorated with a central triangular ridge with flared arch either side. This moulding terminates with a pair of two horizontal fine ridges with a more prominent slightly bulbous ridge in between. Below this horizontal ribbing there is a sub-triangular spur whose tip is upturned, and this portion of the brooch is known as the beak on these type of brooches. The bow …
Created on: Friday 28th February 2014
Last updated: Sunday 2nd March 2014
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Record ID: WAW-099828
Object type: COSMETIC PESTLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age to Roman (1st to 2nd century AD) centre-looped cosmetic pestle: The copper alloy pestle crescentic plan with the upper edge being only slightly concave and having an integral circular loop on a wide stem. The pestle is circular in section and tapers to a blunt point at each terminal. The surface of the pestle has a mid grey/brown coloured patina. It measures 34.41mm long, 20.99mm wide across the loop and 4.68mm thick. It weighs 6.9g. The pestle would have been used with a crescent-shaped mortar with a central longitudinal groove to grind up small quantities of powder …
Created on: Friday 28th February 2014
Last updated: Sunday 2nd March 2014
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Record ID: SUR-732BE5
Object type: TOGGLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Iron Age cast copper alloy bipartite toggle of baluster form with a central band of raised pellets running around the object. The toggle has flat circular terminals which emerge from the waisted body. The U-shaped attachment loop is pitted.
Created on: Sunday 9th February 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd April 2014
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Record ID: SUR-1D4AE2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Iron Age copper alloy unit of uncertain type.
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th June 2012
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Record ID: SUR-1D70D4
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A late Iron Age or early Roman cosmetic mortar. The mortar has the characteristic boat shape with slightly down-turned and rounded terminals. On one side are two rounded bosses, 13mm apart, possibly intended to represent breasts. The central suspension loop is broken. The surfaces are worn and pitted.
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 25th August 2015
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Record ID: SUR-8698A0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age cast copper-alloy potin, of Gallic Import 'Devil's Head' (tete diabolique) type, from Central Gaul (Loire Valley) and attributed to the Turones, dating to c.80-50 BC. Obverse: Head left with sunken eye. Reverse: Bull left with tail raised. As ABC 112; Allen (1995) 287-301.
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
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Record ID: SUR-38E765
Object type: PIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy disc headed pin. The head is flat, 10.4mm in diameter and 2.2mm thick. The upper side of the head has moulded decoration in the form of an annulet boss surrounded by a cable style band and plain outer rim. The shank has a sub rounded section and is 2.4mm thick, tapering slightly to 1.9mm thick. There is a sharp bend part way down. Most likely of late Iron Age or early Roman date, (c. 800 BC to AD 410); see also SWYOR-9C4B00 and SWYOR-5D4059 and possibly paralleled by a Roman find from Fishbourne (Cunliffe 1971), figure 52, number 165 in fig…
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Last updated: Sunday 1st January 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-A0C097
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
British Iron Age copper-alloy unit of Cunobelin, Eastern (Catuvellauni/Trinovantes), 'Cunobelinus Stepping Griffin' type, c. AD 10-40, VA 2081, BMC 1909-12, ABC 2945.
Created on: Friday 24th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 24th November 2014
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Record ID: SF-44E8C1
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch, Colchester type. Missing spring, pin, catchplate; bow bent; very corroded surfaces. No surviving decoration on the small flat wings, nor on the circular section bow which tapers to a point. Width 9.85mm, surviving length 44.37mm.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettlestead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-44F7F6
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch, Colchester type, corroded and worn wings and a fragment of the bow survives, the reat of the brooch is missing due to old breaks. It measures 10.81mm in length and 9.56mm in width.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettlestead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-452BA5
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
The copper-alloy loop of an Iron Age to Roman end-looped cosmetic mortar dating to the 1st to 2nd century AD. The bow of the mortar is missing due to old breaks. The end loop measures 15.02mm by 15.57mm in size. It has a central circular hole 7.57mm in diameter. The outer edge of the loop has a decorative groove, a tiny fragment of the hollowed out bow of the mortar survives.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nettlestead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-98E258
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragment, lion bow type. Part of the upper bow only, corroded surfaces. This is the "lion-shaped" element of the bow, with square rivet attached to a sheet fragment from the lower bow. The stylised animal shape is conveyed by transverse mouldings and a hole at the top on the break represents the division between the lions back legs below the join to the spring cover. Surviving length 24mm, width at lower bow junction 10mm. As Hattatt no.280. The lion bow type is related to the Rosette series and Continental in origin.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wyverstone, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D97566
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy brooch fragment, Langton Down type. Upper part only, missing pin; damaged spring cover and bow. No surviving decoration on the spring cover. Reeding with a rounded top on the bow. Width 16mm, surviving length 15mm.
Created on: Friday 18th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DABE83
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze unit, some wear and some recent damage on the edge. Identifiable as VA 154-3 "Kentish uncertain", Hobbs 2484-2486 "uninscribed south-eastern bronze". Around 35 are listed on CCI database (http://www.writer2001.com/cciwriter2001/BritishLists/Cantii/Cantii_59.htm), the majority of located ones being from Kent and two from Essex (Tilbury, Maldon) - thus this eg is the farthest north found as yet.
Created on: Friday 18th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-173464
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Late Iron Age to Roman end-looped cosmetic mortar dating to the 1st to 2nd century AD. It is complete, with one terminal curved over into a semi-circular handle, with signs of wear on the underside. The opposite terminal is collared with a spherical knob, which may have phallic associations. The overall length is 66.17mm. The bow is 47.65mm long and 12.59mm wide, 6mm thick, and . The bow has a central longitudianl groove which is worn and the base is flat. The mortar weighs 28.44g. Cosmetic mortars of this type are unique to Britain and Gaul, and are thought to have th…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bures', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0DD8B6
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy central-looped cosmetic mortar. One terminal end is now missing due to an old break. The bow is crescent-shaped with a central loop and the surviving terminal has a rounded knop at its tapering end which may be phallic. It measures 58.79mm in surviving length, 10.42mm at its widest point, across the centre of the bow and 8.45mm in depth, 15.37mm in depth if the central loop is included in the measurement. The longitudinal groove measures 3.05mm in depth, at its deepest central point. The central loop is oval and at the underside of the…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Battisford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0E0233
Object type: COSMETIC PESTLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Late Iron Age or Roman centre-looped cosmetic pestle. The pestle is crescentic and tapers towards each end. One terminal is missing and the centre loop is incomplete due to old breaks. It is 48.42mm long, 3.93mm wide and 4.04mm thick. The stem has a triangular cross-section with rounded corners. The integral central loop is oval, and its upper half missing and measures 12.54mm in width. This cosmetic pestle was found in close proximity to a cosmetic mortar, see SF-0DD8B6. This pestle fits perfectly within the longitudinal groove of the mortar and is als…
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Battisford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BB0E90
Object type: COSMETIC PESTLE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy centre-looped cosmetic pestle of Late Iron Age to Roman date. The rod is crescentic, tapers to a rounded point at either terminal and is D-shaped in secion. There is a large central loop projecting from its centre. The vertical loop has an oval sectioned neck and a circular loop with corroded iron within it. The pestle is 32mm long, 6.81mm wide at its widest central point, 6.52mm thick and 21.95mm in height if the central loop is included. Most of the original patina of this pestle survives and is dark brown in colour. There are also small patches of activ…
Created on: Wednesday 4th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Battisford', grid reference and parish protected.