Record ID: LVPL-2CAC85
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy lozenge shaped plate brooch from the Roman period. The main body of the brooch is complete but the pin is missing. The brooch is lozenge shaped with a lug at each corner. The front face has a hollow central lozenge shaped boss which would have been filled with enamel as decoration. The boss is surrounded by a raised edge. The lugs have been cast integrally with the brooch and are pointed and collared. Two have the remains of the pin mechanism and the catchplate on the back. The back of the brooch is plain. This type of brooch dates from the end of the first century throug…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-2CD8C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy cast reversed fantail type of Roman bow brooch. The bow of the brooch is complete and the catchplate is still present. The pin was on a spring mechanism held by a rearward hook over the chord. The hook is still present but the pin and the spring are missing. The back of the bow is flat and the front decoration is moulded. The top half of the bow is made up of two domes. The bow then widens to the lower bow which is almost lozenge shaped. The lower bow has an X on the top part. The foot knob is semi-spherical. Hatatt dated this type of brooch to the mid first century AD. A…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-2EF715
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of Licinius I, dating to c. AD 316 (Reece Period 15). Reverse: GENIO POP ROM. Mint of London. RIC VII, p. 173, no. 121.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2016
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Record ID: LVPL-2F2CD8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Denarius of Hadrian, RIC II no.76, dating to AD 119-22. This coin is not complete, around a third has broken off.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-2F55A7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Constantine II, dating to AD 335-41.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-2F7590
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Constantine II, dating to AD 335-41.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-2F8312
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy single loop oval buckle frame with ornate outer edges and a narrowed strap bar dating to c.1250-1400. The frame is complete but the pin is missing. A very similar example can be seen on P21 of Whiteheads book (2003), no. 83.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-99FBD2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Medieval copper-alloy ornate square buckle frame. The upper surface of 3 sides is generally flat, so that these sides are broadly rectangular in section. The pin bar is circular in section and the pin is present. The buckle is highly decorated, with a zoomorphic head at each corner. The heads are raised and are joined to the sides and extend beyond the frame terminating at the snout of the animal. Each head has deeply recessed eye sockets with central raised narrow ovals to represent closed eyes. behind the eyes each head is decorated with a series of longitudinal grooves an…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-9A0945
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy oval buckle from the 13/14th centuries. The frame is complete but the pin is missing and this type of buckle would probably have been attached to a buckle plate. The bar is offset and has a rectangular section whereas the rest of the frame has a circular section. The front edge of the buckle has two lobed knops with a sheet roller in between them. Similar examples for the buckle are illustrated in Egan, G, & Pritchard, F, 2002 edition, ‘Medieval Finds from Excavations in London: 3: Dress Accessories c. 1150 – c. 1450’, pages 72-3 & 76-8, particularly no.317.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-9A10D6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half cut short cross penny of John, 1204/5-1208/9, minted by Iohan. Probably Wren Class 5.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-9A1A75
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver hammered penny of Elizabeth I dating to 1558-1603. It cannot be narrowed down further due to the degree of wear meaning no initial mark can be seen.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-9A2810
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval copper alloy jetton dating to the third quarter of the 15th century. The obverse has a central shield with 3 fleur-de-lis on. The legend reads 'AVE MARIA GRACIA' with a cross as an intial mark. The reverse has a triple-stranded cross flory in a quadrilobe. At the end of each arm is a fleur de lis. Around the edge of the quadrilobe are 4 pellets.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-9A2F54
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Henry III long cross penny, minted by Ricard in London, Wren Class 5b.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-9A3937
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Henry III long cross penny, minted by Willem in London, Wren Class 5b, North no.992.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-9A3D92
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, copper-alloy Late Iron Age to Roman Colchester brooch dating to c.25-60AD. The short wings are flat and the bow is circular in section and tapers to a point at the foot. The catchplate has three rectangular perforations. Only one turn brooch of the spring survives, but when complete it is likely to have had six or eight turns. The pin is missing, but the forward-facing hook which would have held the spring's external chord is intact. A similar example can be seen in Hattatt's Visual Catalogue (2000; 297, fig.156, no.1455). Also in Crummy's Colchester report (1995; 11-…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-9A4CF8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman bronze nummus of Constantius II (AD 337-61), dating to AD 353-60 (Reece Period 18), FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Soldier advancing left, spearing fallen horseman. Mint of Lyon. RIC VIII, p. 191, no. 189. The coin is an irregular shape as some of the edges have broken off.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-9A61E3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The bezel and part of a finger ring which is most likely to be late Medieval in date. The bezel is oval shaped and appears to have had something set in it which has now gone. The shoulders are angular.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-9A67F5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy spring from a Roman bow brooch. Only two coils remain with part of the wire being straight, perhaps where it attached to the brooch. This was found in the same field as an incomplete Roman brooch so it is possible that it is from this brooch. The brooch is recorded on the database as LVPL-9A3D92.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Friday 22nd May 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-9A6EB1
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Anglo Saxon zoomorphic strap end which dates to around the ninth century. This is most likely to be a Thomas Class A, Type 2. It can also be classified using Haldenby's system as coming from Group 14- Beaded Divisions/ Abstract Panels (Treasure Hunting; 1998; P40). The top edge has 3 rounded lobes. It has been cast in one and appears solid, the end does not seem to be open. The lobes could be where the rivet holes have broken. The upper face is decorated, the lower face is flat and free from decoration. The strap end tapers towards the lower end which represents the nose/snout with an…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 25th March 2015
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Record ID: LVPL-9A73E8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo Saxon copper alloy small long brooch dating to the 6th century. It is a square headed type and appears mostly free from decoration. There are four circular perforations, one in each corner of the head. One of these holes has broken through to the edge. The catchplate and some of the lug remain but the pin is missing. The bow is curved only at the top part close to the head. The foot is spatulate shaped and has a horizontal line across the lower part. It is slightly broken at the bottom and so has an uneven edge. It has a mainly green patina but there appears to be som…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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