Record ID: WILT-D87397
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold post medieval double crown of James I dating to AD1604-1619.  IACOBVS D G MA' BR[IT] FRA HIB REX depicting a crowned bust (fifth bust) facing right.  The coin has been bent and is damaged.  HENRICVS ROSAS REGNA IACOBVS reverse type depicting a crowned square shield with I R on either side.    Mint of London.  North (1991) vol 2, p 145, North 2088/2089.
Created on: Wednesday 5th April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-7A9E08
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Post Medieval cast copper alloy zoomorphic strap fitting, being part of an S-shaped fastener, D shape in section, in the form of a snake, probably dating to c AD 1550 - 1800. It would have been roughly in the shape of a letter S.  What remains is one loop of the 'snake', with the simplistic form of the head given the appearance of biting the tail, so forming a loop. The fastener has a rough, mid green patina with darker patches where rubbing may have occurred. No detail of other decoration is apparent. An early break in the …
Created on: Monday 30th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 31st March 2023
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Record ID: WILT-BA8151
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman silver denarius of Hadrian dating to AD 119-122 (Reece period 6).  PM TRP COS III reverse type depicting Pax standing left holding a branch and sceptre.  Mint of Rome.  RIC vol II no 94(a) p 351.
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2023
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Record ID: WILT-B87ADC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver long cross penny dating to AD 1247-1485.  The coin is very worn and the obverse is indiscernible.  Mint of London.
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2023
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Record ID: WILT-B6FF1B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver penny of John dating to c AD 1205-1207 (Class 5b2).  hENRICVS REX obverse depicting a crowned bust facing.  COLDWINE ON C reverse depicting a voided short cross with a quatrefoil in each quarter.  Moneyer is Goldwine.  Mint of Canterbury.  North N 970(b)(ii) (North, 1994, Vol I, p 221).
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2023
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Record ID: WILT-B6811B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval silver groat dating to the Tudor period (AD 1485-1603).  The coin is very worn and the reverse is indiscernible.  The reverse depicts a square shield on a long cross fourchee.  Unclear mint.  
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th February 2023
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Record ID: WILT-EBF0A5
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy strap fitting, purpose uncertain, probably Medieval in date. The item consists of two sub rectangular strips of metal, both with early breaks at both ends. They do not 'match', one being wider and slightly thicker and better formed than the other, with a mottled pale green patina. The other has a ragged edge, is slightly longer, and has a darker patina. They are joined by a single rivet close to the centre of one end. Possible textile fragments are held between the two. Dimensions:22.7mm in length overall; 8.8mm in width overall (strip no…
Created on: Thursday 7th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
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Record ID: WILT-176D7D
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy buckle plate dating to cAD 1200 - 1500. It is a rectangular piece of metal, folded, with a rectangular pin hole cut into the fold and which is looped to hold a pin bar, which in this case is still in place. The bar is oval in section, and the remnant of a thin sheet metal pin is still wrapped around it. A single off-centre rivet holds the two sides of the plate together.  Dimensions: 13.0mm in length; 10.5mm in width; weight: 1.20g.
Created on: Saturday 9th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
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Record ID: WILT-33C768
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy radiate of uncertain ruler (possibly Victorinus) dating to AD 260-296.  Unclear reverse type.  Unclear mint.
Created on: Friday 10th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2022
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Record ID: WILT-330937
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy radiate possibly of Carausius dating to AD 286-293 (Reece period 14).  PAX AVG reverse type depicting Pax with a vertical sceptre.  Unclear mint.
Created on: Friday 10th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2022
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Record ID: WILT-16379B
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy strap end, probably a buckle or clasp plate, dating to c AD 1200 - 1500. These are difficult to date closely unless decorative features are extant. It consists of  a folded rectangular sheet with parallel sides, the two ends of which  would originally have met at the split attachment end but one of which now falls short, due to an early break. A loop is left at the point of the fold to take the buckle or clasp, now missing. There are five rivet holes, a pair near the edges at both ends and a central hole. The damaged end has lost …
Created on: Saturday 9th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2022
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Record ID: WILT-15E73F
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A distorted, but complete, Medieval copper alloy circular pendant, dating to c AD 1150 - 1250. Probably decorative horse harness. The plate is heavily corroded, and has a small section of lower edge folded up, almost flat to one face. The plate is thin, but thickens towards the suspension loop. The loop is sub oval, rectanguar in section, pierced with a circular hole, and at the top shows possible wear from the object to which it was attached.  Dimensions: 34.0mm in height (nb folded lower edge); 29.0mm in diameter; weight: 6.65g
Created on: Saturday 9th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2022
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Record ID: WILT-1592F5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy Hod Hill type brooch, dating to c AD40 - 70. What remains is the damaged head and the upper part of the bow with a lozengiform plate decorated with two parallel longitudinal moulded ridges down the central axis (slightly off-centre from faulty manufacture) and an outer two which form simple borders to the plate. The base of the plate is flanked by a pair of slightly convex lateral moulded knops. At that point the lower part of the bow, narrowed and D shape in section, emanates, but an early break has left a minimal stump only.…
Created on: Saturday 9th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2022
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Record ID: WILT-41C05C
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval copper alloy buckle plate dating to perhaps c AD 1300 - 1400. What is extant is a single rectangular sheet of metal with the remains, as corrosion, of a single iron rivet at the attachment end, and part of an oval pin slot at the other. The plate has broken away from the rest of the sheet at this point,  a further length that would have been folded back to hold the pin bar of the buckle. There is some gilding on the plate and decoration that may be heraldic, including chevrons and pellets, stamped or inscribed. Dimensions: 24.1mm in leng…
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2022
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Record ID: WILT-EC3614
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a probably Roman  copper alloy penannular hook and eye bracelet, dating to c AD 43 - 410. It is a thin strip of metal with parallel sides, one end a terminus with a hooked terminal, the other end showing an early break. Along the outer surface is a median longitudinal line of five stamped ring and dot motifs, at random intervals, the last of these partly missing at the break. Close to the curled terminus is a stamped or incised pseudo collar - two parallel transverse lines. It has a light green dull, mottled patina. Dimensions: 35.7mm in length; 6.5mm…
Created on: Thursday 7th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2022
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Record ID: WILT-4340D2
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy harness pendant dating to the Medieval period cAD 1200-1400. The pendant is a sub-circular plate with integrally cast suspension loop at the top, which is rectangular in cross-section and has a circular aperture, now encrusted. The loop is rhomboid in shape and thrusts forward from the line of the plate. The centre of the plate has a small central circular hole. Applied gilding is visible on parts of the front face but any other decoration is uncertain. Part of the lower edge is rough and a very small section may have broken…
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2022
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Record ID: WILT-A0F87D
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead medieval token of the Boy Bishop type, dating to the period AD 1480-15300. The obverse depicts a mitre surrounded by a crude legend. There is a shield on the reverse, divided into quarters and with a letter in each quadrant, surrounded by a crude legend. It probably imitated a penny of Henry VII c.f. Fletcher's Leaden Tokens and Tallies, p29. During medieval winter solstices it became a Christian tradition for each town to elect a Boy Bishop who was paraded around in processions during which lead tokens were handed out to the cro…
Created on: Friday 3rd June 2022
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2022
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Record ID: WILT-346213
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy nummus or radiate of uncertain ruler dating to AD 260-402.  Uncertain reverse type.  Uncertain mint.
Created on: Friday 10th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2022
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Record ID: WILT-A08209
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Post-Medieval copper alloy farthing of Charles I (AD 1625-1649), dating to AD 1636-1644. Rose type 2, with sceptres in saltire through single crown. Mint of London. Unclear initial mark. North (1991) p.164,  no. 2291
Created on: Friday 3rd June 2022
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2022
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Record ID: WILT-345398
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy nummus of uncertain ruler dating to AD 330-402.  Uncertain reverse type depicting a wreath.  Uncertain mint.
Created on: Friday 10th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2022
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