Record ID: SF-B77F45
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
22 gold Iron Age coins, Addenda to the near Blythburgh hoard 2019 T143 & 2019 T428 (PAS SF-2C733B and SF-2C733B) of 19 gold Iron Age coins found earlier in 2019. The group consists of 11 staters and 11 quarter staters and, like the previous find, is a mixture of Eastern (North Thames) and East Anglian types. Staters (see fig.1): 1. A complete gold Iron Age uninscribed North Thames stater, dating to c.60-20 BC. 'Cantian-inspired SS', Type. ABC 2237, VA 1509, BMC 350 Diameter: 18.78mm, thickness: 2.92mm, weight: 5.6g 2. A  gold Iron Age uninscribed East Anglian…
Created on: Friday 13th September 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blythburgh', 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-70ECF8
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Middle Bronze Age gold tripartite penannular ring dating to circa 1300-1150 BC. It is C-shaped in plan comprised of three circular-sectioned penannular rings soldered together. The terminals are of an inconsistent width, creating an oblique aperture. Diameter: 14.2mm; Width: 6.4mm; Thickness: 1.3mm; Weight: 3.38g. Discussion: The form is consistent with other examples processed through the Treasure Act including 2021 T762 (Gard 2021) and 2012 T165 (Smith 2012) each of which is dated to the Middle Bronze Age. Meeks et. al. (2008, 13) note that “although small, penann…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FB0C59
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Iron Age Gallo-Belgic import quarter stater 'boat tree/wolf and twins' type dating to circa 65-50 BC. Obverse description: Geometric pattern, large curve with two shapes below (often described as wolf and twins or a boat with occupants). Reverse description: Geometric pattern, tree like object in centre, lines and curve near tree. ABC 40; VA 69-1. 
Created on: Monday 30th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashfield cum Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3FCA89
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete Post Medieval gold finger ring dating to circa AD 1550-1650. It is a posey or ‘posie’ ring containing incised decoration on the outer face and an inscription on the inner. It is circular in plan and plano-convex in section. The outer face is decorated with a repetitive incised design of two obliquely incised grooves between which are three circular pellets arranged in an oblique line. Beneath are two median longitudinal incised grooves which are flanked by three rounded pellets arranged in a linear fashion. The design is present four times. The insid…
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Framlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF2812
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring; flat rectangular bezel and flat hoops with facetted scallops along both edges of front surface, internal diameter 16.5mm; the bezel carries a crudely engraved depiction of the Virgin and Child and has suffered some damage; the hoop is inscribed on its front surface with letters separated at intervals by sprigs of foliage, both of which contain traces of white enamel; the inscription is worn and possibly reads N I? A? L? A/D? R T? U; an example of a 15th-century iconographic ring.
Created on: Friday 23rd June 2000
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK NETTLESTEAD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DB1BA1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An uninscriebd gold Iron Age stater of the North Thames region / Trinovantes, dating to the period c.60-20 BC, Late Whaddon Chase (British Early Uninscribed L) Anglian type. Obverse: Traces of crossed wreaths? Reverse: Horse right with beaded mane, wing motif above, pellet below. ABC p. 120, no. 2344; BM no. 346; VA 1502.
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brettenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-EFFE19
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gold finger ring (Henig II/ Guiraud type 2A) of Roman date (c. 43-200).  Description: The ring is broken at the narrowest part of the hoop, opposite the bezel, and is misshapen. The hoop is pointed oval in cross section, thickening and widening gradually towards the shoulders which merge to create the bezel. The bezel has an oval recess for a now missing setting. The surface of the ring is textured by rippling in the gold as well as scuffing and scratching.  Measurements: Length: 37.6; width (at bezel): 8.5mm; thickness …
Created on: Friday 30th December 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Assington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-9A7DD8
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Crumpled gold foil pommel cap ornamented with C scrolls executed in beaded filigree wire.  The pommel cap is badly damaged with both ends crushed and distorted and the filigree ornament on one face missing.   The surviving filigree is well made filling the surviving panel with a balanced pattern of graded pairs of loops with spiralled ends enclosing a central motif of an inverted ‘C’ scroll lying back to back with a kidney shaped element executed with two beaded filigree wires.   The panel is enclosed by a border of filigree wire, of a heavier weigh…
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-7375C6
Object type: BRACTEATE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) imitation bracteate. It is formed from a disc of sheet metal with a separate short strip of gold, 4.06mm wide and 0.64mm thick, soldered into a suspension loop at one side. There is no wire border framing this disc and no clear evidence that this was ever present, but a pellet border around the outer edge of the outer face is probably an imitation of this. Unusually the outer face is decorated with a stamped geometric design consisting of approximately four concentric rings of stamped Y-shapes, each of which is somewhat ra…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Euston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-68ADE9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold uninscribed stater of the Iceni/East Anglian region 'Norfolk wolf' left type dating to circa 50-20 BC. Obverse:Wreath, cloak and crescents. Reverse: Wolf left, [jaws open], bird motif on back and pellets above, pellet and pellet triad below. As ABC p. 78, no. 1399; VA 610-613; MC 218-278.
Created on: Thursday 6th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-A44593
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold iron Age Gallo-Belgic Aa imported Broad Flan stater of unknown ruler, attributed to the continental Ambiani, dating to the period c.175-c.60 BC. 'Gallo-Belgic Broad flan right' Type.  This type arrived in Britain around the mid-2nd century AD and their distribution in concentrated in the Thames valley (Rudd 2010, 11).  ABC 1; LT 7878; DT 52-58; VA 10-1/10-2; Ev. A1-2; Al. Aa1
Created on: Thursday 27th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinderclay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-34FE36
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Gallo-Belgic E type stater attributed to the Ambiani tribe, minted c. 60 BC-c. 50 BC. Obverse: Mound. Reverse: Celticised horse galloping right, disjointed lines and pellets above. (ABC 16).  Ref.: Van Arsdell 1989: 70, cf. no. 52-1. Dimensions: 17.8mm diameter, 2.8mm thick; weight: 5.99g.
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-78179A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval gold quarter noble of Henry VI, first reign (AD 1422-1461), Annulet issue, dating to AD 1422-1427 (N 1420). Mint of London. Ref: North 1975: 60.
Created on: Monday 31st July 2023
Last updated: Monday 13th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Acton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7589BC
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Early Medieval gold pin dating to circa AD 550-900. The head is flat and sub-oval, broadly heart-shaped, with two lobes projecting from the top. The head gives way to the cylindrical shank, which tapers gently into a point. Both faces of the pin head are decorated with the same incised design. The design is comprised of a pair of inward two scrolls located at the top of the lobes. The scrolls are joined underneath forming a heart-shape. Below, is a central longitudinal incision with oblique or chevroned incised lines radiating outwards. The design is possibly a crudely rende…
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0DE9BF
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold biconical coiled wire bead. It is hollow, and made from a single length of coiled beaded gold wire. Date: 7th century Dimensions: Length: 14.44mm, thickness: 7.40mm, weight: 2.47g Discussion: Biconical gold wire beads date to the second half of the 7th century (Geake 1997, 43). Other examples on the PAS database include one from Hoxne, Suffolk (SF-40CB01; 2009T344), Rowington, Warwickshire (PAS-2B1E44; 2002 T95); North Down, Kent (KENT-7009B3; 2003T207; Treasure Annual Report 2003, no.94, p.72, fig.94.2, p.214); Burmington, Warwickshire (PAS-C…
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0DD051
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A fragment of a probable Early Medieval gold disc-shaped pendant or bracteate dating to circa AD 450-500. The extant piece consists of the loop and a small portion of the disc. The loop is sub-rectangular in plan and broadly cylindrical in section with a hollowed interior. The cylindrical loop is wrapped/soldered with fine beaded wire at both ends. In the centre is a narrowed section characterised by two longitudinal soldered pieces of twisted wire flanking pellets with circular borders. Flanking the narrowed centre are two symmetrical collars. Though they …
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0DC90C
Object type: SPANGLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  An Early Medieval gold spangle dating to circa AD 450-500. The extant element is trapezoidal and flat. It has no decoration on either face. A small punched perforation is situated at the narrower end of the piece which would have acted as a suspension loop. Length: 14.5mm; Width: 7.4mm; Thickness: 0.2mm; Weight: 0.20g. Discussion:  The piece would have been suspended as part of a larger set forming a spangle, similar to a more complete piece: 2009 T440. Spangles were more typically made from copper alloy and would have been suspended from necklaces, pin heads…
Created on: Wednesday 10th June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6E1AB2
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold sheet metal biconical bead with gold wire filigree decoration of early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) date. The two sections of the bead are each made from sheet metal rolled into truncated cones leaving a hole in the centre of their apex. One of these holes is encircled by applied beaded wire, but this is missing on the other. The two sections are joined together at their bases, the join then covered by two strips of beaded wire encircling this point. The outer face of each section is decorated with strips of beaded wire bent into three elongated triangles p…
Created on: Friday 31st March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drinkstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2B05CC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold Iron Age Iceni stater dating to the period c.AD 10-c.40. ABC 'Antedios Triple Moons' Type, inscribed 'ANTEDI' in reference to the ruler Antedio(s).  Rudd (2010, 87) writes 'the three crescent moons may symbolise a regal triumvirate of Antedios, Ecen and another ruler whose name is unknown to us. The six stylised neck torcs may signify not only royalty, but also religious leadership. Icenian kings may also have been chief priests of the tribe'. ABC 1639; VA 705; BMC 3790; Ev.18.2; Al.Va; M 418; Ch.275, S 440 Rudd, C. 2010. Ancien…
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winston', grid reference and parish protected.