Record ID: NMS-A26572
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval gilt copper alloy annular framed brooch, just over half survives. The frame is of a flat cross-section and decorated with an outer bordering lines of couter-relief pellets, with arched double lines of pellets on the inner part. External diameter 24.2mm. Internal diameter 14. Thickness 1mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A29E34
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy rotary key with twin internal projections in the kidney-shaped bow, a triple ribbed moulding at the top of the solid shank, and a simple bit. Cf. Read 2001, 67, fig.47, nos. 564-6. Length 38mm. Width of bow 17.5mm. c.1550 - c.1700 AD.
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-A2AC30
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead token, cast, maximum diameter 15mm, crude 8-pointed star on one side, cross hatching on the other, probably 17th-18th century
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-A2B880
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Broken fragment of a silver groat or sixpence, worn almost smooth and illegible, period of Mary to Elizabeth, 1553-1603
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-A2C1E2
Object type: HARNESS MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy harness mount with twin spikes bent outward on the reverse. Form and decoration as Read 2001, no. 308. Length 42mm. Width 21mm. 17th century.
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-A2C3C6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Torn and broken fragment of a silver coin, worn almost smooth and illegible, does not appear English, perhaps a half real of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, in which case 1497-1537
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-A30AA0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Torn and broken fragment of a double patard of Philip the Fair of Burgundy, Flanders, Gelder and Hoc 61-5, weight 0.77g, 1485
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-A36002
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragmentary silver penny of Edward III, florin coinage of London, North 1114, 1344-51
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-A37896
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver cut farthing of Richard I or John, short cross class 3-4, moneyer uncertain, perhaps Willelm of uncertain mint, c.1190-1204
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-A3BDA5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver denarius of Marcus Furius Philus, Rome, obverse [...], Janiform head, reverse [...], Roma standing left crowning trophy, Crawford 281/1, weight 3.66g, 119BC
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Monday 28th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-A3BE37
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval copper alloy rotary key, bow, end of hollow, drilled shank and half of elaborate asymmetrical bit missing. The shank, whose hollow is filled with ferrous concreted soil, is of sub-square cross-section and collared. Cf. Egan and Pritchard 1991, no. 313. Extant length 65mm. The bit projects 15mm from the shank. Late 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-A41F43
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval lead figurine probably depicting the crucified Christ, the lower part missing. The reverse is flat and the front face almost so. Both arms are raised in a position suggestive of crucifixion rather than of prayer, though the hands, with fingers indicated by fine engraving, are not pierced. The nimbed head is ovoid and the eyes, nose and mouth are engraved in a somewhat rudimentary manner. Further lines on the torso suggest a garment. A small attachment hole is placed centrally just above the break. Height 39.7mm. Width 35.4mm. Thickness 3.7mm. 12th - 13th century.
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Record ID: LANCUM-A45E02
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Probable enamelled copper alloy mount or stud, possibly late Iron Age. The artefact has been affected by corrosion and on the undecorated face this corrosion may have removed all trace of any mounting that may originally have been there. The decorated face consists of a raised eight rayed cross, star, or flower, within a raised circular border. The rays are grouped crudely into pairs and the resultant cells were originally flooded with enamel, the residue of which is present in the form of a dull orange deposit. Hard to date with any certainty but likely to have been produced between …
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2018
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Record ID: NMS-A4EF84
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy seal matrix with hexagonal faceted handle rising to a pierced terminal. Circular, diameter 17.5mm. Height 19mm. Crossed hands below a bird holding in its beak a sprig acting as a filler at the end of the legend. * PRIVE SV (I am private). 14th century.
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A527F4
Object type: SPINDLE WHORL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon to post-medieval lead spindle whorl, truncated sub-biconical. Diameter 21mm. Thickness 17mm. Weight 33.29g. Hole diameter 7mm. 11th - 16th century.
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-A550A0
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval cylindrical lead weight with median hole. Length 29mm. Diameter 12 - 15.5mm. Hole diameter 5mm. Weight 39g. Probably for ue with a net or line. 13th - 17th century
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Friday 25th April 2014
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Record ID: NMS-A5A126
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval discoidal lead weight, probably for ½ ounce troy, with a highly stylised human figure in counter relief on one face and an uncertain motif including radial lines on the other. Diameter 18mm. Thickness 3.5mm. Weight 8.07g / 0.2595oz. 14th - 17th century.
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A5A8A6
Object type: CROTAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval copper alloy crotal bell, inserted loop missing, worn remains of engraved gadroon ornament on the lower half, engraved maker's initials WG and bell founder's hammer on either side of the cleft, and an iron pea. Surviving height 39mm. Diameter 41mm. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 13th December 2017
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Record ID: NMS-A5D0B1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Less than one half of a post-medieval gilt copper alloy buckle frame, the edge and most of both sides of one oval loop. The cup of a large acorn knop in the centre of the edge is engraved with cross-hatching. All of the reverse is hollowed. The complete object would have been double-looped, both loops oval, with four similar knops (one at both ends of the narrowed bar), cf. Whitehead 2003, no. 406. Extant length and width 32 and 47.5mm. c.1550 - c.1650. Copper alloy buckles were very uncommonly gilded at this period.
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-A5FFF2
Object type: SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-medieval Russian lead bale seal, side broken, inscription: SR[?H] / FWAI / 181[5? or 9?] // Л:Д / ИMБУ / ШEB / .......... Perforation for missing chord. Diameter 13mm. 4.5mm thick.
Created on: Friday 25th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
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