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Record ID: SF-87DF63
Object type: DIE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast lead-alloy die of probable Medieval to Post-Medieval date, c. 1200-1700. The die is cuboidal in form, with each face having a number incised upon it. The die is of regular form, as each opposing side adds up to seven. Preserved in fair condition with an uneven brownish patina, each face of the die measures c. 13.6mm long by c. 12.6mm wide, while the entire object is 13.57mm thick and weighs 24.46g. In Finds Research Group Datasheet 23, Geoff Egan suggests that medieval and later dice are usually of the regular layout as with this example, compare IOW-F6ADA3, HAMP-1FD…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hopton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-87A7CB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and corroded copper-alloy radiate struck for Victorinus (AD 269-271) dating to c. AD 269-271. Reece period 13. Reverse: INVICTVS, Sol running left holding whip. Gallic mint. C.f Normanby no. 1415.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hopton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-877DF4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and corroded copper-alloy nummus struck for Constans (AD 337-350) dating c. AD 337-350. Reece period 18. Reverse: illegible. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hopton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-875773
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy nummus struck for Constans (AD 337-350) dating to c. AD 347-348. Reece period 17. Reverse: VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN, two Victories facing each other, holding wreaths. Mint uncertain, 'D' mark between Victories.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hopton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-864446
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded copper-alloy nummus struck for Magnentius or Decentius (AD 350-353) dating to c. AD 350-351. Reece period 18. Reverse: FELICITAS REI PVBLICAE, Emperor standing facing in military attire, head left, labarum in left hand and palladium in right hand. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hopton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-860AB8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cut fragment originating from a sestertius struck for Faustina I, dating to c. AD 161-175. Reece period 8. Reverse: uncertain due to wear and cutting of the coin. Mint of Rome. This fragment consists c. 20% of the original flan, with the edges apparently having been hammered into a square shape before a neat truncation has removed this slice from one edge. The motivation for this action may have been votive in character, though this remains uncertain.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hopton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-853296
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lead-alloy unidentified object of uncertain date. It is conical in shape with the apex ending in an inverted cone below a circular section. It is hollow and broken into two pieces. The sides of the conical surface are decorated circumferentially with five equidistant bands of four slightly raised lines. It could be a modern decorative element or a handle of some kind, toy fragment or small tool. The use is unknown and no parallel can be found. The alloy suggests a possible modern date. For comparison see HESH-020723 in PAS database. Length of the re-joined piece…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-84929D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gilded silver medieval annular brooch. The hoop is narrow, rectangular in cross-section with two twisted sections, each c.13mm long. To one side of each twisted section a separate sheet-metal five petalled flower has been attached to the outer face of the hoop. Each flower is c. 7.54mm in diameter. Gilding is visible on the surface of the twisted sections and flowers only. A complete silver pin remains in situ. This has a flattened loop head with a narrow, beaded collar behind it. Date: 13th - 14th century Dimensions: Length: 28.81mm, width: : 27.23mm, wi…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lidgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-84907D
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy continental lozengiform plate brooch dating to the Roman period, 100-200 AD. This brooch corresponds to Mackreth's series PL CONT 2.b.1, comprising of a central rectangular body from the cardinal points of which extend tapering triangular arms with knopped ends (the vertical arms being longer and originally demonstrating the hinged pin attachment mechanism and catchplate on their reverse faces). Two of these arms are broken away in old damage, though otherwise it survives relatively intact. The brooch demonstrates punched decoration on its upper surface…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-846F38
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman finger ring fragment. It consists of the shoulder, the oval bezel and part of the hoop. The hoop has a D-shaped cross-section; the shoulder has a curved profile. The bezel is recessed to house a glass or gem setting now missing; the raised rim of the bezel slightly expands into a triangle with its apex tapering towards the hoop. The breaks are well worn. The fragment joins find SF-81DC06 It is assigned to the Henig's type II (1974, p. 55, fig. 1), which dates to the 1st-3rd century. Length: 16.54 mm Width: 14.54 mm Thickness of the shoulder: 4.08 mm…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 17th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-84164C
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy harness pendant dating to the Medieval period, c. 1200-1400. It is circular in plan and slightly plano-convex in section, with a rounded upper face and slightly dished back. The upper surface demonstrates copious remains of gilding, while at the apex of the pendant is a projecting suspension lug set at a plane of ninety degrees to the main body of the pendant itself. Preserved in fair condition with a coarse reddish brown patina, it measures 26.99mm long, 22.95mm wide at the midpoint of the pendant, and 6.45mm thick at the suspension lug. It weighs 4.48g. …
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-8380D3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy nummus struck for Constans, dating c. AD 337-341. Reece period 17. Reverse: GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing either side of a single standard. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beck Row', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-835CE2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and extremely encrusted copper-alloy barbarous radiate dating to c. AD 275-285. Reece period 14. Reverse: virtually illegible, stylised standing figure (?) Local unofficial mint.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beck Row', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-833473
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and very encrusted copper-alloy radiate struck for uncertain emperor, dating c. AD 260-296. Reece period 13. Reverse: uncertain, standing figure (?) left. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beck Row', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-828A3D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy sestertius struck for Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180) dating to c. AD 171-172. Reece period 8. Reverse: probably IMP VI COS III S-C, Roma seated left on cuirass with oval and hexagonal shields, holding transverse spear in right hand, resting left elbow on a round shield. Mint of Rome. C.f BMC, p. 622, no. 1420 and RIC III, p. 295, no. 1037, as well as HAMP-152717 on the PAS database.
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beck Row', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-827233
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A virtually complete cast copper-alloy oval plate brooch dating to the Roman period, c. 100-300 AD. Only the pin is missing, with the rest of the object preserved completely intact. It is oval in plan, its upper face demonstrating a raised border and an inner raised concentric moulding- creating a central oval recessed cell surrounded by an outer recessed band. Most of the enamel is missing in old damage, though the outer band demonstrates a striped design of alternately inlaid yellow and deep bluish enamel (the latter of which is now rather glassy). On the rear of the brooch, the pin…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-81DC06
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman finger ring fragment. It consists of the shoulder, the oval bezel and part of the hoop. The loop has a D-shaped cross section; the shoulder has a curved profile and a band of narrow and low ribs coming down from the bezel to the hoop. The bezel is recessed to house a glass or gem setting now missing; the inner face of the bezel is quite plain and quite flat. The fragment joins find SF-846F38 It could be assigned to the Henig's type II (1974, p. 55, fig. 1). It is 1st-3rd century in date. Length: 14.89 mm Width: 12.65 mm Thickness: 3.80 mm Weight:…
Created on: Monday 5th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.