Record ID: SF-B6A85B
Object type: COSMETIC PESTLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy end-looped cosmetic pestle dating to the late Iron Age or early Roman period, c. 1-200 AD. It consists of a crescentic sub-circular sectioned rod with one end pointed and the other demonstrating an integrally cast end-loop. Preserved in fair condition with a pitted greenish patina, it measures 55.91mm long, 5.98mm thick at its midpoint, and 11.67mm in external diameter at the end-loop. It weighs 8.52g. C.f with an example illustrated in Jackson's catalogue (Jackson 2004, p. 85, no. 61) which is virtually identical to this piece. See also SF-785AA3, WAW-0A…
Created on: Monday 9th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Layham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B65D66
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Medieval buckle with integral plate. The buckle frame is oval in plan with bevelled sides; where it joins the integral plate there is a transverse ridge, which is pierced to have the pin hole. The integral plate is sub rectangular and it tapers towards the broken end. Originally, the integral plate continued with an openwork decoration, of which only two slots and three short protrusions now survive on its inside edge. Longitudinally alligned with the hole for the pin and before the surviving openwork, there is a circular perforation now blocked by iron…
Created on: Monday 9th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rendlesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B57D73
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Medieval buckle with folded sheet plate. The buckle frame is D-shaped in plan and it has a D-shaped cross-section; its curved part is thicker than the rest. The pin bar is narrowed and off set. The pin, still in situ, is a flat strip of copper alloy wrapped around the pin bar and tapered towards a pointed tip. The back face of the pin has a longitudinal narrow groove stopping berofe the tip. The sheet plate is recessed and folded around the pin-bar, with a central slot in the fold to leave space for the pin. the front sheet is sub-rectangular with sligh…
Created on: Monday 9th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 18th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rendlesham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-B3AC59
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy Roman sestertius of Clodius Albinus as Caesar (AD 193-5), dating to the period AD 194-195 (Reece Period 10). FELICITAS COS II reverse type, depicting Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and sceptre. Mint of Rome. RIC IV, pt 1, p. 52, no. 52d.
Created on: Monday 9th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 28th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beaumont', grid reference and parish protected.