Record ID: NMS-614015
Object type: SPEARHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Bronze Age hollow cast copper alloy spearhead, broken at both ends, the point and the socket missing and the surviving edges of the blade damaged. Extant length 35mm, extant width 32mm, extant thickness 19.5mm and weight 20.86g. c.1000 - c.700 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-607B5E
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval composite five-part copper alloy strap-end, rectangular, with bent spacer and bent and broken front and back plates (attachment-ends missing), the elaborate terminal with opposed cut-outs and notches and a constriction before a full-round acorn knop (formed from two additional outer plates, diam. 6.5mm) with oblique cross-hatching on the cap, an trasverse rib and tiny terminal knop. Extant length (= length of spacer, unbent) 55mm. Width 7mm. 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-5FF1FC
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Approximately half of a "cushion" type stone mace head, broken transversely in antiquity though the hourglass perforation, this was worked from both faces with a pecking stone and a pointed borer until they met in the middle, creating the distinctive profile of the shaft hole, from the ventral face this is circa. 39 mm diameter, constricting to 24.5 mm at the middle and then expanding to 32 mm on the dorsal face. The stone appears to be Dolerite, of fine grained grey/green composition, with the original surfaces (including the breaks) now patinated with iron oxides. This type of st…
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Friday 16th April 2021
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Record ID: NMS-5F969B
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval enamelled copper alloy horse harness pendant, shield-shaped with suspension-loop filled with corrosion. Height/length 81.5mm. Width 25.5mm. Worn and corroded, surface treatment of metal (gilding/tinning) missing, remains of blue and red enamel. Blazon: Azure a chief checky [?Or /?Argent] and Gules a bend [?Or /?Argent]. The arms may be a variant on those for HAUSTEDE (DBA, Chesshyre and Woodcock 1992, 26). 13th-14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Saturday 13th November 2021
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Record ID: NMS-5EFC5B
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy farthing token of Great Yarmouth Corporation, Williamson 284, Norwen 3273 with reverse reading FOR THE VSE OF THE POORE, weight 2.41g, die axis 12 o'clock, 1667
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5EE39D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver denarius of Septimius Severus, fragmentary, mint of Emesa, reverse M[[ON]ET[...], Moneta standing left, cf RIC IV.1, 411-413, weighr 2.06g, AD194-5
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5E9EC5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy as or dupondius of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, Rome, obverse [...]LIVS CA[...], bareheaded draped (from rear) bust right, reverse TR POT[...] COS II, Minerva standing left holding owl and spear, shield at feet, presumably RIC III, no. 1317, dated to 153-4. Little wear.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5E8473
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy radiate of Tetricus I, Mint I, reverse SPES PVBLICA, AD271-4
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5E7621
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Irregular copper alloy nummus of Constantine II, reverse GLORIA EXERCITVS 1 standard type, diameter 10.5mm, weight 0.83g, c.AD335-48
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5DF221
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible cut fragment of a Roman copper alloy coin dating to the period c. AD 1 - 250. The coin appears to have been scored and then cut into a quarter fragment, the edges faintly bevelled. It exhibits a large hole which has been drilled from one side to the other.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-5DD331
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Constantine I, London, reverse SOLI INVICTO COMITI type, mintmark S/F//PLN, Cloke, Toone and Marsden 8.02.015, c.AD314
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5DC4DB
Object type: COIN BLANK
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy coin blank in the form of a cut piece of rod. Roads of this form are frequently associated with the production of counterfeit coins in the late 3rd to 4th centuries. Pellets of a similar type were found in one of the Fenny Stratford pots, part of a counterfeiters hoard consisting of three pots of coin blanks and two iron dies (Zeepvat 1994, 1-19).
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-5D58B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy nummus of Crispus, London, reverse BEAT TRANQLITAS type, mintmark -/-//PLON, Cloke, Toone and Marsden 9.05.020, c.AD321-3
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5D2D54
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy contemporary copy of a radiate of uncertain ruler dating to the period c. AD 275 - 285 (Reece Period 14). Possibly copying VIRTVS AVG type, reverse depicting figure standing left holding vertical spear and resting shield at feet. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-5D1959
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle Saxon to Late Saxon sheet copper alloy hooked tag, oval plate with two attachment holes and a hook that has been distorted to become almost straight. Read 2008, early medieval single sharp-hooked clasp Class A, Type 2. Decoration comprises three incised concentric grooves covering most of the plate around a central perforation, with a line of punched dots between the two inner grooves. Width 14mm. Length 19mm. Weighs 0.53g. 8th - 11th century.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-5D096C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy contemporary copy of a nummus of the House of Constantine dating to the period c. AD 330 - 337 (Reece Period 17). CONSTANTINOPOLIS type, reverse depicting Victory standing left on prow. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5CF4C0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating to the period AD 330 - 335 (Reece Period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers and two standards. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5CDE71
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian dating to the period AD 364 - 378 (Reece Period 19). SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory advancing left holding wreath and palm. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5CB3C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating to the period AD 343 - 348 (Reece Period 17). VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN reverse type depicting two Victories facing each other, each holding a wreath. Mint of Trier.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-5C81C9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy nummus of Theodora dating to the period AD 337 - 340 (Reece Period 17). PIETAS ROMANA reverse type depicting Pietas standing facing, holding two infants. Mint of Trier. See: RIC Vol. VIII, p. 143, no. 56 or 65.
Created on: Wednesday 11th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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