Record ID: SF-1A6E47
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and broken gilded copper-alloy cast saucer brooch of probable Anglo-Saxon attribution, dating to the Early Medieval period (c. AD 450-550). Only the centre of the brooch survives, its flanged obliquely-angled edges missing in old damage. The remaining portion of the object is broken in two by means of a somewhat neat old truncation. On its upper surface, the moulded design of a central ring-pellet motif is surrounded by six running spirals, all of the latter within two concentric outer circular borders. Copious traces of gilding survive on the edges of the piece, though t…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tostock', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-19FE74
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy contemporary copy of an as of Claudius (AD 41-54) dating to c. AD 41-54 (Reece period 2). Reverse: S-C, Minerva advancing right holding javelin and shield.. For prototype see RIC vol. I, pp. 128 & 130, nos. 100 & 116; cf. an example in the British Museum collection (1934, 0905.129); G, Boon, Counterfeit Coins in Roman Britain, plate IV, cf. nos. 49-54. Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A Besombes and M Bompaire (in Trésors Monétaires XXI, 2005), is assigning many so-called Claudian contemporary copies to Roman auxiliary mints…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thurston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-199744
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) disc brooch, dating to AD 700-900. The front has a raised backward-looking animal with the full four legs visible, a raised and upward curled tail and a neck with outer notches (mane looking). The head has a pellet eye, open mouth and a pointed ear. The central motif is surrounded by a border of incised transverse strokes. The back face is plain and bears a semicircular pierced lug, which is now blocked by the remains of the iron pin; the lug is set parallel to the edge of the disc. On the opposite edge of the back-disc there is …
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 5th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tuddenham St Martin', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-192AC3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy nummus of Crispus as Caesar, dating to c. AD 321-324 (Reece period 16). Reverse: CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, laurel wreath enclosing VOT X. Probably mint of London.
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thurston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-1910F8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post- Medieval silver hammered sixpence of Elizabeth I (1558-1603), second issue (dated 1572 on coin), initial mark; ermine. North 1991, p. 134, no. 1997. Obverse ELIZABETH [D]G ANG FR ET HI REGINA, crowned bust left with rose behind head. Reverse: [P]OSVI DEV.AD IVTORE M.MEV. A shield on a long cross fourchee dividing the inscription, date above shield. Weight, 2.9g. Diameter 24.65mm.
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'FRESSINGFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-18E421
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy possible early Post Medieval strap fitting, dating to AD 1500-1600. It consists of a sub-rectangular plate which has a loop and a transverse bar protruding from the short edges. The oval loop is formed by folding forward a flat and recessed extension of the plate; the end of the extension slightly touches the front face of the plate. The oposite short edge has a similar recessed extension, which ends with an integral transverse circular cross-sectioned bar; the front of the bar is decorated with a sequence of oblique grooves and raised lines. The plate has a…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 5th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-18800D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, worn and corroded copper-alloy nummus of Crispus as Caesar, dating to c. AD 321 (Reece period 16). Reverse: BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOTIS XX, three stars above. Mint uncertain due to corrosion.
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thurston', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-184036
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and heavily corroded copper-alloy barbarous radiate copying uncertain Emperor and reverse type, dating to c. AD 275-285 (Reece period 14). Reverse: stylised standing figure. Local unofficial mintage.
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thurston', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-1822B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An illegible copper-alloy radiate or nummus dating to c. AD 260-402. Reece period, issuing Emperor and reverse type unknown due to extreme wear.
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thurston', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-18141D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An illegible copper-alloy radiate or nummus dating to c. AD 260-402. Reece period, issuing Emperor and reverse type unknown due to extreme wear.
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thurston', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-18003C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded copper-alloy nummus of Constantine (AD 306-337) dating to c. AD 330-335 (Reece period 17). Reverse: GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing either side of two standards. Mint illegible.
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thurston', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-17D9EC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn and corroded copper-alloy nummus of the House of Valentinian, dating to c. AD 364-378 (Reece period 19). Reverse: GLORIA ROMANORVM, Emperor advancing right holding labarum and dragging captive. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thurston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-163B62
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman nail cleaner, with with a spool-neck dating to AD 43-410. The shaft has an oval central body, which elongates in an incomplete sub-rectangular tapering end. On the other end of the oval main body there is a protrusion, which waists and flares at the end defining a loop, now largely missing. The waisted part seems be created by pinching the sides of the shaft. The loop was in the same plane as the shaft. The nail-cleaner has a slightly curved profile and a thin cross-section throughout its length, a part from the waisted part, which results slightly thi…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-161EBC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An imported gold Iron Age stater of the Ambiani/Gallia Belgica, dating to c. 60-50 BC (Gallic war uniface). Obverse: plain. Reverse: sinuous horse right. As ABC p. 28, no. 16.
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 23rd August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-15EF42
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lead-alloy late Medieval to Post Medieval 'boy bishop' token, dating to AD 1470-1539. The obverse depicts mitre of St Nicholas; legend illegible or fictitious. Reverse type depicts long cross with three pellets in angles; waevy line in the border. Cf Rigold (1978, plate XI, figs. g, l, m, n).
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pakenham', grid reference and parish protected.