Record ID: PUBLIC-F54D33
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval silver half crown of Charles I (1625-1649), Triangle-in-circle initial mark dating to 1641-3. Group IV of the equestrian portraits. Tower mint. Spink 2779
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-98B9D4
Object type: PIPE (SMOKING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete post medieval ceramic tobacco pipe dating AD1610-1640. This tobacco pipe has a small, rounded bowl, which has an internal diameter of 11.12 mm. The bowl is set at an oblique angle to the stem and there is a milled design running around the rim. There is part of a spur heel at the junction between the bowl and the stem. None of the stem is present as it is broken near the bowl. The dating of the pipe is based on the dating chart in Atkinson & Oswald (1969) as type 8 (1610-1640AD) . Dimensions: length: 30.29mm; external diameter: 13.68mm, internal diameter 11.12mm and w…
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-9373EC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver halfgroat of Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint under the King, Group D, fourth bust, Type 3a2 with inner circles on the obverse or reverse, mintmark triangle (1639-1640), Spink 2832.
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th April 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-92E727
Object type: PILGRIM BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible medieval lead pilgrim badge. The badge is circular, flat, and decorated on both sides. What is presumably the obverse side has a central raised pellet and is surrounded by eight geometrivally aligned pellets. Four alternate pellets are circled by beading. The obverse edge is beaded. The reverse side has a vertical crucifix-shaped motif positioned in the upper centre area. evidence for there once being a suspension loop. There is a small gap in the edge of the badge above the cross, which could possibly have been the position of a suspension mount or loop. The badge measure…
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-82F5B0
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle of post medieval date, 1600-1720. It is sub-oval in shape with the top edges being bevelled and the underneath flat, with a central pin bar. The frame has rounded ends and trefoil sides. The strap bar has three incised lines on both sides where the bar meets the frame. These lines make the frame appear raised between the lines, but this section is flush with the rest of the frame. The upper side of the buckle has a dark green patina, the underneath is lighter coloured due to corrosion. The pin is missing. The buckle is 32.98 mm long…
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-81D673
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy, double loop, spectacle buckle dating from the early Post-Medieval period, AD 1500 - 1650. The frame has two oval loops with angled outer edges and a small, rounded knop at each end of the strap bar. The outer edges on the upper side of the buckle are bevelled and the underside is flat. There is a shallow double notch for the pin in both outer edges of one loop, but no decoration. The pin is missing. The buckle has a smooth, dark brown patina. It is 49.29mm long, 29.11mm wide and 1.82mm thick. It weighs 7.7g. A similar buckle is illustrated in Whiteh…
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-819F12
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy double-looped trapezoidal buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is trapezoidal in shape with lobed protrusions at either end of the pin bar. On either side of the pin bar is a trapezoidal loop. The outer edge of each loop expands into a triangular point. The outer edges of the buckle are bevelled. The lower surface is flat. The pin is missing and there is also a crack in the frame next to the central pin bar. The buckle has an even light green patina. The buckle dates from around 1620 to 1680 AD. Whilst undecorated, in form the buckle is similar to an exa…
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6DB88A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Medieval to post medieval ( 1500-1650AD ) cast copper-alloy single loop rectangular buckle. Square frame with solid pointed front edge, with all frame edges being bevelled. Narrowed strap bar with knops either side. The reverse is flat and undecorated. The pin is missing. The buckle has a light green patina with some light brown spots. Length 20.33mm, width 18.02mm, thickness 1.71mm, weight 2g. A parallel for this buckle exits on the PAS database record WILT-74B703. This type of buckle frame is normally double-looped; compare, for example SUR-9BDF44.
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6990C9
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy Medieval to Post Medieval double-looped buckle dating c.1350-1650AD, complete with pin. The buckle is of plain form with no adornments and has a double looped oval frame with a strap-bar at its midpoint.. Preserved in good condition with an even green patina. There is a groove for the pin to rest in at the mid point of both frames. The buckle measures 19.25mm long, 13.41mm at the widest part of the frame, 11.74mm wide at the central bar point , 2.02mm thick and weighs 1.6g. A very similar buckle can be seen in Whitehead (1996) p. 53, no. 295.
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th June 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-68F30D
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of a seated hen or cockerel. Only the neck and head of the bird survive, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. The neck is conical in form, terminating in old breaks at its base. At its top the neck tapers towards the head. This is flat, circular in form with a slight crest on the top of the head and with ring and dot eyes. The beak is open. The entire brooch measures 19.38mm in length/height, 11.36mm in width, 2.84mm in thickness at head (1.04mm at plate), and weighs 2.3g. The brooch has an even mid brown pat…
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6884B6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy buckle of Post Medieval period dating to AD 1620-1680. The buckle has a double looped trapezoidal frame which is bevelled at the edges, and a narrow central strap bar. By contrast, the reverse of the buckle has a flat surface. The buckle has on one side of its frame ovoid knops on its outer edge and and an opposing thickened side to the frame which terminates with large lobed knops at the end of winged extensions-one of the knops missing in an old break. The pin is missing and the buckle has an even dark brown patina. The buckle measures 28.55mm lon…
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 8th February 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-67C9AB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Medieval to Post-Medieval ( c.1350-1650 AD ) cast copper-alloy double-looped annular buckle frame with central strap bar. The buckle is circular in plan, though now slightly misshapen. The edges of the frame are bevelled and the reverse is flat. The narrowed pin bar is also D-shaped in cross-section with flat back. The pin is missing and the buckle is worn with a light green patina with small patches of light brown. The frame is plain with no decoration. It measures 41.47mm in diameter the frame is 6.42mm wide and 1.85mm thick, the bar is 2.37mm thick and it weighs 8.0g.…
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 8th February 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-58A9A3
Object type: MARLIN SPIKE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete sheet iron late Medieval or Post Medieval marlin spike. The spike is 240mm long, and has a maximum diameter of 57.66mm at the open end. The spike reduces in diameter down to a broad pointed end. The spike was constructed by wrapping the metal around a mould and overlapping the sides and hammering the overlapping edges together under heat. There is a gap of 60mm in length and 10.4mm wide at the open end. Either side of this opening are two holes for fixing the spike to the wooden pole that would originally have fitted into the spike. There are wooden fragments still remainin…
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-580A7F
Object type: TEGULA
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman tile, part of a roof tile or tegula. The tile is a dull orange clay fabric of a type typically used within the London area from the mid 1st century to the 2nd century AD. ( As described by the Museum of London when shown ). The tile is 151.1mm wide which represents its original size, 124.56mm long at max, original length unknown due to old breaks across the tile. There are two holes through the tile at a slight angle where nails would have been driven through the tile to secure it. Both inner and outer surfaces are rough.
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-022917
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age scraper, dating to the period 3000 BC-1500 BC. It is a secondary flake, with no sign of flint cortex, and broadly rectangular in shape. It measures 42.51mm in length, 19.6mm wide and 6.15mm thick and weighs 5.2g There is retouching on one edge of the dorsal face at the distal end. The ventral face shows a prominent bulb of percussion and light conchoidal rippling along the whole length. Both faces are light grey in colour.
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-01C765
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age scraper, dating to the period 3000 BC-1500 BC. It is a secondary flake, with no sign of flint cortex, and broadly rectangular in shape. It measures 41.33mm in length, 18.31mm wide and 3.97mm thick and weighs 3.9g There is retouching on approximately three quarters of one edge and approximately one quarter of the other edge on the dorsal face. The ventral face shows obvious conchoidal rippling along the whole length. Both faces are light grey in colour.
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-00F4EC
Object type: BORER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint possible borer or awl of probable of Neolithic to early Bronze Age date. It is roughly triangular in shape, forming a sharp point at the distal end. It has a small bulb on the ventral face and a faintly rippled ventral surface. There is evidence of occasional crude retouch along both sides and at the pointed end. The flint is light grey-brown in colour with white patches and has a shiny patina. Length: 47.91mm, width: 16.32mm, thickess at midpoint : 6.22mm, weight: 5.3g
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-007E99
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small rim sherd from a Roman Samian ware vessel dating from circa 43 - 200AD. The sherd shows signs that it has been burnt. Below the rim is a consistent small dimpled design. The sherd is a dark orange colour. Length 33.58mm, width 23.57mm, thickness 5.95mm and weight 3.9g.
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FFD5E6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small body sherd from Belamine jug, from the mid 16th-mid 17th century. The outer surface has an iron-rich brown surface which has been salt-glazed, which produces the mottled brown effect. The interior is a reddish pink colour. The fabric is hard fired and light grey in colour. There is a small piece of floral design visible on the sherd. The sherd is 37.75 mm high, 46.72.37mm wide and 8.02 mm in thickness. It weighs 22.4 grams. This style of jug was originally used to import alcohol / spirits from the continent (Germany and the low countries) and is named after Cardinal Bellarmine…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FEFE3C
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval copper-alloy rotary key, probably for a small casket. (c. 1150-c. 1400). The openwork bow is circular and flat on both faces. It has an outer diameter of 13.85 mm with the hole measuring 6.22 mm in diameter. There is a small collar between the bow and shank. The shank is oval in cross-section and solid. The shank narrows to a sharp point beyond the bit. The bit has two opposing notches on the upper and lower edge. The key has an even very dark green colour. Length: 41.72mm; width: 12.42mm; thickness of shank 2.41mm; length of bit: 9.2mm; width of bit: 8.24mm;…
Created on: Friday 23rd February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 25th April 2018
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