Record ID: NMS-AA4C9D
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete gilded silver post-medieval hooked tag. The plate is rectangular, with six hemispherical knops protruding outwards from the edge, one at each of the four corners and one in the middle of each of the two long sides. There is an area of damage in the middle of the short top edge, suggesting this might be the location of a further knop which is now missing. On the back of the attachment end corner knops there are two old breaks indicating where a transverse attachment loop was originally located. The central area of the front has a broad groove around the out…
Created on: Monday 1st January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-FA0AC6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy oval buckle frame of medieval date. The bar, pin and half of one side are missing from an old break. Moulded thickened outside edge, with outward facing 'horn' at both extremes and moulded raised collars either side of a central pin-rest groove. The reverse is flat. A more complete example of the type can be seen at NLM-ABBDA6. Circa 1250-1400 AD.
Created on: Friday 5th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-0EDD5F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Medieval to early Post-Medieval circular buckle frame with slightly narrowed central bar and missing pin. Frame is roughly semi-circular in cross-section, and bar is sub-trapezoidal. There is no decoration, but there are substantial filing marks as evidence of post-casting fettling. The buckle has a grey patina. A close parallel can be seen at PUBLIC-26C7AF. Circa 1350-1650 AD.
Created on: Saturday 6th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-3A66D1
Object type: MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy Post Medieval Jew's or Jaws harp. Lozengiform sectioned parallel arms extending from the ends of an oval loop. On one face the upper inner edge of the loop has a rebate to take the missing iron tang. A similar example with a description of use can be seen on this database at DEV-FB6E4D. Circa 1550-1700AD.
Created on: Monday 8th January 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2019
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Record ID: NMS-65505F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and corroded long cross penny of Edward II. Class 10cf5a2, London mint. Obverse; EDWA [R A]NGL DN[S hYB]. Reverse; CIVI/[TAS]/LON/DON. North 1043/1. Circa 1309-1310 AD.
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 11th December 2018
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Record ID: NMS-EEE943
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval cast copper-alloy rotary key, probably for use with a casket lock. The key has an oval bow with a circular aperture. The shank has a sub-oval cross section with a hollow recessed end. The bit extends perpendicularly in an inverted T-shape below the shank. A number of similar rotary keys are published by Egan (1998 , pp. 111-119) who suggests a broad ranging date from AD 1100-1300.
Created on: Monday 29th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2018
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Record ID: NMS-F6BB84
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Medieval silver long cross cut halfpenny of Henry III (1216-1272), minted at London. Class 5, 1251-1272 (North 1994: 227, ref: 991-999). Obverse: [hE]NRICVS RE[X III]; Crowned bust facing, holding sceptre left. Reverse: [ ]/[ ]/ONL/VND (ND ligated, pelleted bar in N); Voided long cross with three pellets in each quadrant. Diameter: 18.0mm. Weight: 0.63g. North, J.J. 1994. English Hammered Coinage, Volume I, Early Anglo Saxon to Henry III, c. 600-1272. Spink & Son, London.
Created on: Monday 29th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
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Record ID: NMS-C1A9B5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Worn and corroded copper alloy post medieval rose farthing of Charles I. Sceptred crown obverse and crowned rose reverse. Further details illegible. Circa 1636-1644.
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th February 2018
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Record ID: NMS-C2DBE1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-Medieval copper-alloy hooked strap fitting for a sword-belt circa AD1600-1700. The main body of the fitting is sub-pyriform (pear-shaped) in plan, convex at the front and concave at the rear. The front of the main body has three worn vertical facets; one central, and two flanking. At the upper end there is a collar surmounted by a rounded knop that terminates in a smaller knop. The larger knop is pierced and has the corroded remnants of an iron rivet. The rearwards projecting hook is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. There is an integral rivet on the rear face sit…
Created on: Thursday 8th February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-E1CA88
Object type: BRASS
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy medieval/post medieval monumental brass fragment. The sides are straight and parallel with a transverse break at one end and a 45 degree angled break at the other. The angled break is cut mid length by the semi circular remnant of a circular attachment hole. The front face has two letters of a black letter inscription probably an O followed by an N or rotated through 180 degree a U followed by an O. Both letters are picked out in a black tenacious material, whilst the front and rear surfaces of the brass have a thin terracotta coloured coating, the origin of wh…
Created on: Friday 9th February 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2019
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