Record ID: PUBLIC-75CCCE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver hammered threepence of Elizabeth I, dating to c. 1581. Fifth issue, long cross initial mark, Tower mint. Obverse description: crowned bust left, rose behind head. Obverse legend: ELIZABETH D G. ANG FR ET HIB REGINA. Reverse description: arms of England and France quartered by cross fourchee, date '1581' over shield. Reverse legend: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV Diameter: 19.07mm, Weight: 1.31gms. Ref. Spink 2573
Created on: Saturday 30th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-788B63
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast lead-alloy penny sized 'Boy Bishop' token dating to the late Medieval or early Post-Medieval period, c. 1470-1539. Rigold's series 1G (var). Obverse: bishop's mitre within inner pelleted border, SAN[CTVS] NICHOLAE OR. Reverse: long cross quartering token, three pellets in each angle within inner pelleted border, AVE REX GEN/TIS.
Created on: Monday 18th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-7B0FFD
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post medieval copper alloy crotal bell, dating from 1500-1700. The bell consists of two hemispheres divided by a horizontal circumferential joining rib, which is raised. At the centre of the upper hemisphere there is an integral rectangular suspension loop which has an oval perforation. On either side of the suspension loop there are two circular sound holes. On the lower hemisphere there are two sound holes either side, close to the joining rib. These are joined together by a slot. One of the lower hemispheres is decorated with a grooved sunburst design radiating from a…
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-66332B
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy double-looped buckle (c. 1500-c. 1650 AD) with a plano-convex section. Both loops are of similar size and shape and both are steeply bevelled on the inner face. The narrowed bar is triangular in cross-section with a small knop at each end. The copper-alloy tapering pin is 'D'-shaped in cross-section, flat at the rear. Frame: length: 36.03mm; width: 24.74mm; thickness: 2.28mm Pin: length: 19.79mm; width at loop: 4.29mm. Overall weight: 6.36g. A similar buckle has been published and dated c. 1500-1650 (Whitehead 1996: 54, ref: 308)
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
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Record ID: PUBLIC-FC50E1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman sestertius of Domitian (AD 81-96), dating to the period AD 92-94 (Reece period 4). Obverse: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XVI CEN[S PER P P], Laureate head right. Illegible reverse type. Mint of Rome. cf. RIC II (2nd ed.), p. 320, nos. 751-752.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2018
Last updated: Monday 4th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-FBF934
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval cast lead object: a palm guard, for use by a leather worker to protect the palm whilst stitching. In plan it is oval in shape, pointed at one end. It is D-shaped in cross-section. The flat surface is marked by one small lead mound near the centre to stop the needle slipping of the flat surface. Bailey (1995, 64-65) dates such objects to the 17th century onwards.
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-ACE95A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn Penny of Charles I dating from the late 1630s or early 1640s. Group E, no inner circles, with single arched crown and pointed lace collar. Ref: North 2272.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 4th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beck Row', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-AB7E88
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
​A silver hammered halfgroat of Henry VIII's first coinage dating c. 1509 - 1526. Initial mark pomegranate, mint of Canterbury, W A beside shield. Reference: North p.91, no. 1767.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-9E2A38
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete good condition Copper alloy rose farthing of Charles I (Type 2) dating to the period AD 1636-1644. Obverse description: Single arched crown with two sceptres in saltire below. Obverse inscription: CAROLV D G MA BRI Reverse description: A single rose surmounted by a single arched crown. Reverse inscription: FRA ET HIB REX, North, N.2291. Dimensions: Diameter: 13.62mm, Thickness: 1.19mm and it weighs 0.87grams.
Created on: Sunday 8th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beck Row', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-63299E
Object type: BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper-alloy Post Medieval (c. 1509 -1800) cast round (crotal) bell. No makers mark on the bottom so exact age uncertain. The bell comprises two hemispherical domes divided horizontally by a circumferential ridge. The upper hemisphere has two circular sound holes/ A suspension loop projects from the apex of the upper dome, with integrally cast hole. The lower hemisphere has a long, wide sound slit with circular holes at the ends. Northern and Southern Hemispheres are decorated with a sunburst pattern. The bell's Iron pea survives within the bell. Mostly a dark green c…
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beck Row', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-4C7CFD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy double-looped 'spectacle' type buckle dating to the post medieval period, c. 1550 - 1650. One loop of the frame, the strap bar and the pin survive. It originally would have been figure-of-eight- shaped in plan (each loop being oval) with rounded surfaces on both sides with some signs of bevelling on the internal edges of the frame. There is an indented pin rest in the centre of the surving loop, and the pin itself is well-made and thickset, having been manufactured separately and then looped over the strap bar. Preserved in good condition with an even g…
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beck Row', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-4B52D4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy double-looped buckle dating to the post medieval period, c. 1550 - 1650. The frame and strap bar survive but the pin is missing.It is rectangular in plan, with a rounded upper surface and flattened underside. It has an ferrous corrosion stain on one side of the strap bar which probably reflects the original pin. Preserved in good condition with an even green patina,it measures 26.5mm in length, 24.84mm in width, 1.95mm thick at the midpoint of the frame, and weighs 4.13g For a similar buckle see Whitehead 2003, no.458
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 5th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beck Row', grid reference and parish protected.