Record ID: SF-1C1CC7
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper-alloy bracelet of late Roman date. It is flat, rectangular in form and section, tapering at one end to a possibly rounded terminal and to the other end in old breaks. The surviving section of the band is curved in profile and has a worn green patina. The front face has moulded decoration comprising possible simple notches to the sides of the band at the terminal end, which terminate in a double transverse groove. A second pair of double transverse grooves create a rectangular panel at the centre of which is a single ring and dot motif. The remaining fragment…
Created on: Monday 2nd July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Ashfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C43E86
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small silver pin with polyhedral head, missing most of its shaft. The head is a rough cube, measuring 4.8mm square at the top; it is 4.2mm tall and there is no collar between the base of the head and the top of the shaft. The corners of the cube have been cut off, leaving tiny triangular facets. All the faces are undecorated. The shaft is circular in cross-section and is 2.2mm in diameter at the top, where it tapers strongly to begin with; it then runs straight down to the fresh unpatinated break, at which it measures 1.5mm in diameter. Total length 15.0mm. Weight 1.0g. Silver pins…
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2012
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wenhaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9B25D8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy finger ring of Roman date. One shoulder and the bezel remain, the rest missing due to old breaks. The bezel is octagonal in shape and the setting is missing. The bezel flares to the shoulder and has a transverse moulding, then constricts again to form the hoop. The bezel is flat in section and there is no decoration. It measures 16.96mm in length, 8.76mm in width, 1.90mm in thickness and weighs 1.84g. It is similar to examples published from Colchester (Crummy, 1983, no 1780).
Created on: Tuesday 26th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenhaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-1D70D4
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A late Iron Age or early Roman cosmetic mortar. The mortar has the characteristic boat shape with slightly down-turned and rounded terminals. On one side are two rounded bosses, 13mm apart, possibly intended to represent breasts. The central suspension loop is broken. The surfaces are worn and pitted.
Created on: Wednesday 20th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 25th August 2015
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Record ID: SF-A51905
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Licinius I (AD 308-324), dating to the period c.315-316 AD (Reece period 15). Reverse: IOVI CON-[SERVAT]ORI, Jupiter standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, leaning on sceptre, Victory on globe in right hand, eagle with wreath at feet. Mint of Siscia. RIC VII, p. 424, no. 17.
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Sunday 27th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frostenden', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-8CD301
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver Irish shilling of James I, London, rose initial mark, 1604-7
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
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Record ID: NMS-8AC696
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver halfpenny of Henry VIII, 2nd coinage, further details and initial mark illegible, 1529-44
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
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Record ID: NMS-8AB4E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver penny of Henry VII, Sovereign type, York mint under Archbishop Rotherham, keys below shield, one pillar and trefoil stops, North 1728, 1485-1500
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
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Record ID: NMS-8A9EE4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver groat of Philip and Mary, Tower, North 1973, 1554-8
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
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Record ID: NMS-8A8724
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver sixpence of Elizabeth I, Tower, initial mark bell, North 2015, 1582
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
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Record ID: NMS-8A7625
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver penny of Henry III, voided long cross class 5g, moneyer Willem of Canterbury, 1251-72
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
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Record ID: NMS-8A4F53
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a silver penny of Edward I or II, class 10-15, London, further details illegible, c.1301-33
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 13th June 2012
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Record ID: SUR-8A14F7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A commemorative nummus of the House of Constantine dating to AD 330. POP ROMANVS type. Mint of Constantinople. RIC VIII, p. 448, no. 22. POP ROMANVS//Wreath This coin was struck to commemorate the foundation of Constantinople, c. 330
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 20th July 2012
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Record ID: SF-89A9D2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy nummus of Crispus (AD 317-26), dating to AD 320-1 (Reece Period 16), BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOTIS XX. Mint of London, P A // PLON. RIC VII, p. 110 no. 211. H. Cloke and L. Toone, The London Mint of Constantius and Constantine (Spink, 2015), p. 264, no. 9.04.017. Dated according to Cloke and Toone.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Sunday 5th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frostenden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-75D752
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper-alloy knob from a florid cruciform brooch of Anglo-Saxon date. It comprises a flat rectangular plate with chip-carved decoration on the front face comprising a Salin's Style I human face mask. This has a transverse band of decoration at the attachment end that projects slightly to each side of the lappet and contains a central transverse wavy or zig-zag line. Beneath this the face has prominent eyebrows, globular eyes and projecting oval cheeks separated by a sub-triangular nose. Extending from the base of the nose is a triangular motif, possibly the mouth or to…
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-5E63C1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of Galerius, reverse GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, uncertain mint, perhaps unmarked London issue, 297-305
Created on: Monday 11th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th June 2012
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Record ID: SUSS-63ACA3
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A thimble made of sheet silver, dating to the 17th century AD. Badly damaged/ crushed and split down the length of the wall. The crown is missing. At the base of the thimble, creating a border around the circumference is a plain band, followed by a rope like decoration which borders both sides of a thick plain band. Within the band are the initials 'CT', which have been stippled/ punched out. The body of the thimble is decorated with regular circular indentations. Dimensions: Length: 21.7 mm, Width: 23.35 mm, Thickness: 1 mm, Weight: 2.62 g Discussion: This thi…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th April 2014
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Record ID: SF-4EAA45
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy plate or disc brooch of probable later Iron Age date. It has a disc shaped plate that is D-shaped in section with slightly concave back face and moulded front face. The front face has a central circular depression that contains a moulded rosette motif formed from three projecting pellets at the centre surrounded by nine further similar pellets. The rounded edges of the front face have moulded decoration formed from three pairs of decoorative motifs. Each motif has a small rosette with central pellet and eight surrounding pellets, next to which is a sinuous trumpet …
Created on: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldeburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-D04095
Object type: MORTARIUM
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A rim sherd from a mortarium of Roman date. It is wheelmade, formed from a sandy and mixed pink/brown fabric that has small gritty and larger quartz inclusions, possibly an Oxford ware or perhaps a local fabric. The sherd has an elaborate out-turned rim, folded over at the outer edge to give it an oval shaped section. The surfaces have a paler white/pink slip or wash, with larger quartz inclusions visible particularly on the interior surface that range in colour from white to pink. It measures 89.12mm in width, 41.72mm in length, 17.70mm in thickness (at rim; 8.92mm in thickness at wa…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-555286
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy radiate of Carausius dating to the period AD 286 to 293. Probably PROVIDENT AVG reverse type depicting Providentia left with wand and cornucopiae. Mint uncertain. Reece period 14. Obverse: Radiate, cuirassed bust left; [...] Reverse: Providentia left with wand and cornucopiae; [PROVIDENT AV]G 22.38 x 20.22mm. Weight: 2.57g. DA=12:6. This coin has been considered for Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dalham', grid reference and parish protected.