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Record ID: SF-444FC6
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment body-sherd of Roman Samian Ware, potentially of a dish or bowl. Weight 26.09g
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Polstead', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-4444E4
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment body-sherd of a Roman Greyware vessel. Weight: 9.07g
Created on: Friday 15th March 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Polstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C03298
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy skirted terret dating to circa AD 50-200. The extant element consists of the four leaved skirt. The main ring is missing, survived now by a short prong projecting from an oval platform resting on the apex of the skirt. Three circular knops projecting at the cardinal points. A fourth is now missing. The skirt has a convex front face and concave underside. The attachment loop, shielded by the skirt, is circular-sectioned.  It is consistent with the imported skirted terret design of the mid first to second century A…
Created on: Wednesday 28th June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gislingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-03256C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy finger ring dating to circa aD 200-300. It has a faceted octagonal bezel with steep flat walls. In the centre is a bluestone gem setting with a central motif of probable corn ears. Only one of the shoulders survive. The extant shoulder consists of a narrowed, constricted section before it flares outwards. From here, the flared segment tapers inwards before terminating in an old break. The flared section is decorated with flanking incised grooves.  The form of the shoulder is consistent with Henig Type VIII. A similarly incised design is depicted i…
Created on: Monday 19th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Eyke', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF2812
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring; flat rectangular bezel and flat hoops with facetted scallops along both edges of front surface, internal diameter 16.5mm; the bezel carries a crudely engraved depiction of the Virgin and Child and has suffered some damage; the hoop is inscribed on its front surface with letters separated at intervals by sprigs of foliage, both of which contain traces of white enamel; the inscription is worn and possibly reads N I? A? L? A/D? R T? U; an example of a 15th-century iconographic ring.
Created on: Friday 23rd June 2000
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK NETTLESTEAD', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8E413B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy late Iron Age to Roman Aesica brooch. The head is semi-cylindrical in shape with a rounded outer face and open, concave reverse. The outer face of each wing is decorated with a single diagonal groove. In the centre of the upper edge of the reverse a rear-facing hook projects. The bow is straight in profile and divided into three sections. The upper section is strongly humped and curves backwards to join the hook. Its outer face is decorated with two grooves in a saltire cross. A long, sub-conical boss projects from the centre of the bow, its upper surfac…
Created on: Wednesday 26th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Icklingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-3D5139
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper-alloy early Roman bracelet (armillae). Only a small section survives. Its outer face is decorated with two pairs of longitudinal raised beaded lines, each pair flanked on either side by a parallel groove. There is an irregular break across either end and it is bent into a curved shape in profile.  This belongs to Crummy's (2005) Group A, indicating a first century AD date. Length: 18.62mm, width: 15.30mm, thickness: 1.03mm, weight: 1.9g
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Exning', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-60D6D3
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper-alloy early Roman bracelet (armillae). It consists of a section from the terminal of a wide, strip-like bracelet. The outer face of the terminal is decorated with several criss-crossing double lines of small incised nicks. The breaks are heavily corroded. This belongs to Crummy's (2005) Group A, indicating a first century AD date. Length: 15.95mm, width: 14.14mm, thickness: 1.61mm, weight: 1.67g
Created on: Monday 6th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Felsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-42EEDE
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Iron Age to early Roman copper-alloy Colchester brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type 2.a or 2.b (the standard British type with a catchplate pierced by fretwork or square holes). It is largely complete except for the catchplate, which survives only as a series of stubs between incomplete openwork voids, and the shaft of the pin, approximately a third of which is missing from the tip. The head consists of a pair of short flat wings and an integral spring that emerges from between them on the lower side of the reverse. The spring coils up and around a separate axis bar three time…
Created on: Friday 30th July 2021
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-5758B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Colchester brooch dating to circa AD 25-60. The head consists of short, narrow wings, rectangular in section. Emerging from the top is the forward facing hook, now flattened and resting on the bow. Half of the spring mechanism survives, consisting of four coils. The bow is plano-convex in section and tapers into a pointed foot. Length: 31.8mm; Width: 22mm; Thickness: 9.1mm; Weight: 5.54g.
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Rendlesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-80CDD9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Middle Iron Age copper-alloy probable La Tene 1b brooch dating to circa 400-300 BC. The extant piece consists of the bow and foot. The head is pissing but would have been formed of coils. The bow is plano-convex and has a mid-low arch. The foot is reverted and zoomorphic with a rounded head and snout tapering into a point. It has a dark green patina and is heavily abraded.  The brooch is consistent with Adams' La Tene 1b form dating to the 4th century BC (2015).  Length: 47.2mm; Width: 5.3mm; Thickness; 5.2mm; Weight: 8.04g.
Created on: Friday 6th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wattisham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-83C663
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Late Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy Birdlip brooch dating to circa AD 30-60. The extant piece consists of a portion of the head, and upper bow. The extant part of the head consists of a hollowed hollowed and open at the reverse which would have housed a now missing spring and pin. The external face of the head is decorated with a moulded median longitudinal ridge, with  crescentic incised grooves running either side. The head rests upon an integrally cast broadly flat circular hood. At the junction of the bow and the hood is the moulded beak which curves in…
Created on: Friday 6th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gislingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D3D5C4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete La Tene C Middle Iron Age copper-alloy brooch dating to circa 275-250 BC. The brooch is symmetrical. The head has two adjacent flat discoidal projections with central apertures, each of which is now broken. From here the rectangular-sectioned bow emerges. It has a V-shaped nick at the top and curves inwards at a right angle before reaching the central plate. On the reverse of the upper bow is an integrally cast D-shaped loop which contains an intact circular-sectioned bar with flat edges. Wrapped around the bar is the circular-sectioned pin which tapers into a point. The …
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Gislingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CF1968
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: a pierced silver denarius of Severus Alexander (AD 222-235) dating to c. AD 227 (Reece period 11). Reverse: PM TR P VI COS II PP, emperor standing left sacrificing over tripod. Mint of Rome. RIC IV (II), p. 75, no. 70. The coin has been pierced slightly to the right of the bust, respecting both it and the obverse legend in a clear act which would have allowed the coin to be suspended with the bust upright. Date: AD 227 Dimensions: diameter: 19.22mm, 3.21g. Discussion: single coin finds are not usually considered as Treasure under the Treasure Act unless modified in a wa…
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF10543
Object type: HARNESS PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A heraldic shield-shaped pendant, 36mm in length and 27mm in width, there is a rivet hole through the top of the shield for suspension. Bears vairy (metal nothing surviving) and gules (red enamel) overall a bendlet azure (blue enamel). Bears a version of the Ferrers coat-of-arms, similar to that of the Ferrers of Walton, Derbyshire which have a vairy or/and gules and a bend azure, Sir Thomas de Ferrers used this design and it is recorded on the roll of c 1308-14. White deposit over part of pendant looks like paint but could be some other deposit.
Created on: Monday 10th February 2003
Last updated: Sunday 25th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CLARE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-09EC59
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Complete long silver ingot of slightly irregular shape, but with a clear rounded top and slightly flattened underside. It has one neatly rounded end, 11mm wide and 5.8mm thick. One long edge runs roughly at right angles to this end, and the other long edge flares slightly. The maximum width of 13.5mm is close to the other end, and here there is a rounded angle, with the ingot tapering steeply to meet the other long edge in a rounded point. The ingot is sub-triangular or drop-shaped in cross-section, with the long straight edge being thicker and the top then …
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-A51459
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman brooch of the Langton Down Type, dating to AD 25-60 and is missing its pin. It consists of a cylindrical spring case, which still houses part of the spring coils and the upper part of the pin. The back face of the case has a central slot from which a fragment of the pin protrutes.The bow is flat and sub rectangular in shape with three prominent ridges and there are two curved grooves either side of the spring cover. The bow is set almost at right angle to the head and tapers towards the terminal. The catchplate…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-24F15B
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper alloy Roman strip bracelet/armlet. Only a small portion of one of the ends survives. This is narrow and flattened. The outer face is decorated with three engraved ring and dots, the one at the terminal with a small circular hole through its centre. This is a common feature of bracelets with this style of decoration. See for example PAS record WILT-528744. Swift's (2005, 118-9) Type B1, which she dates from c.AD 350 into the early 5th century Length: 14.8mm, width: 5.5mm, thickness: 0.8mm, weight: 0.43g
Created on: Monday 15th February 2016
Last updated: Saturday 10th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6B1D95
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman continental plate brooch with white metal coating. It is roughly cruciform in shape. There is rectangular panel across the centre, its outer face decorated with a line of three incised ring and dots surrounded by a border of small dots, and a small knop extending from each outer end (one of which is damaged). From the centre of each side of this panel a triangular arm extends, each one narrowing towards a double knop at each end. Together these arms create an inwards curving arc when viewed in profile. To the reverse of the terminal of one arm is the re…
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2016
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E42EA3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Diocletian (AD 283-305), dating to the period c. AD 296 (Reece Period 15). GENIO POPVLI ROMANI reverse type depicting Genius standing left holding patera and cornucopia. Mint of London. RIC VI, p. 123, no. 1a; Cloke and Toone, 2015: 1.01.
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Barton, Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.