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Record ID: NMS-E3383A
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of late Iron Age copper-alloy D-shaped terret, now very corroded but perhaps originally enamelled. It has a sub-circular or slightly oval upright collar terminal 13.7mm wide, 12.1mm tall and 4.8mm thick. From one side of this projects a triangular-section upper ring, with a flat inner and an angled outer. On the other side of the collar, at its base, is a stub of the attachment bar which shows that this was rectangular-section, 6.5 x 3.4mm, and set vertically. The overall length is 21.0mm and it weighs 7.34g. All surfaces of the fragment, including the breaks,&…
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-3C7F28
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age silver of the East Anglian/Iceni region, 'Odin's Eye' type, dating to circa 20 BC-10 AD. Obverse: Head right, herringbone hair, large oval eye, another eye in front of mouth. Reverse: Horse right, double upper front legs, large open head, pellet in ring or pellet triad to either side of wheel with tail above, pellet in ring. As ABC 1537.
Created on: Monday 8th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-16D3A8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver unit of the Iceni, Boar-horse type, obverse boar, reverse horse right, weight  0.93g, c.30-1BC
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-9C3E2C
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One small body sherd of probably Late Iron Age hand-built pottery, reduced with oxidised surfaces, sparse sand and angular quartz inclusions, weight 1.6g, 1st century BC - mid 1st century AD. Found on bare surface of rabbit scraped soil
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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Record ID: LVPL-B60304
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
An uninscribed Iron Age gold stater of the East Anglian Region / Iceni, dating to the period c.50 BC-AD 10, Snettisham 'Fewer Pellets' Type. Obverse: Plain with traces of crossed wreaths and three curved plain lines. Reverse: Horse right, open head, double upper left front leg, beaded mane, pellet in ring in ring of pellets below. ABC p. 79, no. 1408.
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2024
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-EAADB4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pointed lower end of the bow with a solid catchplate of Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Colchester brooch. At the ancient break the cross-section is pointed oval but with three faintly defined facets on the front face. Weight 2.92g. Extant length 30.2mm. Width and thickness at break 4.8 and 3.1mm. AD c.20 - c.65. Finder's no. CF4/F7
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-E71CE3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Colchester brooch with almost all of the spring, the pin, one wing, all of the catchplate and the foot of the bow missing. The breaks are old and the bow is pockmarked. Part of the chord remains fixed within the forward-facing hook. Weight 3.88g. Estimated wing-span 12mm. Extant length 40.7mm. AD c.20 - c.65. Finders no. HCF4/1
Created on: Monday 22nd January 2024
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-EA9198
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver half unit of the Iceni, Boar-horse B type, Talbot's die group 2, weight 0.42g, worn, c.30BC-10BC
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-EA7476
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver unit of the Iceni, Pattern-horse ECEN type, weight 0.99g, worn, c.AD10-42
Created on: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-584A22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper-alloy Birdlip Brooch of Mackreth’s (2011) type 4.1a or b. The trumpet-like head and the straight upper part of the bow are extant and joined at a slightly obtuse angle. Between them there is an expanded transverse disc, projecting forward, sideways and very slightly rearward. Immediately below this on the front of the bow is the characteristic turned-up beak. All parts are cast in one piece. There is no trace of the spring or pin. The trumpet head is sub-lozengiform in cross-section before it flares, with a well-defined arris run…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F2BB4A
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Langton Down or Rosette brooch, the lower part of a reeded bow with part of the catchplate. The breaks are not recent. Weight 0.78g.  Extant length 15.7mm. Width 7mm. AD c.20 - c.65.
Created on: Sunday 17th December 2023
Last updated: Sunday 17th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-DBC3B6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Langton Down or Rosette brooch, the lower part of a reeded bow. The breaks are not recent. There is a large aperture in the incomplete catchplate. Weight 2.38g.  Extant length 32mm. Width at top 9.5mm, at base 12mm. AD c.20 - c.65.
Created on: Saturday 16th December 2023
Last updated: Saturday 16th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-229D66
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Nauheim Derivative brooch with the spring and all of the pin missing. The bow is of flat cross-section, undecorated and elongated leaf-shaped with a pointed foot. The catchplate is solid. The break, which occurs at the point at which the spring begins to turn, is apparently not recent. Weight 1.71g. Extant length 33.7mm. Width of bow 3.7mm. AD c.1 - c.70.
Created on: Saturday 25th November 2023
Last updated: Saturday 25th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-C9883D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver unit of the Iceni, Face-horse Bury A type, obversed diademed female head left, reverse horse left, die axis 12, weight 1.45g, c.50BC-30BC
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Friday 9th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-8BF812
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Abraded fragment of a Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy terret with old breaks. Lewis 2015 Simple type. What remains of the apparently undecorated loop is very badly distorted. Its size is unknown and its shape may have been either circular or D-shaped. Its cross-section is oval (7.7 x 6.3mm) at the base and narrows upwards to be sub-circular (diameter 5.5mm) at the break. The collar is oval (14.8 x 13.6mm) and the stump of the strap bar is rectangular-sectioned (8 x 4.5mm and set vertically). Weight 15.12g. 1st century BC - 1st…
Created on: Saturday 18th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-4F0B8D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Langton Down or Rosette brooch, the lower end of a reeded bow with one edge missing. The breaks are old. There is a triangular aperture in the broken but complete catchplate. Weight 0.90g.  Extant length 19mm. AD c.20 - c.65.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Saturday 16th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-4ECE01
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two incomplete and highly abraded Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Colchester brooches with ancient breaks, AD c.20 - c.65: - half of the spring, the pin, both wings and the catchplate missing. The bow is D-sectioned at the top but becomes rounded and ends in a (distorted) point. Weight 3.43g. Length c.42mm. - all of the spring, pin, and both wings, and most of the catchplate missing. The bow is D-sectioned at the top but lower down abrasion has rendered the cross-section uncertain. Weight 3.41g. Length c.41mm.
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-A35D14
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver unit of the Iceni, badly struck but appears to be a Boar-Horse type, weight 0.84g, c.30-0BC
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2023
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Record ID: SF-630CB3
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy late Iron Age to Roman openwork mount or strap fitting. The object is discoidal in shape. There are four inwards pointing sub-triangular holes arranged at regular intervals behind the outer edge, each with concave sides and a convex outer edge. The inner edges of these create four petal-like solid shapes between them, the inner end of each joining a solid circle in the centre of the object. The outer face of this circle is recessed and decorated with two raised annulets each with a deep depression in its centre. The outer face of each petal is dec…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Elllingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-BE1AB4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Edge-eroded copper alloy Iron Age so-called Thurrock type potin of the Cantiaci, Kent. Cast in high relief (greatest thickness 4mm), one side has an irresolvable prominent moulded shape along its centre, surely a miscast head of Apollo, and the other face has an exergue line surmounted by a bull butting right with a raised foreleg. Above the bull's head is a series of intersecting straight chevron lines, the last of which is crossed and resembles the letter A. The surviving patina is a dark lustrous brown. See Rudd, Ancient British Coinage (ABC) 120. D…
Created on: Sunday 15th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 2023
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