Record ID: PUBLIC-04B91F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Iron Age quarter stater of the North Thames region / Catuvellauni, attributed to Tasciovanus, dating to the period c.20 BC-AD 10, Tasciovanos Verlamion type. Obverse: Crossed wreaths, one curved, with back to back crescents at centre, the legend V-E-R-L in the angles of the cross. Reverse: Horse left, bucranium above, the legend T-AS-C below (T before horse, AS below, C below tail). cf. ABC p. 129, no. 2598; Sills, 2017: p. 563, nos. 524-525, Class 4b. Measurments :- Diameter 11.94mm , Thickness 1.92mm,  Weight 1.5g
Created on: Sunday 25th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 11th October 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-89571D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold one third guinea of George III (AD 1760-1820) dated AD 1797. Obverse: First laurel head, GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA. Reverse: Royal crown, MAG.BRI.FR.ET.HIB.REX.1797 SPINK coins of England 2018 (53rd Edn.), p.423, ref.378 Diameter: 17.28mm, Weight: 2.76gms
Created on: Monday 19th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-F8B44A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age gold quarter stater. Maybe an Gallo-Belgic 'boat-tree' quarter stater of the Morini, dating to the period c.80-c.60 BC.   c.f. ABC 40; LT 8611: DT 249; VA 69-1; Ev. E10. Weight: 1.45gms.  Length: 12.55mm. Width: 10.55mm.  Thickness: 1.89mm
Created on: Monday 12th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-742999
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  A complete Bronze Age gold item of jewellery dating to circa 2,300-800 BC. Now flattened and squashed, the piece is comprised of a cylindrical piece of sheet metal folded in on itself multiple times. The join is overlapping rather than soldered. The external face of the object is decorated with incised horizontal grooves running around the circumference. They cover the entire length of the piece. Length: 15.7mm; Width: 5.6mm; Thickness: 2.4mm; Weight: 0.60g. Discussion: The piece was likely used as an item of jewellery most likely a bead. It is similar to ot…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 13th April 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-7375C6
Object type: BRACTEATE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) imitation bracteate. It is formed from a disc of sheet metal with a separate short strip of gold, 4.06mm wide and 0.64mm thick, soldered into a suspension loop at one side. There is no wire border framing this disc and no clear evidence that this was ever present, but a pellet border around the outer edge of the outer face is probably an imitation of this. Unusually the outer face is decorated with a stamped geometric design consisting of approximately four concentric rings of stamped Y-shapes, each of which is somewhat ra…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 19th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Euston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2EA956
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval gold half noble of Henry VI (AD 1422-1461), Standard type B, annulet issue, dating to AD 1422-1427 (N 1417). Mint of London. Ref: North 1975: 60. 
Created on: Monday 4th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DA7863
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Medieval pale gold shilling/thrysma, East Anglian, so-called Constantine or Oath-taking type, dating to circa AD 660-670 (N 17). Obverse: diademed bust right holding cross before; Reverse: trophy derivative. Ref: North 1980: 32. The coin is recorded on EMC under 2022.0416
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 11th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2E9D6D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval gold quarter noble of Edward III (AD 1327-1377), Fourth Coinage, Treaty Period, Transitional Series, Standard Type C, dating to AD 1361-1363 (N 1224). Mint of London. Ref: North 1975: 42.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd June 2022
Last updated: Friday 27th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Hacheston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-9A7DD8
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Crumpled gold foil pommel cap ornamented with C scrolls executed in beaded filigree wire.  The pommel cap is badly damaged with both ends crushed and distorted and the filigree ornament on one face missing.   The surviving filigree is well made filling the surviving panel with a balanced pattern of graded pairs of loops with spiralled ends enclosing a central motif of an inverted ‘C’ scroll lying back to back with a kidney shaped element executed with two beaded filigree wires.   The panel is enclosed by a border of filigree wire, of a heavier weigh…
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-246652
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval gold noble of Edward III (AD 1327-1377), fourth coinage not further defined  dating to AD 1351-1377, uncertain class. Mint of London. 
Created on: Monday 16th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 26th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bradfield St Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DEC1F8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A unidentified strip of gold sheet metal of probable post-medieval or modern date. The strip is wider in the centre with each end tapering towards an abrupt break at its outer end and it has been bent into an irregular C-shape. The central, wider part of the outer face is decorated with rectangle of small dots surrounded by a wavy border with a small dot in each curve. The outer face of each tapering section is decorated with a central zigzag line with four dots in each angle flanked on either side by a parallel line of small dots and with a line along each outer edge. D…
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2022
Last updated: Friday 6th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holton St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-409061
Object type: FERRULE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probable Post Medieval gold ferrule dating to circa AD 1550-1700. The ring is circular in plan and plano-convex in section. The front face is decorated with equidistantly spaced centrally located punched dots. On the outer edges a pair of opposed quatrefoils are punched, a design that is repeated six times. Between the quatrefoils on the outer edge are six incised rectangular panels containing a series of longitudinal incised grooves running down the length of the rectangular panels. Diameter: 15.4 mm; Width: 5.2mm; Thickness: 2.4mm; Weight: 1.79g. Discussion: No precise …
Created on: Friday 28th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 13th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetherden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-75CEDC
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete probably Bronze Age unidentified object dating to circa 2300-800 BC. Made from a strip of gold, It is broadly triangular in plan flaring outwards from the apex to the terminal. Both the top and bottom edges are straight. There is a circa 1mm in diameter perforation just below the apex. Length: 16.1mm; Width: 7.2mm; Thickness: 0.2mm; Weight: 0.26g. Discussion: Similar strips of gold with perforations are known from southern England associated with the Bronze Age. Their precise function is uncertain but likely related to some form of ornamentation. Similar examples…
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7589BC
Object type: PIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Early Medieval gold pin dating to circa AD 550-900. The head is flat and sub-oval, broadly heart-shaped, with two lobes projecting from the top. The head gives way to the cylindrical shank, which tapers gently into a point. Both faces of the pin head are decorated with the same incised design. The design is comprised of a pair of inward two scrolls located at the top of the lobes. The scrolls are joined underneath forming a heart-shape. Below, is a central longitudinal incision with oblique or chevroned incised lines radiating outwards. The design is possibly a crudely rende…
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-41F7C0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval gold half guinea of George III (AD 1760-1820), Second Head, dating to AD 1769 (Spink 2959). Mint of London. Ref: Spink 1976: 205.
Created on: Monday 11th October 2021
Last updated: Friday 26th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ipswich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-9E9D9C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gold finger ring with pryamidal jewel or glass inset. This ring has a large pryamid-shaped head around the inset glass/jewel, which is bordered on either side of the band by incised slightly-curved arches. The band is a single band with a deep groove that makes it look like two thinner bands of gold running side-by-side. The jewel is small and dark in colour, although its is not easy to identify. It is held in place by the gold setting. A single, small circle of gold solder is located on the inner face of the band, opposite the inset jewel. The thickness of the band…
Created on: Tuesday 21st September 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-01F6F7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age gold Gallo-Belgic 'boat-tree' quarter stater of the Morini, dating to the period c.80-c.60 BC. ABC 40; LT 8611: DT 249; VA 69-1; Ev. E10.
Created on: Tuesday 27th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 28th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-459101
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Medieval gold psuedo-imperial Merovingian tremissis of an anonymous ruler dating to circa AD 574-750. Obverse: crude head laureate right. Reverse: Victory walking right holding spear. Uncertain moneyer and mint. The coin is recorded on EMC at 2019.0082. 
Created on: Tuesday 6th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-879247
Object type: HAWK BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gilded silver medieval to post-medieval bell. Two hemispherical sections are soldered together. The upper one is decorated with a ring of slanted droplet-shaped indentations around its upper end and has an outward flaring lower rim. A circular suspension loop is soldered to the apex. There are two small circular sound holes joined by a narrow slot across the centre of the lower hemisphere. The object has been crushed and distorted and much of the surface gilding is missing. Date: 1400-1600 Dimensions: Length: 18.60mm, width: 18.03mm, thickness: 13.52mm, weight…
Created on: Tuesday 15th June 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1DC380
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold Iron Age stater, dating to the period c.55-15 BC. Early Icenian 'Norfolk wolf' Type. Talbot's (2017, appendix 1.4) Type B, sub-Type A2, which has one of the widest distributions of this type (ibid., 16, fig.2.11a). ABC 1399; VA 610-3; BMC 218-78.
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 2nd December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Henley', grid reference and parish protected.