Record ID: SF-BB29DC
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An irregular sub-rectangular fragment of 'hack' gold, cut on its upper and lower edges, curving slightly in plan and demonstrating some faceting to its upper face. Date: c. 1500 BC-1800 AD Dimensions: The fragment measures 10.82mm down its longest axis, 8.61mm wide by 1.27mm thick at its midpoint, and weighs 1.05g. Discussion: A number of similar gold fragments have been recorded on the PAS database via the Treasure Act, including LANCUM-681051 and SWYOR-784244. Though this piece was found in an area of high Early-Medieval (Early/Middle Anglo-Saxon) activity, i…
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tostock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B71685
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An inscribed gold stater struck for Cunobelin of the Eastern region / Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, dating to c. AD 10-20. Rudd's 'Cunobelinus Linear' type. Obverse: wheat ear with five buds, CA/MV to either side. Reverse: CVN; horse prancing right, laddered mane, branch above with a single pellet above and below. ABC p. 136, no. 2774.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-FD505B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold stater of the Trinovantes, Rudd's so-called Waldingfield type, Ancient British Coinage 2335, weight 6.31g, circa 50-30BC
Created on: Monday 19th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 19th March 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-421DCA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval pale gold Anglo-Saxon shilling (thrymsa) of the 'Crispus' type (Sutherland type II.iii: Roman, Crispus/delaionia) dating c. 645-665/70. Ref: Naismith 2017: 55-6, pl.1 no.12; Gannon 2013: 93, pl.2 no.21. Obverse: helmeted and cuirassed bust right, CBIPVS[...]OB CAES. Reverse: crude wreath enclosing a cross on a base, limbs terminating in pellets-in-annulets, two crosses in the lower quarters, partly runic and latin inscription, delaiona CAES (the latter retrograde).
Created on: Monday 26th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Darsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8963C8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete but squashed gold finger ring of earlier Roman date. The 'D' sectioned hoop is somewhat slender and has been (deliberately?) broken at its base, the two ends subsequently folded in on each other. The shoulders are plain, expanding into an oval bezel at their apex. The latter is decorated with the faint incised design of a palm frond, but is otherwise plain. Date: c. 43-200 AD Dimensions: The ring in its current folded state of preservation measures c. 11.61mm in diameter, c. 1.25mm thick at each shoulder, while the bezel is c. 6.47mm long by 4.51mm wide.…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2018
Last updated: Saturday 18th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lakenheath', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E0C594
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold hammered half sovereign struck for Henry VIII, dating c. 1544-1547. Third coinage, Tower mint, initial mark: pellet-in-annulet. North no. 1827.
Created on: Thursday 4th January 2018
Last updated: Saturday 24th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walsham-le-Willows', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A84316
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold Early-Medieval Merovingian pseudo-Imperial tremissis of King Gundomar, struck in name of Justinian I, dating to the period AD 524-535. Obverse: DN IVSIVIIIANVS P P A, Diademed and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: ICTORIA AAVGGG(?A), Victory walking right looking left holding wreath and globe cruciger. Mintmark: G/*//CONO(?B) Martin Allen has liaised with Dr Arent Pol, who comments (pers. com.): 'This is indeed a tremissis of the Burgundian kingdom, struck in the name of emperor Justinian under king Gundomar, 524-535, as can be seen from the letter G in the field o…
Created on: Wednesday 20th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FE581B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold quarter stater struck for the Ambiani of Northern France, dating c. 125-100 BC. Rudd's 'Gallo-Belgic broad flan' type. Obverse: wreathed bust left. Reverse: stylised horse prancing left, flower between legs, pelleted symbols above head. As ABC p. 29, no. 31. This coin appears to be the first of its exact type recorded on the PAS database.
Created on: Thursday 30th November 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Glemsford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2E4232
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold stater struck for Dubnovellaunos of the Eastern Region, dating c. 20 BC- AD 10. Rudd's 'Dubnovellaunos Branch' type. Obverse: single wreath with pellet-in-annulet terminals, two back-to-back hollow crescents at centre, pellet-in-annulet each side. Reverse: horse prancing left, branch below, pellet-in-ring above horse's back, pellet between horse's head and forelegs, double pellet-in-annulet below branch. 'DVNOVALLAVNOS' (or garbled rendition thereof) above horse, inscription struck mostly off flan. See ABC no. 2392.
Created on: Monday 20th November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0BAB33
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold hammered halfcrown struck for James I, dating c. 1623-1624. Tower mint, Third coinage, initial mark: lis. As North 2093. This coin demonstrates a circular piercing directly behind the bust, interestingly, a feature which is also present in an identical position on another halfcrown recorded by the PAS database (see HAMP-89C680).
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Stow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F11A55
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Iron Age uninscribed quarter stater struck for the East-Anglian Iceni, Rudd's 'Irstead Smiler' type dating c.40-10 BC. As ABC 1480.
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beck Row', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-E11C7A
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold sheet mount with applied filigree and granulation ornament on the upper surface. The sheet is an irregular discoid shape which flares slightly on one side to incorporate space for a pierced hole, probably for attachment. The remains of at least two more pierced holes survive around the edge of the sheet, spaced at 12, 6 and 9 o'clock (as photographed). The upper surface is decorated with an applied, serrated-band filigree design contained within a circular outer border. It comprises four separate U-shaped motifs with outward-turning spiral terminals, the bottom of the U faci…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 11th May 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-722DB4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold signet ring dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1600-1700. It demonstrates a circular plano-convex sectioned hoop, with thin shoulders that expand rapidly into a large circular bezel. On the upper surface of the bezel, the initials 'I C', separated by a central lobed ribbon motif have been engraved, all the latter within an outer incised border. The decoration and inner surfaces of the ring itself are all incredibly worn, suggesting that this ring was worn intensively. Date: 1600-1700 Dimensions: The ring hoop measures a maximum of 20.52mm in exte…
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yoxford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5D41E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold stater struck of the East Anglian Region / Iceni, dating to the period c. 50-20 BC, Rudd's 'Norfolk Wolf Left Type'. Obverse: Wreath motif with 'cloaks' and crescents. Reverse: Open-jawed wolf left standing on pelleted exurgal line with crescent and pellet motifs below, large pellet and triad of smaller pellets between legs. As ABC, p. 78, no. 1399; BMC (Hobbs), nos. 218-278. The coin appears to perhaps be struck from a debased gold alloy.
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cretingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BB0E4E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An uninscribed gold stater struck for the Eastern Region/Catavellaunii, dating c. 60-20 BC. Rudd's 'Early Whaddon Chase' type, see ABC no. 2433.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haughley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-907553
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A milled gold quarter-guinea struck for George III, dating to 1762. Obverse: GEORGIVS•III•DEI•GRATIA; Laureate bust right. Reverse: 62•M•B•F•ET•H•REX•F•D•B•ET•L•D•S•RIAT•ET•E•17; Crowned garnished shield with Arms of England, Scotland, Ireland and Hanover. Spink no. 3741. This coin has been modified into a love token, having been bent into a shallow 'S' shape.
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Framlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6A9EC5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold uninscribed quarter-stater struck for the Eastern Region/Catavellaunii, dating c. 60-20 BC, Rudd's 'Harlow Wheel' type. Obverse: stylised wreath with pellet-in-ring at centre quartering coin, three 'cloaks' in one angle, mask motifs made up of crescents in other three. Reverse: horse running right, 'cogwheel sun' between legs, pellet-in-ring and annulet motifs around horse's hindquarters, 'wheel' motif above. As ABC, p. 124, no. 2463; Hobbs nos. 365-366. This is one of only a few examples of this type recorded through the PAS, see also BUC-336A21, NARC273.
Created on: Monday 11th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B10CD3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Gallo-Belgic E 'Gallic wars uniface' series gold stater issued by the Ambiani of northern France, dating c. 60-50 BC. As ABC p. 28, no. 16.
Created on: Monday 21st August 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashfield cum Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-750A31
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: An incomplete gold finger ring dating to the Medieval period, c. 1150-1400. This is a stirrup type ring, demonstrating a rectangular-sectioned flattened hoop and shoulders that extend to the bezel, which is constricted and thinner with a plano-convex section. In the apex of the latter is a recessed circular hollow which presumably would have originally accommodated a stone or gem setting (though this is now missing). The shoulders and hoop are inscribed with the Old French motto '+AMIE TV ES MA VIE' (Friend, you are my life). Despite some post-depositional damage which ha…
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2017
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nayland-with-Wissington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4E789C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold medieval angel of Henry VIII, dating to the period AD 1509-1526. First coinage. Pheon initial mark. North vol.II, no.1760
Created on: Tuesday 11th July 2017
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.