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Record ID: NMS4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman gold solidus of Gratian.
Created on: Friday 13th October 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK SOUTHERY', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS43
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold posy ring, inscribed 'remember mee'. There are traces of black enamel left in the inscription. It is a very charming piece being so small in size, but as it is otherwise plain and bears no assay marks, it is very difficult to date with any accuracy. There is certainly no evidence to date it pre-1700, and it is most likely to be 18th century. It does not therefore fall within the Treasure remit.
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK GRIMSTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS64
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Circular sheet of gold with a projection to one side decorated with four longitudinal grooves. Opposite the projection the sheet appears to have punchmarks or crimping around part of the circumference. There are quite a few accidental indentations which have all been made from the undecorated face, leaving bumps on the decorated face. I suspect that this object may be the back plate from a cabochon pendant, perhaps at an early stage of manufacture or perhaps never made well and later damaged. If I am right, the 'crimping' around the circumference would be to hold a beaded wire border …
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK BEACHAMWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS69
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Neither terminal looks broken - thus object is complete. Ribbon is extremely tangled, but it would seem that intermediate narrowing is roughly central. The 'bar' thus created is currently tightly curved but may not have originally been so. Terminal 2 has flat section leading straight out of ribbon; no.1 is more rectangular and involves a half twist, its faces having sprung from the sides of the ribbon! No real sign of original twisting of ribbon - despite the extensive buckling there seems to be no 'extra-length' along the edges relative to the centre-line. Probably a bracelet, given …
Created on: Friday 10th November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK FELTWELL', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS106
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger-ring, complete but bent. The slender hoop (2mm wide) is triangular in section, and each of the upper faces is engraved with lettering between four square bosses; the least worn of these has engraved decoration of a quatrefoil with a central circle. It is possible that the lettering should be read along one face to the boss, then back along the other face, and so there are 5 words or phrases. Only those on the shoulders are clear enough to read; one seems to say +AV [boss] MIE and the other +AM [boss] IA. James Robinson has seen the ring and feels that the lettering was pro…
Created on: Friday 5th January 2001
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK WEYBOURNE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS177
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman openwork gold finger-ring, now flattened, but not otherwise damaged. The hoop consists of two square-sectioned wires giving a width of 6-7mm, joined with a series of tightly-coiled C-shaped volutes also in square wire. There are ten of these, facing inward at the bezel from the centre back. The bezel is backed with a rather rough square of gold sheet and is virtually circular; there are four small gold grains where the hoop wires are attached. The setting is about 7mm in diameter, and contains a cabochon-cut garnet with an almost flat surface. The ring appears to be late Roman, …
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK CAWSTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS246
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold and sapphire medieval finger-ring. Oval bezel, flat at back, with milled border. Central raised sub-oval collet with pale to mid blue stone still in place (termed 'sapphire' in the Treasure Annual Report, so perhaps analysed at the British Museum). Bezel of a noticeably redder gold than hoop. Plain slender flat-section hoop which appears to be soldered to the bezel at the shoulders. Height 23mm max. Width 18mm max. Probably 13th century.
Created on: Friday 8th June 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK WIVETON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS247
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring. Central lonzengiform collet with four claws. Rounded bumps at base of both lateral claws. Stone missing. Scalloped shoulders. Heavy moulded cable hoop, tapering slightly to base. Immediately below both shoulders the cabling is decorated with two moulded oak leaves. H. 26mm. W. 24mm max. cf. Oman 523. Probably 15th C.+
Created on: Friday 8th June 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 25th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK REEPHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS261
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
D-section gold finger-ring, inscribed on inner face with Rather die then faith denie x. Traces of black enamel in the inscription. Internal diameter 18mm. Weight 7.86g (0.253 troy ounce). On examination at the British Museum it was found to be 18th century, and thus not treasure.
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK SHIPDHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS931
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Edward III quarter noble, Transitional period 1361-63
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BILLINGFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS1467
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval gold mourning ring, flattened D-sectioned hoop, internal dia.17mm, engraved stylised skull with small fragment of black enamel, within the hoop an engraved inscription reads: J Keen Serjt. At Law. ob 23 June 703 æt 55 (J Keen Sergeant at Law. Died 23rd June 1703 aged 55). Mourning rings, often of gold with black enamel inlay, were distributed as memento mori to funeral guests. Four similar examples from Norfolk have been published recently in Norfolk Archaeology (Ashley and Rogerson 1996, 42, 385-6 and Gurney 2001, 43, 707). Ident. S.J.A. 13.ix.02. The deceased must be …
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH TUDDENHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS1607
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Ornamental gold finger-ring with a thin hoop with deeply engraved foliate ornament on the shoulders, once filled with enamel, and a deep rectangular box bezel with arcade pattern all round containing remains of pale blue enamel. The stone is missing and the hoop has been squashed out of shape. It weighs 1.85g. There are very close parallels for both shape and decoration among the mourning rings of the 1660s and 1670s in the British Museum. 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BAWBURGH', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS1611
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold post-medieval posy finger-ring, broad plain band (width 7mm, internal diam.19mm) with inscription around the inner face: Rather dye then fayth denye * Weighs 9.04g, 0.32oz. The inscription, with variant spellings, is recorded by Joan Evans (English Posies and Posy Rings, Oxford, 1931, p. 90) in a manuscript of 1596 and in Loves Garland, a compilation of posies published in 1624. Early 17th century. Compare NMS261.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK NORTH ELMHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS2259
Object type: BRACTEATE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A 6th century gold bracteate, found whilst searching with a metal-detector as part of an archaeological investigation. The bracteate is made of gold. The central design is carried out in well-executed pressblech technique, and is of an animal in Style I, a basic ribbon-shaped animal with the eye close to the loop, but with limbs nearly unidentifiable, around a central 'dimple' (seen on some other bracteates). The central design is enclosed within three concentric rings of punched decoration. The outer ring is on the edge of the disc and gives the impression of a bead rim. These i…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 7th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CLEY NEXT THE SEA', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS1380
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
?LBA/ BA incomplete penannular gold ring, made of gold sheet surrounding a core of an unknown material. One end is sealed while the other (broken) shows the section of gold sheet surrounding the core. Weighs 3.22g, diam. 15mm, diam of core 4mm.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SKEYTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS2465
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late 15th or early 16th-century gold finger ring with traces of white and possibly pink enamelling, and ?red stain on a cross-hatched background. Four claws would have held the (now missing) stone in place. Diameter 19mm. Weighs 2.27g. Ident. K. Hinds 13.3.03
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 30th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORWICH', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS560
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold posy finger-ring, D-sectioned, bent, original internal diameter 17mm. Inscription around inside reads: 'Knitt [n']one by god alone Stamped B, Goldsmith's mark ?17th century
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK BURNHAM MARKET', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS570
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Heavy gold finger ring. Plain hoop with 'D' shaped section. Unmarked. 21mm diameter. Possibly late medieval 15th / 16th C.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BLAKENEY', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS571
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger-ring, broken, hollow-cast, beading around outside edge of oval setting for glass intaglio engraved with bird (?hawk) displayed, on grass knoll, pale green colouring behind intaglio, most of loop missing, late 18th/ early 19th century.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WIVETON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS610
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
?BA gold finger-ring. The ring is plain though decorated with a pinched midrib running around its circumference. The midrib is beaten flat in some places, and in others has formed a break. The surface is not smooth although the quality of the metal is very good. Diam 20mm. Thickness less than 0.5mm. Width of band 7-8mm. Weighs 2.08g. The ring was squashed when found, and was taken to a jeweller who is responsible for its present circular shape. The jeweller perfomed the acid test and determined the ring is 24ct.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Friday 28th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SHIPDHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS677
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold pendant, oval and set with a flat-topped cabochon-cut garnet. 7th century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 25th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BRAMPTON', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS688
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SNETTISHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS743
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold short length of oval-sectioned bar, hammered broad sides, longitudinal striations on curved short sides, granular breaks. Bronze Age or Iron Age.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'TROWSE WITH NEWTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS901
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold Roman finger-ring, two transverse incised lines define flat rectangular bezel, rounded shoulders on either side taper to very narrow back of hoop (now bent and distorted, internal width 17mm, weight 2.79g)
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BUXTON WITH LAMMAS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS1608
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate gold content of 79%. The ingot weighs 58.2 grams. The ingot is in the form of a narrow bar of flattened oval section with roughly rounded ends; length, 76 mm; width, 10 mm; thickness 6 mm. It is fairly smooth on one side and pitted on the other, especially along one edge. The form is typical of gold and silver ingots of varying sizes of the Early Medieval period found in both the British Isles, on the Continent and in Scandinavia, although gold examples are far less common. They were cast in simple, o…
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WEST DEREHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7BEED8
Object type: AMULET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman gold amulet or talisman, comprising a rectangular plaque (lamella) of thin gold sheet, lightly incised with a text in a mixture of Greek and Latin characters and magical symbols. There appear to be nine lines of text across the short axis of the plaque and two additional marginal lines on the right side of the long axis. Creasing of the soft metal of the plaque (there are seven 'fold' lines) shows that it was originally rolled into a tube, with the text on the inner face. It was unrolled by the finder. Such amulets, inscribed with secret formulae, were worn as a protectio…
Created on: Tuesday 6th May 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK BILLINGFORD', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-0CBD17
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Possiblly post-medieval gold finger ring, narrow D-sectioned band (2mm), internal dia.17mm
Created on: Tuesday 11th November 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shotesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9589B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A 7th-century early-medieval pale gold shilling (thrymsa) of Constantine or Oath-taking type (Sutherland type II.ii; North 17), East Anglian and dating c. 650-675. The reverse (illustrated here the wrong way up) shows an abstract derivative of a Roman trophy. See Metcalf 1994: 47-8 and Gannon 2013 (SCBI 65): 93-4.The coin is struck from a known pair of dies, represented by examples from Coddenham, Suffolk (EMC 1998.10007), Happisburgh, Norfolk (NMS-0C5A70), Wickenby, Lincs (EMC 2001.0691), and a pierced example from Stradsett, Norfolk (EMC 2006.0244).
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2004
Last updated: Monday 11th September 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-4C2458
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age gold quarter stater - East Anglia region (Iceni) - 'Irstead' type.
Created on: Thursday 19th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-CCE835
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval incomplete gold finger-ring, most of hoop missing. Circular bezel (diameter 9.5mm) surmounted by an empty collet that tapers upwards to 6mm diameter. Four tiny, sub-conical, empty collets (basal diameter 3mm), including two on the shoulders, are evenly arranged around the bezel. The hoop, of flat D-section, 2mm wide at the shoulders and at its narrowest 1.5mm wide, is decorated with a lattice of deeply engraved lines, the resultant lozenges being filled with punched dots while the lateral triangles contain only one dot each. Weight 1.27g. Gold rings with satellite collet…
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 11th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6F2545
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval gold posy-ring with broken and badly distorted D-section hoop. One broken end is crumpled, obscuring part of an inscription on the inner face: My l[ov]e is true to only you The inscription is followed by black-letter maker's marks DM or MC. The initial 'M' and the 'S' are florid in style. Late 17th or early 18th century. Width 3mm, thickness less than 1mm, internal diameter c.20mm, weight 3.1g.
Created on: Friday 25th November 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 11th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kenninghall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A61494
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold pyramid mount from sword, square base with flattened corners caused by triangular settings at the base of each corner with beaded wire on two sides, two of which contain garnets. Square setting for (missing) stone at apex. Hollow with two semicircular holes ( 7 x 3.5mm and 7.5 x 3.5mm) in base divided by a bar 2.5mm wide and c. 1.5mm thick. Constructed from two pieces of metal, one for the base and another for the sides. The join between the two edges of the sides can be seen on one face. Base 9.5 x 10mm, height 13mm, weight 5.08g. Early Saxon, late 6th - early 7th century
Created on: Wednesday 29th March 2006
Last updated: Monday 2nd December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-ED43
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold aureus of Trajan (AD 98-117), COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Rome, AD 103-111
Created on: Monday 19th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-14DEE1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold Half Angel of Henry VII (1485-1509), London mint. North 1702
Created on: Wednesday 21st March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-6A98D7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold ryal/rose nobleof Edward IV, 1465-1466, London mint. North 1549
Created on: Friday 25th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-BA3386
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold aureus of Tiberius, mint of Lyons, 14-37
Created on: Friday 22nd June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMS-853B88
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold stater of the Trinovantes, 'Clacton' type, same dies as Hobbs 152, later first century BC
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-7376B0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late post medieval gold mourning ring without bezel, inscribed externally on five scrolls separated by volutes, the letters against a black enamel background *J:* RAYNER *OB:20* JUNE 1744 AE:48 (the *'s are actually triangular quatrefoils) Internal diameter 17mm. External diameter 20.5mm. Thickness 3mm. Weighing 4.49g. Rings of this design with external inscriptions are typical of the period after c.1740 into the reign of George III (Oman 1974, 73-4)
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2007
Last updated: Monday 22nd September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swardeston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2FF8A2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold posy ring. The hoop has a D-shaped cross-section, and is inscribed on the flat internal face A vertuous wife preserveth life. The two 'v's are written as 'u's and the letters 'f' and 's' are elongated. There is a possible maker's mark in the form of a very worn stamped 'H' between the beginning and end of the inscription. External diameter 21mm, internal diameter 17.5mm, width of band 4.5mm. Weighing 3.8g. Inscriptions declaring that a virtuous wife preserved or comforted life, or banished strife, are frequently found on marriage or posy rings (Evans in R.E.S. 1933, 336) and…
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 9th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Fakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E14DE3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval finger-ring set with a sapphire. It has suffered considerable damage, the hoop now distended. The form is a decorated stirrup shape, with two four-petaled flowers forming the shoulders and two others symmetrically decorating the hoop. The damage to the ring has removed much of the inscription, which would have covered the external face of the hoop. The traces of some letters can be discerned. They read as follows: ......V... R(?)DEFIN The "N" is reversed. The original meaning of the inscription cannot be established.
Created on: Friday 4th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 30th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-1FE356
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
The find comprises seven gold penannular bracelets. Five of these have a C-shaped cross section and flat, outwardly-projecting terminals; one has a thicker body which is internally concave and solider, outwardly-expanding terminals. The seventh has a plain, flat body with solid, evenly-expanded terminals. Maximum external diameters range between 57 and 67.5mm; the maximum breadth of the C-sectioned bracelets is 10.5mm and the thickness is 0.5mm at the edges. The second variety has a narrower body at 9mm and is thicker at 1.5mm; the third variety has a maximum breadth of 8mm and a…
Created on: Monday 7th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 8th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bawdeswell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-1FFF02
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of gold metalworking scrap or ingot fragment, probably ancient. Curving and oval-sectioned bar with flattened hammered areas on both faces, granular break at both ends. Measuring 27 x 10mm, weighing 15.90g.
Created on: Monday 7th January 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 12th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Deopham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-237F81
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Mourning ring. Gold D-sectioned band, slightly oval, measuring externally 20 x 21mm, 4.5mm wide. Engraved on the outside with a skull, two flowers and one half flower between which are leaves. Traces of black enamel survive. Inscribed internally 'G A ob 26 May 98' and a stamped maker's mark EH within a square. Rings of this type were produced from about 1650 to 1740, strongly suggesting GA died in 1698. After c. 1740 the inscription was usually on the outside of the ring. At this time black enamel was used on a ring commemorating a married person and white enamel for the unmarried (Om…
Created on: Monday 7th January 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 12th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spixworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-35C242
Object type: WIRE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A piece of gold wire made from four strands twisted. The wire was made from 4 smaller wires (diameter c. 2.4 mm) twisted together in a clockwise spiral giving an overall diameter for the twisted wire of 5 mm. The wire piece weighs 7.24g and is 20mm long (unstraightened). The fragment appears to have been cut from a larger piece of wire at one end, although the other end appears to be a break. Analysis shows these wires are made of over 80% gold.
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gayton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-36DAE7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold Serjeants-at-Law finger ring. Rectangular sectioned, now squashed, engraved with a cross paté followed by . These rings were distributed by people joining the Order of Serjeants-at-Law. Rings distributed at the same call all had the same motto whether an individual or several people were joining the order. The motto 'LEX VITA REGVM' was used on rings of the general call of April 1567 when seven people became Serjeants-at-Law. However, the list of mottos and the years in which they were used is incomplete and it is possible that this motto was used more than once (G. Holborn, p…
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 19th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East of Norwich', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-3AE434
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
19th-century gold finger-ring with heart-shaped setting.
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 14th August 2020
No spatial data available.

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Record ID: NMS-499E87
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undiagnostic but probably ancient hammered gold strip fragment.
Created on: Wednesday 9th January 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 12th August 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-871612
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undated scrap of gold sheet from unidentified object, sub-rectangular, curved and broken, partly molten, face with traces of two oblique lines of tiny punched ovals converging at one end. Clearly ancient although undatable. >15 x >17mm. Weighing 2.10g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sedgeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C6DFC1
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold rotating dorsal muff from a torc. A composite ring constructed of six components comprising two broad semi-circular-sectioned concentric hollow ribs (or tubes) between three narrow twisted wires (probably square-sectioned) soldered to a sheet inner part. The twisted wires appear very worn. The surface of the inner sheet has concentric wear and scratches where the separate parts of the torc were twisted together. External diameter 24mm. Internal diameter19mm. Weight 10.94g. 84-87% gold, 10-12% silver and the remainder being copper
Created on: Friday 6th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 12th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2C9E06
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
17th Century gold posy ring. Band consisting externally of ten circular bosses with corded borders. Between each boss on both sides of the band are smaller round knops. The flat internal surface is inscribed 'God gives in crease to Loue and peace'. The 's' of crease is very elongated and almost in the form of an f missing the cross bar. The tail of the letter 'p' extends backwards to underline the last two letters of 'and'. See Oman (1974, plate 58 c) for a very similar example with a different inscription. The style of the lettering is consistent for the 17th century. The British Mus…
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2009
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dereham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-411415
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Enamelled gold finger-ring in the form of a belt and buckle inscribed on the inner face TOVT + PAR + AMOVR + ("all through love") The slightly distorted hoop, i.e. the belt, is formed from two strips and is decorated with running vine scroll, except beyond the buckle where four pin holes are represented by double concentric rings separated by transverse lines. The buckle is shown as double-looped with pointed outside edges and large lobes at both ends of the bar. The belt, having passed through the buckle, is folded over and tucked under itself. The rounded end is decorated with a mot…
Created on: Thursday 12th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Edgefield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4152E3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold Medieval finger ring. Triangular sectioned band (point inwards, convex outer edge) becoming lozengiform at shoulders, triangular collet now empty, with engraved line around outer edge. For similar examples see Oman, 1993, plate XI, 255 and 256. Date: 13th century. Dimensions: Internal diameter 19mm, external diameter 22mm, bezel 6 x 5mm, height 5mm.
Created on: Thursday 12th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Raveningham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-BE02A4
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of gold sheet strip, one straight end complete, the other missing. Throughout its length one long edge is folded over by 1 - 1.5mm. Eight longitudinal grooves cover the remainder of the object apart from a narrow strip along the other edge, which was probably once also folded over. Possibly Bronze Age.
Created on: Wednesday 18th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-C03327
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold puzzle ring in the form of two linked rings, now distorted, of square section, each with a twist at one point where there are also signs of wear. This is almost certainly a puzzle ring, usually formed of multiple hoops, secured with a central twist, often forming the bezel. A puzzle ring with only two hoops is unusual, but given the damage is is possible that the ring is not complete. Original internal diameter of each ring c. 20mm. Section 1 x 1mm. Such rings were made from the 17th century to the 19th century and in the absence of any marks or other distinguishing features…
Created on: Wednesday 18th February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 25th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fring', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-D35995
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold finger-ring. Partly squashed irregular hexagonal bezel of carinated profile set with a purplish blue stone (probably a sapphire) en cabochon. The distorted and incomplete flat-sectioned hoop is decorated with engraved chevrons alternating with groups of tiny punched annulets. The decoration of the hoop is similar to that on a ring with irregular pentagonal bezel found at Whitstable, Kent (Dalton 1912, 253, cat. no. 1773; Oman 1974, 93, pl. 14B). The finger-ring dates to the 13th century. Dimensions: Bezel 9.5 x 10mm., thickness 4mm. Hoop width 2 - 2.5mm, thickness 0.25 - 0.7mm.…
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wereham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E7D6B7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete gold crossbow brooch with a sheath foot, crossbar and pin missing. The top of the trapezoidal-sectioned, highly arched bow broadens to a bifurcation, beyond which both arms are distorted and broken; they appear originally to have curved around the missing crossbar. On both sides of the split there is chip-carved decoration, with three V-sectioned notches on both edges, and between them an engraved saltire and single horizontal line. The base of the bow is decorated with several transverse engraved lines on the front face. There are three faintly engraved longit…
Created on: Friday 20th February 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-E9F975
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description of find Tiny gold Roman finger ring, probably for a child. Damaged along the edges. Faceted band divided into nine oval segments, each with a median arris. At seven of the constrictions between segments are two transverse engraved lines, presumably missing from the other two due to wear. Additional Measurements Internal diameter 11.5mm, external diameter 15mm, Band width c. 4mm. Weighing 1.4g.
Created on: Friday 20th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beeston with bittering', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-EA2C32
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
CURATOR'S REPORT Description of object Penannular gold ring of roughly circular section but with a flattened inner surface. The terminals are almost flat. There is no evidence of decorative bands of differing colours of gold. There is a transverse groove near one terminal, perhaps deliberate, which has exposed a copper alloy core. Late Bronze Age, c.1150 - c.750 BC. External diameter 16mm; Internal diameter 5.5mm; Weight 7.21g.
Created on: Friday 20th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Witchingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CBBA11
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold fragment, probably of a late Roman finger ring. A lozengiform setting, now empty, with a border of gold pellets around the outer edge, with clusters of projecting pellets at intervals. The backplate has been cut to fit the projecting pellets, except where it extends slightly beyond the setting at one corner of the lozenge, which may have been part of the shoulder of the ring, and at the opposite corner, where the breaks are ragged. Granulation as a decorative technique became more popular in the fourth century, although this trend began in the third (Johns, 1996, 50). 3rd - 4th c…
Created on: Friday 27th March 2009
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pulham Market', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CC57A7
Object type: WIRE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure reported from Andrew Rogerson: Curving fragment of round-sectioned gold wire, both ends chopped and hammered flat on one side. A pair of transverse lines on one hammered facet may have been engraved to test the metal.
Created on: Friday 27th March 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-EA1E81
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold finger ring, stirrup shaped, with a slight oval depression on the bezel not large enough to hold a stone. Flat sectioned band inscribed externally +DEV:MEDOINST : IOIE : DEMAMOR: (God gives me the joy of love). The band is now slightly distorted. Date: c.14th century.
Created on: Thursday 28th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 17th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hopton on Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-768695
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold signet ring with a D-sectioned hoop, the shoulders decorated with engraved foliar motifs and an oval bezel with an owl displayed a crescent moon in dexter base, within a pelleted border. 15th - early 16th century. Bezel 18 x 13.5mm. Minimum width of hoop 3.5mm. Internal diameter 19.5 - 22mm. Weight 15.06g.
Created on: Tuesday 16th June 2009
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swannington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E67851
Object type: SPANGLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon gold composite spangles or pendant: a square sheet plate is set lozenge-wise and pierced for suspension at one corner, the top of the perforation is almost worn through. Wire rings with wound ends hang from the other three corners, each holding a smaller square sheet plate pierced for suspension in one corner. There is a repoussé boss in the centre of all four plates. A horseshoe-shaped stamp consisting of ten trapezoidal impressions has been struck four times on the larger plate, while the smaller ones are decorated with punched dots. Small parts of two smaller plates ar…
Created on: Friday 21st August 2009
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Loddon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-572348
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold posy ring, D-shaped in section. Inscribed internally 'Loue i,s' the bond of peace' with a stamped, worn makers mark consisting of HB (ligatured) stamped in relief within a square. Tiny traces of possible niello survive in some of the letters. The marks on either side of the s may be unintentional as, although clear, they are slightly irregular. The lettering is similar to that on an example from Firle, East Sussex (Treasure Annual Report 2004, 296, fig. 315), dated 1696. External diameter 20mm, internal diameter 16.5mm. Width of band 4mm Weight 5.24g.
Created on: Thursday 19th November 2009
Last updated: Monday 17th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pontesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-449552
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring consisting of a sub-circular sectioned hoop without bezel. There is no decoration, inscription, maker's mark or hall mark. Cf. an example from Suffolk (PAS SF-FCF822). With such a lack of diagnostic features the object cannot be dated more closely than to the Roman period or any time thereafter. External diameter 23mm. Internal diameter 19mm. Thickness 2.5mm. Weighing 5.38g.
Created on: Monday 18th January 2010
Last updated: Friday 4th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Attleborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-541A06
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold solidus of the emperor Theodosius I struck at Milan between 378 and 387 (Roman Imperial Coinage vol. IX, no. 5f or 8b). The coin has been fitted with a ribbed suspension loop, also of gold, at the 12 o'clock position on the obverse (6 o'clock on the reverse) in order for it to serve as a pendant. This process is well known from the early Saxon period when many Roman gold coins were thus treated. Coin dated to 378-87, suspension loop added from the fifth to early seventh century. Obv. D N THEODO - SIVS P F AVG; Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed right Rev. VICTOR - IA…
Created on: Monday 8th March 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 10th December 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7DA3A7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold finger-ring with circular collet, in the form of a quatrefoil, set with a turquoise cabochon. The narrow hoop of flattened D-section is decorated at the shoulders with foliar motifs and with inlaid dark blue enamel at the terminals. The collet can be compared with that of a ring from Newball, Lincolnshire, which was dated to the late 15th or early 16th century. (Treasure Annual Report 2003, 108, no. 194). It is also similar to a ring shown on the left hand of Thomas Cromwell in a portrait painted by Holbein in 1534-5 (Oman 1974, 96, plate 23 A). Late 15th - early 16th century. In…
Created on: Wednesday 10th March 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mattishall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0F87A2
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tremissis or pseudo-tremissis of the 7th century, which has been pierced and gilded for use as a pendant. The tremissis is a coin type widely issued by the Merovingian Franks in this period, but also produced by the Anglo-Saxons and Frisians. Such coins were produced in fairly good gold at the beginning of the century, but with the gold contained declining as the century progressed, with the gold increasingly replaced by silver. The design on this example is relatively crude, and could represent either a Merovingian coin or an imitation produced elsewhere. Its gold content is c. 41-4…
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2010
Last updated: Monday 20th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crimplesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-EDEE62
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring: 'D' sectioned band. Internal black letter inscription reading 'nul auter' (Norman French, 'none other'). Decorated externally with three long chevrons each with a beaded border and a central five petalled flower and foliate decoration within. The sections separating the chevrons each have a median arris with an engraved plant on either side showing roots, stem with leaf to either side and pointed flower head. Tiny traces of possible black or other dark coloured enamel.. 15th century. Internal diameter 17mm, external diameter 20mm, width of band 5.5mm, weight 4.45g.
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 28th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foulsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-EE2A25
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold posy ring. D-shaped band inscribed internally YOVRS IN HART Roman capitals began to be used for inscriptions on posy rings from the mid 16th century, italics becoming more popular by the mid 17th century (Oman, 1974, 40 - 41). Width of band 6mm, external diameter 24mm, internal diameter 20mm. Weight 9.7g.
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 18th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F1A8E7
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold pendant. Sub-triangular, hollow, originally rectangular sectioned but now concave on both faces. The front and back plate and double ribbed suspension loop are formed from the same piece of metal sheet folded over, with a separate double ribbed repoussé sheet forming the sides, the ends of which join under the loop. Filigree decoration in the form of six closely spaced 'S' shaped scrolls not arranged symmetrically, and a length of wire following the edge of the pendant with inward curled ends near the top, is fused to the surface. Similar S-shaped filigree scrolls can be seen on…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Dersingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F1B253
Object type: COIN BLANK
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A disc of quite pale gold. Although this is a somewhat enigmatic object it appears most likely that it represents a blank for an Iron Age stater. The weight would be most consistent with a 'Norfolk Wolf' type. Probably mid-late first century BC.
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 15th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fransham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F28156
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold posy ring. Thin D-sectioned band only very slightly distorted. Inscribed internally Honoured for thy virtue • followed by a worn makers mark, probably DA. Similar to an example in Oman (1974) plate 58, 1650 - 1700, and also examples in Grimwade (1982) from 1703 and 1705, although none are an exact likeness. 1625 - 18th century. External diameter 21mm. Internal diameter 18mm. The precious metal content of this item may therefore qualify it as treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. However, it is impossible to say definitively that it dates to pre-1708…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 11th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flixton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F2F561
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold finger-ring or mourning ring. D-sectioned hoop without bezel. Badly distorted. An inscription on the flat inner face reads: P Mackerell 96 Prepare to Follow Date: Late 17th century, almost certainly 1696.
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Thursday 10th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-F30B55
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Workflow stage: Published
Description: The find consists of a tiny, irregular, flat fragment of molten gold; width, 6mm; weight 0.3 grams. The fragment is undiagnostic and undatable, so does not qualify as Treasure under the stipulated criteria of the Treasure Act. We recommend that the Secretary of State should disclaim the Crown's interest in this find and should be grateful if the Coroner would authorise its return.
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 15th November 2021
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-F30EE3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold posy ring. D-shaped band which is now squashed to an oval and highly abraded externally. Inscribed internally Magnes amaris amor 1634 (Love is the magnet of love) followed by a makers mark of two conjoined letters Gp, within a shield. The makers mark is the same as that on one in the collections of the British Museum, registration 1961, 1202.245 (J. Rudoe pers. com). Date: 1634 Dimensions: Now measuring 25 x 20 externally, 20 x 14mm internally. Width of band 5mm. Weighing 8.4g.
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 4th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-F32792
Object type: BRACTEATE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circumstances: Found while searching with a metal detector. Found at some time between 1992 and 2005. The object was not previously reported and was found in the finder's "junk" drawer during 2007. Finds made by M. Slaven, who has carried out metal detecting wholly within Norfolk, occur on 32 sites recorded with the Norfolk Historc Environment Record. Of these 28 are located in the parish of Sporle with Palgrave, one is a single Norfolk no provenance object, one is located on Mundesley beach and two lie in the parish of Newton by Castle Acre, which marches with Sporle wit…
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-Z32B24
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Hemispherical gold and garnet sword-button or scabbard-button of early Anglo-Saxon date. The closest parallels are in the Staffordshire hoard; the Sutton Hoo buttons, and DENO-2A0601, are of a more sophisticated form. Date: Early 7th century Description: A hemispherical gold mount inlaid with garnets, originally attached by a gold staple on the reverse. The boss is built upon a circular base-plate at the centre of which is a central tube of gold sheet. Attached to this are set eleven radiating gold sheet walls with curved outward-facing edges, to create eleven cells. The bottom …
Created on: Thursday 15th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 16th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Griston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9E1EF8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger ring, now distorted. A mourning ring with a shallow D-sectioned band, decorated with a simple stylised skull with teeth, eye sockets and nasal cavity, but missing the mandible. Two tiny particles of black may be all that remains of black enamel, but thet are too small to be certain. Inscribed internally RH oB 17 ° oct 87 (RH died 17th October 1687). At the beginning of the inscription is a stamped makers mark, an H within a square, or possibly an I with wide crossbars, set obliquely. Width of band 4mm. Weight 3.04g. Date: 1687
Created on: Monday 4th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Deopham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-AEE0C4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold finger ring. Formed from two bands of twisted wire, one slightly wider than the other, and then hammered almost flat on the outside edge and two sides. The internal face retains the rounded shape of the wires and is only slightly worn. Probably post-medieval although no close parallels have been found, may date as recently as 20th Century. External diameter 20mm. Internal diameter 17mm. Width of band 2mm. Weight 1.16g. The finger ring cannot be securely dated to pre-1710 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996. Erica Darch
Created on: Tuesday 5th October 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 12th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Dunham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-AF4E73
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment (about a quarter) of a gold 'Brancaster-type' finger ring with a wide hoop, flat on the reverse and very slightly convex on the outer face. The hoop expands very slightly before the raised rectangular bezel, which is engraved with a bird standing on the ground, holding a leafy branch in its beak, with its head turned to face its tail. The band is broken to either side of the bezel. A small part of one break has been polished by the finder to test the quality of the metal. Roman. Late 4th - beginning of 5th century. Bezel 7 x 7mm. Band 5mm wide at break. Weight 2.11g.. I…
Created on: Monday 10th January 2011
Last updated: Monday 24th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gosberton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-44D8F5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval gold finger ring with a flat-sectioned hoop, complete but distorted. Externally the hoop is moulded with four quatrefoils, some of which retain white enamel, each with a pair of ridges to either side, the inner pair curved with a pointed outside edge, the outer set crescent-shaped. The spaces between have been keyed for further enamel, no trace of which now survives. Inscribed internally Though li[t]le ∙.∙ accept it. The letters are angular, almost black-letter in style, with serifs on both the c's. The 't' in litle is obscured by a fold in the hoop. Width of hoop …
Created on: Monday 17th January 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hockwold cum Wilton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2DBBE5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold mourning ring with D-sectioned hoop and no bezel. Partly squashed. The convex outer face is decorated overall with engraved skull and foliate motifs including two octofoils. The inner face is inscribed GA ob 26 May 98 The omission of the first two letters of the date indicates that the date is 1698. The inscription is followed by a maker's mark EN (or ER: if the second letter is an N it is an unusual form). External diameter c.18mm. Width of hoop 4.5mm. Thickness 1.5mm. Weight 4.66g
Created on: Friday 28th January 2011
Last updated: Friday 25th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mulbarton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-94CA46
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold pendant in the shape of a phallus. Straight, oval sectioned, hollow, formed from sheet metal soldered together lengthways, rounded at the terminal with a small aperture left open at either end. A separate transverse loop formed from triple ribbed sheet is soldered into position at the top, with separately applied solid globular testicles to either side. Separately applied wire with irregular transverse grooves on the underside (perhaps to act as keying for the solder) defines the edge of the foreskin. Length (including loop) 21.5mm. Width at testicles 10mm. Width 3.5 x 4.5mm. W…
Created on: Monday 14th February 2011
Last updated: Thursday 2nd May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hillington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9E71B5
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Merovingian tremissis of hitherto unknown type with a fragment of either another tremissis or decorated gold sheet adhering to it. The obverse depicts a diademed bust facing right with the retrograde legend BASOI FIT BH, the reverse probably a long-cross on globe, flanked by the letters AB (B retrograde) and the legend, VNE[...]S[..]X[..]S. This type is not recorded in any of the standard reference works. Adhering to it is a small fragment, probably of another coin, with what appear to be the letters ON (or NO). Late 6th or early 7th century AD. A single gold coin would no…
Created on: Monday 4th April 2011
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C23755
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Twenty gold coins ranging in date from a Unite of Charles I to a Half Sovereign of Victoria. These were found together in a fist-sized clump beneath a jar lid. Catalogue: Charles I, Unite (Briot's coinage), 1631-2 Charles II, Five Guineas, 1684 William and Mary, Half Guinea, 1694 George II, Five Guineas, 1746 George III, Half Guinea, 1790 George III, Guinea, 1793 George III, Guinea, 1798 George III, Half Guinea, 1801 George III, Third Guinea, 1804 George III, Half Guinea, 1804 George III, Half Guinea, 1806 George III, Sovereign, 1820 George III, Half Sovere…
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walsoken', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C872E4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold posy ring with a shallow D-sectioned band which is undecorated externally, and inscribed internally In thy sight is my delight followed by a stamped maker's mark within a square, possibly JD. The D is clear, but the first letter of the maker's mark is less certain. The band is now distorted, and slightly damaged at points along the edges. The inscription can be found in the British Museum collections, AF.1301, dated 17th-18th Century. The maker's mark does not appear in any of the standard resources. 17th - 18th century. Width of band 4mm. Weight 2.89g. Original diameter …
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2011
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wattisfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-03E2C3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring, now distorted, with a flat-sectioned hoop with an overlapping soldered join. The hoop is decorated externally with unevenly spaced transverse hammered depressions, which are very worn in one area. There is a crack across the hoop, possibly across an old break which, in antiquity, has been mended internally with gold solder. There are no internal marks. Width of hoop 3mm. Thickness 1.5mm. Original external diameter c. 22mm. Similar to an example in Crummy (1983, 48, fig.50, no1770). Probably Roman.
Created on: Thursday 21st April 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pulham Market', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-89B2B7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Late Anglo-Saxon gold finger ring. The back-plate of the bezel and hoop are constructed from a single piece of gold sheet, expanding to form triangular shoulders before the circular bezel. The hoop is broken at the edge of the bezel on one side, and distorted; perhaps half survives. The bezel is domed, with a large central pellet surrounded by an inner circle of seven pellets (one of which is missing) and an outer circle of pellets, eight of which survive, two of which may be missing. The inner and outer circle of pellets are linked in pairs by opposed filigree wire 'c' …
Created on: Monday 27th June 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 8th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9D2B90
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring. The bezel consists of a lion couchant, moulded in high relief and soldered to the hoop. The beast's rump is faceted with multiple hammer marks. There are deeply moulded grooves on the mane and paws, and a deep groove for the mouth, but the top of the lion's head is worn smooth, with only traces surviving of grooves indicating the nose and eyes. A separate circular sectioned piece of wire extends from the lion's mouth to between its paws, curving back up towards the nose before a break. The hoop in front of the lion is plain before a transverse ridge and slig…
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 4th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Carleton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-AD7047
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold mourning ring: band with inscription: + THE · END · IS · DETH between borders of triple-ribs. The style of lettering belongs to the 17th century. Internal diameter 16mm. Weighs 1.85g. Compare with serjeants rings in British Museum collections, for example AF. 1747 (dated 1577). The age and precious metal content of this item therefore qualify it as treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 4th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Outwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8381A4
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Near Holt, Norfolk: Two Anglo-Saxon gold bracteates (2011T657) Discovery: The B-bracteate was found on 31st August 2011 and the folded A-bracteate on 16th September 2011, both while metal-detecting on ploughed land. Both bracteates were found on the same field in close proximity to each other and to the findspots of two earlier bracteate finds in 2004 and in 2009, a B-bracteate (2004T297) (TAR 2004, fig. 109) and an A-bracteate (LVPL-43ADD1, 2009T657) known as Near Holt (Behr 2010, 56ff., 81). B-bracteate Description: The central image of the B-bracteate (IK 604,2) is die-…
Created on: Friday 14th October 2011
Last updated: Thursday 16th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Holt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CCD9E2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold aureus of Nero, Rome, obverse NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS, laureate head right, reverse CONCORDIA AVGVSTA, Concordia seated left, RIC I, no. 48, AD64-5
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 13th March 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-8B1007
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman gold finger-ring with red glass convex fronted setting in an oval collet surrounded by a scalloped collar. The hoop is a narrow strip that widens into sub-triangular shoulders with scalloped edges and two pairs of oblique grooves. External diameter 18.5mm. Internal diameter17.5mm. Collet 12.5 x 10.5mm. Weight 2.65g. 3rd - 4th century.
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sedgeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CE16B3
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Two pieces of gold metal working debris or ingots. - bar, round sectioned at one end, hammered on two faces for most of its length creating a rectangular section with convex sides, with irregular granular breaks at both ends. Surviving length 24mm. Diameter at round end 7.5mm. Weight 12.63g. - octagonal sectioned bar hammered and broken at both ends, and bent at one end just before the break. Surviving length 19mm. Thickness at centre of surviving fragment 6 x 6mm. Weight 6.44g. Neither of these fragments joins the other. However, it seems likely that they are related to each ot…
Created on: Monday 5th December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 18th June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Deopham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F1CA51
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-medieval gold finger-ring or posy ring, now slightly distorted. D-sectioned hoop undecorated externally, inscribed internally Hearts united live contented. There is a stamped makers mark EH within a rectangle at the start of the inscription. Date: 17th to 18th century. Dimensions: Measuring 22.5 x 19mm externally, 19 x 15.5mm internally. Width of hoop 4mm. Weight 4.36g. Discussion: See British Museum collections 1961,1202.258 for a posy ring with identical maker's mark. This mark is not identifiable in any standard works of reference and the ring is da…
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarning', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8B3435
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold livery badge made in the form of an engrailed 'Gothic' shield, with six concave edges, comprising both sides and a double engrailed top and base. The shield is à bouche - notched in dexter chief, originally for a lance to pass through (Grazebrook 1890, pp.33-8, plate I and plate IV, no. 59). The badge is of cut sheet with a separately applied welded raised bordering rim with delicate finely incised rocker-arm on the narrow upper and outside edges. The main face and reverse have similar multiple filed or scratched vertical striations, those on the face possibly to key-in…
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sustead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8CEFD5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band, undecorated externally, inscribed internally In ∙ god ∙ aboue * we ∙ ioyne ∙ our ∙ loue *. There is no marks. External diameter 20.5mm. Internal diameter 18mm. Width of band 5mm. Weight 4.10g. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 14th December 2011
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0B9111
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring with a narrow D-sectioned band, now slightly distorted, which expands and thickens slightly before the bezel which is formed from four rectangular collects arranged around a central, slightly larger rectangular collet to form a cross. Three of the four outer collets retain table cut stones, the central collet a point cut stone, identified as diamonds. The rim of each of the four outer collets is defined by engraved lines with angled engraved lines between on one edge of one collet, forming a border. The edge of each face of the outer collets is further defined by an …
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Banningham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D7AC68
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Viking-age gold finger ring, with flat lozengiform bezel decorated with four longitudinal rows of tiny stamped dots. Half or less than half of the bezel survives, tapering smoothly to form the narrow rectangular-sectioned hoop, the end of which is twisted before a break. Originally, the two ends would have been twisted around each other to close the hoop. Maximum surviving width 15mm. Weight 1.27g. This ring fits well into a series of similar examples in copper alloy, silver and gold. Silver examples include one with a similar-shaped bezel from HER 40302 (Seething, N…
Created on: Monday 23rd January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fransham', grid reference and parish protected.