Record ID: SF-0C182A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold early medieval early medieval shilling (uncertain type) of uncertain anonymous ruler, dating to the period AD 580-675. Mint and moneyer unknown. The obverse die is the same as another found in the parish of Coddenham in 2003 (EMC 2003.0219). Newman and Blackburn (BNJ 004, Coin Register 2003, no. 62) argued that this is probably an East Anglian coinage.
Created on: Friday 15th April 2016
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Akenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D8DCE4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Iron Age quarter stater, Early Uninscribed British series H, c.50-1 BC. The coin has a dished flan with both faces well struck but worn in places. As Hobbs no. 192.
Created on: Monday 7th March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lawshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6FDEB9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete post-medieval enamelled gold posy finger ring. The band is very small in diameter, probably sized to fit a child, and is D-shaped in cross section. The outer face is decorated with four enamelled white rectangles, arranged at equal distances apart, each containing two inwards curving black enamelled semi-circles and a raised gold pellet to either side, with enamelled blank and white squares arranged in a chequerboard design in between. The inside of the band bears the inscription "o tHat I migHt" in mixed upper-case and lower-case lettering. It survives in fine…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gislingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-57FE19
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold Iron Age stater stater of Cunobelin, 'Biga' type, dating to the early 1st century AD. Camulodunum mint. Unusually pale gold. Hobbs 1769, VA1910
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2016
Last updated: Thursday 12th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-70D983
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Iron Age Gallo-Belgic E stater of the Ambiani, c.75-50 BC. As VA 52-1. The coin is well struck, slightly dished in profile and with some wear around the edges of the flan.
Created on: Friday 19th February 2016
Last updated: Friday 19th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Newton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0E376A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a gold Iron Age stater, dating to the mid to late 1st century AD. Uninscribed East Anglian 'Freckenham' Type. Hobbs, 188, no.3385, VA 620-7.
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2016
Last updated: Monday 1st August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Darsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FD26CC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold finger ring of unknown date. The hoop is simply comprised of a three strands of gold wire plaited into a strip and then joined at one side. The outer face of the hoop has then been filed smooth leaving the central part of the plait still visible. The hoop has been bent out of shape slightly and is no longer circular, but the metal survives in good condition. Dimensions: Diameter: 20.15mm x 20.26mm, width of hoop: 2.47mm, thickness of hoop: 1.22mm, weight: 1.84g Discussion: This object has been deemed undiagnostic by all the curators at the British Mu…
Created on: Friday 8th January 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke Ash', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F5A6B5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete pale gold Iron Age uninscribed East Anglian Irstead type quarter stater, dating to c.40-10 BC. c.f. Hobbs no.3436 VA 628-1.
Created on: Tuesday 27th October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worlingworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-4BD850
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold and glass medieval finger ring. It has a D-shaped hoop with a rectangular cross-section and the phrase 'AVE: MARIA: GRACIA' inscribed around the outside. The shoulders have small raised quatrefoils on their outer edges. Behind this, the outer face of the shoulders is decorated with fine transverse grooves. The bezel is kite-shaped and is set with a blue stone, probably glass. It survives in excellent condition. Dimensions: Length: 24.90mm, width: 21.19mm, thickness: 9.58mm, weight: 3.53g Discussion: The construction of the bezel is reminiscent of tha…
Created on: Monday 19th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bacton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E6317C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Trinovantian quarter stater of Dubnovellaunos, c.30 BC-14 AD. The coin is well struck from a pinkish coloured gold, with a slightly dished flan. As Hobbs no. 2442.
Created on: Wednesday 14th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 22nd August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near East Bergholt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BD607D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A fragment of a gold early medieval (Anglo-Saxon) disc brooch or pendant. It is roughly triangular in shape with a curved outer edge and two straight sides where the fragment has broken from the rest of the object. The edge of the curved side is bent upwards towards the outer face and a strip of beaded gold wire is soldered just behind this. The fragment survives in good condition. Dimensions: Length: 16.71mm, width: 10.90mm, thickness: 1.54mm, weight: 0.45g Discussion: Beaded gold wire filigree decoration is most common on early Anglo-Saxon artefacts of the late 6th to …
Created on: Wednesday 30th September 2015
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eye', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5AAAFD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Iron Age quarter stater, Early Uninscribed British series H, c.50-1 BC. The coin has a dished flan with both faces well struck. As Hobbs no. 192.
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 2015
Last updated: Friday 9th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coney Weston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DC15C9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold early medieval pierced Anglo-Frisian gold Solidus, dating to the period c.AD 825-850, imitating a Solidus of Louis the Pious (AD 814-840). Obverse: D(reverse)IIVIIIVDOIIIVIG (copying DN LVDOVICVS IMP AVG) Crude laureate, draped bust right with long vertical bar for nose, raised oval eye and blurred jawline. Struck slightly off-centre. Reverse: IIIIIVIIIIOIVIII (copying MVNVS DIVINVM) Suspended wreath containing a large cross pattée linked to wreath on vertical axis Dimensions: Diameter: 22.33mm, thickness: 1.84mm, weight: 3.81g The object conta…
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-627F21
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Gallo-Belgic AB1 stater of the Ambiani, large flan type, c.125-100 BC. As VA 12-1. The flan is worn, and the reverse face is almost entirely illegible.
Created on: Monday 27th July 2015
Last updated: Thursday 6th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Monks Eleigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-FC1BE7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold and gemstone late medieval to early post-medieval finger ring. It has an oval bezel with four curved cusps surrounding it and is set with a pinkish-red uncut natural stone, probably a ruby. The shoulders are expanded, with a deep recess either side of the bezel and are decorated with a simple incised foliate pattern. The hoop is thin and D-shaped in cross-section. It survives in good condition, but the hoop has become flattened. Dimensions: Length: 25.70mm, width: 15.32mm, thickness: 6.58mm, weight: 3.88g Discussion: This style of ring is late 15th o…
Created on: Friday 10th July 2015
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hoxne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-EC58CB
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold bead, oval in plan and section with a small hole through its centre. Dimensions: length: 8.53mm, width: 7.38mm, weight: 3.85g Discussion: The date of this bead is unknown but it is likely to be more than 300 years old and possibly of early medieval date.
Created on: Monday 15th June 2015
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near woodbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-71F723
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold early medieval bulla pendant. It is formed from a single piece of metal consisting of two domed disks folded against each other and joined with a connecting strip. Each disk has a narrow flat border around the outside edge and the outer face of the strip is decorated with longitudinal grooves. Both disks are damaged with several indentations. Dimensions: Length: 8.5mm, width: 6.4mm, thickness: 2.9mm, weight: 1.36g Discussion: Anglo-Saxon 'bulla' pendants date to the 7th century AD. Most have flat reverse and examples like this one with double domed f…
Created on: Thursday 28th May 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snetterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-B06F68
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age gold Gallo-Belgic E stater of the Ambiani, c.75-50 BC. Gallic war type. Disjointed horse right reverse. ABC p. 28, no. 16; VA, 69, 52.01.
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 6th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Parham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-20CD47
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Crown of the Double Rose of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon, c.1526-1533 AD. As North, 1975: no. 1788.
Created on: Tuesday 12th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 13th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Felixstowe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-60FD53
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold post-medieval finger ring. It is D-shaped in cross section. The flat inner face is inscribed '+BE TRVE IN HART'. The outer surface is decorated with pairs of raised diagonal lines with incised zigzag motifs in the spaces between them. Dimensions: Diameter: 19.88mm, Thickness: 3.86, Weight: 2.06g Discussion: Several rings with the same inscription have been reported under the Treasure Act (2009 T372, 2009 T641, 2006 T427). A variant of this inscription is recorded by Joan Evans in the 1596 Harleian manuscript, and there are versions of it on two later…
Created on: Tuesday 21st April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.