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Record ID: NMS-044FE0
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper-alloy book-clasp of Howsam type A.3, of late medieval or early post-medieval date. It retains a large part of the front plate and a fragment of backplate. The front plate has an incomplete hook 6mm wide; behind this it steps out to a square panel 15mm wide, decorated with widely cross-hatched grooves forming a series of lozenges set between two pairs of transverse engraved lines. The main body of the book clasp is rectangular, 12.5mm wide. Short longitudinal grooves extend from the rearmost transverse line, and then the rest of this part of the book clasp is decorate…
Created on: Thursday 16th January 2020
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-72E1E5
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very worn fragment of flat book clasp of Howsam's type A.3, late medieval or early post-medieval. It was originally rectangular, with two largely broken ends and two worn but original sides. One end has a small projection at the corner which is all that survives of a flared attachment end. The other broken end is torn and cracked. The clasp is decorated on one face with double-strand curves and circles. Two double- or triple-strand circles occupy the attachment end, and have dots in the centre which have broken through the metal. Between these is a slightly larger rivet hole. In th…
Created on: Tuesday 21st January 2020
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-ACC312
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of late medieval or early post-medieval copper-alloy purse bar, central block and part of the frame. The block is rectangular, 15 x 13mm and 8mm thick, and is decorated on one of the larger faces with three engraved lines, a central vertical line running parallel to its perforation and two oblique lines. The other large face is apparently undecorated. The central perforation is circular and runs vertically. It is 6.5mm in diameter at one end and is blocked by corrosion or by a fragment of broken shank at the other. It is possible to hold the block either way up, but more compl…
Created on: Friday 24th January 2020
Last updated: Friday 23rd February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-09EC59
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Complete long silver ingot of slightly irregular shape, but with a clear rounded top and slightly flattened underside. It has one neatly rounded end, 11mm wide and 5.8mm thick. One long edge runs roughly at right angles to this end, and the other long edge flares slightly. The maximum width of 13.5mm is close to the other end, and here there is a rounded angle, with the ingot tapering steeply to meet the other long edge in a rounded point. The ingot is sub-triangular or drop-shaped in cross-section, with the long straight edge being thicker and the top then …
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-25921E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Brooch made from a coin of Ethelred II (978-1016), small cross type, now incomplete and in two pieces. The obverse is gilded, and the reverse has two patches of solder. The coin is an example of Aethelred's first small cross type, struck by the moneyer Godman, probably of London (GODMAN MO [?}LV[...], the L being obscured by a patch of solder). North 764, c.978-9. Dimensions: approximately 20mm diameter, weight 1.21g. Discussion: Brooches made from coins are Weetch's type 2.B. This is an unusual example, as it is more common for the reverse to be used as the…
Created on: Friday 21st April 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-B9F82A
Object type: CHISEL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age chisel. It has an incomplete circular-section socket, 15mm in diameter, which is cylindrical externally but apparently slightly conical internally, so that the metal is thinnest at the break and thicker further into the socket. The socket is c. 39mm deep, and at this point externally the cylinder has a concave curve on two surfaces to taper into a rectangular-section solid blade. This is c. 5mm thick and each edge has a gentle convex curve to a point, which therefore would originally have had a 5mm sharp edge. The patina is a smooth brown, with areas brok…
Created on: Monday 23rd May 2022
Last updated: Saturday 17th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-02D016
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Late medieval gilded silver strap-end of hollow box form, decorated on both front and back. It appears to have been made from four pieces of silver soldered together, with no evidence of an internal spacer plate. The strap-end tapers slightly from the open end, and has a pair of concave curves running to a point at the closed end. There are two silver rivets at the open attachment end, The sides of the strap-end are undecorated but all surfaces (apart perhaps from the rivets) are gilded. The front is decorated with a rectangular frame made from a groove aro…
Created on: Friday 6th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roudham and Larling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4875A5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold mourning ring. A simple D-section hoop of consistent width throughout, with engraved decoration in one place on the convex outer face forming a stylised skull bezel seen in a three-quarter view looking to the viewer's left. The edges of the skull are each formed from a bold V-section curved cut which bites deeply into the metal. The face is made up of two roughly round dots for eyes, and an inverted V-shaped nose between; this is all set off centre, towards the left-hand cut, giving the impression of the three-quarter view. Below are the teeth…
Created on: Friday 16th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-9433CA
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small silver hooked tag of early-medieval date. It has a circular plate, two incomplete flat lugs near the top pierced for sewing, and a complete sharp hook at the bottom. The plate has an undecorated border, within which is a sunken panel containing a reserved Trewhiddle-style animal in profile left, with its head turned to look over its tail. The decoration is at an unusual angle; the animal is the right way up when the object is held with the hook to the upper left and the sewing lugs to the lower right. The animal has a large head with rounded brow, drilled …
Created on: Thursday 20th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-F3BA7A
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Hoard of five coins. Four medieval silver pennies (three of Henry II and one of John) and one cut halfpenny of John. Found within 50m of each other. Catalogue: 1) Henry II penny, class 1b, Alain of Canterbury 1180-5. 1.37g. 2) Henry II penny, class 1b, Osber of Worcester 1180-5. 1.32g. 3) Henry II penny, class 1b, Pieres of London 1180-5. 1.34g. 4) John penny, class 5, Ricard B of London 1205-10. 1.11g. 5) John cut halfpenny, class 5-6, Abel of London 1205-16. 0.69g. Discussion: There is some wear on the Henry II pennies, but little on the f…
Created on: Monday 14th September 2020
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-90F486
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold finger-ring with bezel set with a dark red intaglio gemstone. The gemstone is complete, and although the gold components are now broken and crushed, they are also largely complete. The hoop is made from three strands of beaded wire arranged to form a triangular cross-section, with two strands side by side forming the inner surface and the third strand added in the centre. The third strand, standing proud on the outer surface, is now very worn. At the shoulders, the three strands flatten out and spread, with the central strand butting up…
Created on: Wednesday 27th April 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-FDD7E8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
 Gold mourning ring dated 23 September 1805. The ring has a wide hoop, of even width throughout but now crumpled in one place. It is decorated on the exterior with a beaded ridge to top and bottom, two plain ridges within this, and a central band of relief lettering reading ELIZ: SHERMAN. DIED. 23. SEP: 1805. AGED. 81 The stops vary, sometimes colons but mostly central pellets. There is a space-filling motif, probably a rosette or flower, between the start and end of the inscription. Although the lettering is very neat, the workmanship is untidy, with lots of engraving scrat…
Created on: Thursday 11th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 1st February 2024
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Record ID: SF8008
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2002
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK BARKING', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-BBC400
Object type: INSCRIBED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of sub-rectangular lead sheet inscribed with runes. There are two clear rows of runes, one above the other, each bordered above and below by a groove similar to those making up the runes. There are small gaps between the rows; each gap is about half the height of the runes. The central line is the clearest, with at least seven readable runes, most contained within  rectangular panels, so divided from each other by pairs of vertical lines. The upper line has about five readable runes. There is space for part of a lower, third line in the acute-angled corner…
Created on: Monday 22nd November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-6E9398
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold annular brooch with pin constriction and projecting clasped hands. The circular frame is mainly triangular in cross-section, but this is interrupted by the pin constriction at 12 o'clock, the clasped hands at 3 o'clock, and two quatrefoil flower bosses at 6 o'clock and 9 o'clock. The pin constriction has a tiny transverse ridge to either side. The clasped hands have the thumbs uppermost, and the fingers above the thumbs are very slightly separated, but not apparently enough to hold something like a bead. The space in between has some hard so…
Created on: Friday 30th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cawston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F38112
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three silver coins found within a metre of each other, almost certainly part of a dispersed purse loss. Catalogue: 1) Groat of Mary, North 1960, 1553-4 (extremely worn). 1.65g. 2) Groat of Elizabeth, North 1986, initial mark cross crosslet, 1560-1 (very worn). 1.66g. 3) Sixpence of Elizabeth I, North 1997, initial mark eglantine, 1575 (some wear). 2.58g. Date: The coins were minted between 1553 and 1575, and the date of deposition is probably not very much later, c.1580-1600.
Created on: Monday 14th September 2020
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-927536
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two Icenian silver units, additions to a hoard of 18 coins found in 2015 (2015T546, NMS-79D400) with a further five found in 2017 (2017T1080, NMS-2E6730). The numbering follows on from these two finds. Catalogue: 24) ANTED type Pattern-Horse silver unit, ABC 1642/1645. Weight 0.88g. c.AD10-42. Finder's reference N004.CGI.0024. 25) Pattern-Horse type, the copper alloy core of a silver plated silver unit, a little plating remaining on the obverse. Weight 0.66g. c.AD10-42. Finder's reference N004.CGI.0025. Discussion: All of the 25 …
Created on: Friday 14th April 2023
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-14243D
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, short, and stout flat axehead, of Needham. S, (2017) class 4E or F, most of the flat rectangular butt survives, curving out very slightly to a thicker centre section which has very slight flanges to both sides on both faces. The axe then curves out sharply to a wide cutting edge, most of which is now missing due to corrosion, the smooth olive-green polished surface is what remains of the original surfaces, largely corroded and pitted, mostly to one face and the extremities of the axe. Cf. NMS-6620F2 for a similar axe. Length 76.0mm, maximum surviving width 44.7mm, max…
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-1C1681
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy enamelled Roman brooch of British Plate type, specifically a Domed Boss or umbonate broch (Mackreth 2011, Plate 6.a). It is broadly lozenge-shaped, with a flat knop at each corner and a central circular dome that fills most of the space. One knop is larger, round-ended and pierced at the end with a large (mm diameter) circular hole; on the reverse of this knop, below the hole, is a double pin lug pierced to take a copper-alloy bar on which the stub of a copper-alloy pin hinges. The opposite knop is much smaller, and on the reverse of this is a squashed catchplate…
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2021
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-7E9A0D
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete silver object, a probable ingot of late early-medieval date. It is long, narrow and flat, with one end complete and rounded and the other cut or broken straight across. The larger top and bottom faces are flat; the sides are very slightly bevelled or convex, with a just-visible central angle along the centre of each side. The long edges are parallel and the object increases in thickness from the rounded end to just before the break, where there is an angle across one face (perhaps the underside) and a steep slope to the break. This slope could be the start…
Created on: Monday 3rd August 2020
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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