Record ID: NMS-AEAC9D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of flat copper-alloy plate, 1.3mm thick and approximately rectangular, 23 x 12 mm. One face is smooth and the other rougher. One long edge is cut into with four V-shaped notches, larger at one end and getting smaller towards the other. The other long edge has a partial circle (c. 6mm diameter) cut out of the corner closer to the smaller notches. Other edges appear to be broken (worn breaks). The zig-zag serrations are very slightly bevelled or rounded, on the smoother face only. There is a green patina and the object appears of some age, although precise date and fun…
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2022
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Record ID: NMS-AE3E72
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy fragment, probably part of a late Roman bracelet (late 3rd or 4th century) with hook-and-eye fastening. Both ends are broken; the wider end is pointed-oval in cross-section, 8.1 x 4.9mm, with the outer surface faceted or strongly curved and the inner more gently curved. The break here is fresh. The fragment then tapers to a point, and flattens before thickening again at the point. In side view, the point is broken across a side-to-side perforation or possible hook; the breaks here are very worn, making it hard to distinguish between a break and an origi…
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2022
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Record ID: NMS-ADCD92
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Probable bracelet fragment consisting of a piece of curved copper-alloy rod. It tapers from 6.6mm wide at an original squared-off end to 3.6mm wide at a fairly fresh break, and increases in thickness from 1.4mm at the original end to 3.4mm at the break. It is therefore sub-circular in cross-section at the break, but for most of its length the fragment is D-section with a flat inner surface. The slightly convex outer surface has traces of possible decoration, including areas with bevelled edges, but it is worn and there is a casting flaw (a rounded depression) which makes the original i…
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-AD8C38
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of late Iron Age or early Roman copper-alloy brooch, probably a Nauheim or Nauheim derivative. It consists of a flat, triangular bow, now a little bent, tapering from 7.5mm wide at the top with straight sides to a pointed tip with a tiny upturned bump. There is a groove down the centre and either edge; all the grooves peter out before the end of the brooch, and the side grooves have hints of ribbing or beading or punched decoration. Although the foot of the brooch appears complete, as there is absolutely no hint of a catchplate on the smooth reverse, it may be broken and …
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2022
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Record ID: NMS-9A9CB9
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Three silver medieval coins, all halfpennies of Edward I. Catalogue: 1. Irish halfpenny of Edward I (2nd coinage) minted in Dublin. EDW R ANGL DNS HYB / CIVITAS [DVB]LINIE Diameter 14.7mm, weight 0.65g. Withers Type 1 (1a or 1c), Spink (2015) no. 6250. Date: 1280-1284. 2. Irish halfpenny of Edward I (2nd coinage) minted in Waterford. EDW R ANGL DNS HYB /  CIVITAS VATERFOR Diameter 15.03mm, weight 0.68g. Withers Type 2e, Spink (2015) no. 6254. Date: 1281-1284. 3. Halfpenny of Edward I (class 3b) minted in London. EDW R…
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th October 2023
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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-312C0B
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Tiny silver vervel or hawking ring of Lewis and Richardson type B. The hoop is nearly circular in shape, and D-shaped in cross-section with a flat exterior and convex inner surface. The exterior is engraved with the name John Rychers in italic script; the letters of the forename are much more tightly spaced than those of the surname, and the inscription fills most of the space available. Dimensions: External diameter 8.3-8.6mm. Width of hoop 2.2mm. Thickness of hoop 0.9mm. Weight 0.29g.  Discussion: Type B vervels (cylindrical in shape) are relatively…
Created on: Thursday 15th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 13th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-075348
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold annular brooch of medieval date, with inscription. The frame is circular with a triangular cross-section, flat and undecorated on the reverse. The inner angle of the front  is decorated with a groove within which is a line of fine, neat beading; under a lens it can be seen that this has been stamped, as each bead is surrounded by a slight upstanding circle. The outer angle has an inscription in seriffed capitals which is not immediately readable, and is discussed below. The frame is interrupted by a constriction for the pin. The gold pin survives…
Created on: Tuesday 13th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-9F1F6A
Object type: STUD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Disc-headed nail or stud made from copper alloy, of uncertain date but perhaps Roman to medieval. The head is flat and an irregular circular shape, 10.3-11.1mm in diameter and c. 2mm thick. The edge is perhaps damaged in places but it was originally rectilinear; the cross-section is not quite rectangular, as the reverse seems to be slightly thicker where the off-centre shaft emerges. This is roughly circular in cross-section and tapers at first gently and then more steeply to a point. It has a shiny brown patina. Total length, 9.2mm. Weight, 1.4g.
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-9EBBDC
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy sheet fragment, possibly part of an end-cap from a late medieval knife handle. The surviving part is slightly convex and sub-rectangular, with at least two surviving corners (and possibly a third) cut off at an angle. Perhaps around half survives, with an incurved V-shaped worn break which has pitting around. This is probably simply the remains of corrosion bubbles, but it could possibly have once been decorated with punched dots. There is no trace of an original central perforation, and as the concave reverse is almost completely covered with the remains of solder, i…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-9E59E5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piece of bent copper-alloy strip, roughly rectangular but tapering from 8.9 to 7.6mm in width along its length, which is c. 38mm. Both ends are probably broken, but the breaks are neat and worn. The surfaces are not flat but appear hammered. On one face, the narrower end is covered with fine parallel closely spaced oblique grooves. On the other, there is a zone of similar grooving in the centre, but here there are two orientations of grooves crossing each other; a group of closely spaced oblique lines, and over the top a few more widely spaced grooves following the same …
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-9E31C5
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy fragment, probably part of a Roman snake-headed bracelet. The fragment is flattish and 45.4mm long, with one end broken across (old break). It measures 4.9 x 1.6mm at the break, and then flares both in width and thickness to  6.7 x 2.5mm before tapering again to a point. This forms a pointed-oval area which could be a snake's head, and which is slightly D-shaped in cross-section with a flat reverse. The surface is corroded and pitted, and no decoration is visible. It weighs 3.41g. Compare NMS-0CEB4D. 2nd or 3rd century.
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-9DE3D5
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified object made from copper alloy, of uncertain date but possibly Iron Age or Roman. It appears to have been cast, but may have been hammered together from a rod of sub-circular or sub-rectangular cross-section. If so, the rod was bent in half, with a rounded loop at the bend (3.3mm internal diameter). The two halves then join (with a groove between them) before separating again. One prong is broken off after the fork, but the other diverges in a straight line, then begins to curve before a break. Both breaks are very worn. The resulting object measures 33mm from the loop…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-9D862F
Object type: TOILET ARTICLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy fragment, probably part of a toilet implement known as a 'probe', of Roman date. Circular in cross-section, it is 2mm in diameter at one end, which has a fairly fresh break. It then curves through a right angle, after which it flares to a swollen area about 15mm long and a maximum of 4.8mm in diameter in the centre. Length as bent 24.3mm, weight 1.73g. Probes were used in much the same way as cotton buds are today, and were often combined with a spoon or spatula at the other end. Compare SF-914C8C, BH-E9F8AF, etc. Several from Colchester a…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-1EC88D
Object type: STEELYARD WEIGHT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete bi-conical lead steelyard weight of Roman date. It is oval in cross-section, 27.4 x 24.5mm at the centre, with one near-complete conical half tapering to a point at which an iron rod emerges and is turned over, probably originally to form a D-shaped loop which is now crushed. Some of this half is missing, with an irregular gouge out of one side. Most of the other half is missing, with a square depression or gouge at the break revealing the corroded iron rod, which originally would have run from one end to the other and be used for suspension. There are hints of a s…
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 19th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-1DE894
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy object, perhaps a mount. It is thin and flat, and consists of a rectangular plate 17.7mm x 15.0mm with a 7.2mm wide tab projecting from the centre of one long edge. The rectangular area has three decoratively shaped edges, each with a long convex curve in the centre. The long decorated edge has two small nicks to either side of this curve, creating three smaller outcurving scallops; the short decorated edges each have two nicks above and a single nick below. The undecorated long edge has the projecting tab, which is decorated with six parallel grooves running to…
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-1CC76D
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Piece of copper-alloy strip, flat and rectangular in cross-section, decorated on one face with a row of small stamped annulets, c. 1mm in diameter. They are evenly spaced, about 1.5mm apart, and flanked by a shallow border groove down one edge of the strip. At one end, the strip is bent forward and broken; the other end may be original. There is damage to the surface about halfway along, suggesting further front-to back bending has taken place. The strip curves very slightly to one side (so that the grooved border is along the convex curve) but this appears to be an original featu…
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-1C6F16
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of two strand, cable twisted copper-alloy wire, probably part of a late Roman bracelet. Around 55mm (unbent length) survives, bent into a U-shaped curve so that it now measures 27mm long by 26mm wide. The two strands appear to have been originally round-section but to have been hammered together after they were twisted, to form an oval-section hoop 4 x 3mm in cross-section. The strands are now each c. 2.5 to 3mm wide on the hammered surface. At one end, one strand is neatly finished and the other is more circular in cross-section (c. 2.4mm diameter), sugge…
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-0B0E94
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of curved copper-alloy rod, probably part of a small bracelet. It is a tall D-shape in cross-section, 3.6mm wide and 2.7mm thick, with a flat interior and curved exterior. Both squared-off ends are very worn, but one appears to be a worn break and the other to be an original animal-head terminal, with two broad grooves or concave areas forming two low bumps, one longer and a little higher and one shorter, right at the end of the frame. No other decoration can be seen to survive. If the curve of the surviving fragment is extended, it seems that it represents about a …
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2022
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-0710FF
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large Roman copper-alloy mount with integral rivet. The front is conical, now a little bent. The sides are slightly concave in side view, and rise from a circular edge 25mm in diameter to a rounded point. The reverse is hollow, and the integral rivet projects from the centre. Its circular-section shaft is 3.3mm in minimum diameter and ends in a large integrally cast disc 10mm in diameter. The object is 15.0mm in total height with the front and the rivet each making up about half of this. It has a pale green surface and weighs 6.0g.  The integral rivet with large flat rove is…
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
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