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Record ID: NMS-28B7ED
Object type: HAIR PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable Roman copper alloy hair pin. Incomplete shank swollen and rectangular-sectioned at one end, circular-sectioned and tapering to a bent break at the other. No surviving head or decoration. Surviving length 63mm. Maximum width 3mm. Probably Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Thursday 17th December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 17th December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-6B8603
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rear Hook brooch (Mackreth CD RH type). C-sectioned wings the edges damaged, scar from missing rear hook, oval-sectioned bow, most of catch-plate missing, pin and spring missing. The bow is plain, the wings decorated with a pair of angled lines and knurled rib either side of the bow. Length 39mm. Width 32mm. Mid 1st century.
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 8th December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-8FC3E3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete finger ring.of Henig Type II. 'D' sectioned, expanded and flattened for bezel Set with oval black glass with chamfered sides, impressed with (now undecipherable, possible bust facing left) design, cracked and chipped. Parallel transverse engraved lines either side of setting and further engraved wavy lines around setting. Internal diameter at least 19mm, width of bezel 13mm, glass setting 9 x 11mm. 1st - 2nd Century AD (Johns, 1996, 42 - 3).
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2006
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burnham Market', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E3D804
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver finger ring of Henig's type XI with wide bezel set with an oval disc showing a scene in relief. This features a male figure reclining to the left; he holds out what appears to be a ewer towards a bird. This represents Ganymede, Jupiter's cupbearer offering a drink to his master in the form of an eagle. Depictions of Ganymede and the Eagle together with representations of Leda and the Swan and Cupid and Psyche are common in the late Roman Empire, the themes of metamorphosis and apotheosis being especially popular in that period. A silver ring from Great Walsingham features a sim…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd September 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-8F0621
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of silver finger ring. Rectangular sectioned loop expanding to a moulded oval snake-head terminal with beading around the edge, flat internally. Probably from a penannular ring with a snake head terminal at either end. About a third of the ring survives. Cf. Johns (1996, 45, fig.3.3 type Bii, and 46, fig.3.5, right image). Roman. Original external diameter c. 16mm. Weight 1.11g.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2009
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Quidenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-EE67B3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragments of silver snake finger-ring of Johns (1996) Type C, a form "which incorporates two or more complete snakes in the design" (Johns 1997, 35-7): two lengths of wire, both with a snake-head terminal and one end missing, form a loose reef knot . Part of a probably separate object, a pin with a small biconical head, passes through the centre of the knot. All three fragments move freely, although the pin is held in place by the other two pieces and cannot be withdrawn. 1st - 2nd century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2009
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9D9633
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver finger ring of Henig Type II. D-sectioned hoop expanding smoothly from the rear through the shoulders to form the slightly flattened bezel set with an oval carnelian intaglio depicting a standing figure facing (in impression) right. Hardened dirt or corrosion product fill part of the engraving. Width of bezel 8mm. Height of hoop 18mm. Width of hoop 21mm. Weight 3.9g. 1st - 2nd century AD.
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-0670DE
Object type: POT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One sherd Roman greyware from the neck of a narrow mouthed jar. No original edge. Relatively unabraded. Weight 21.1g. Mid 1st - 4th century.
Created on: Thursday 3rd December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 3rd December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-70E9A5
Object type: POT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman greyware jar rim sherd. Weight 14.8g. Original diameter circa 120mm. Mid 1st - 4th century AD.
Created on: Thursday 26th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2015
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Record ID: NMS-FD87B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy sprung dolphin brooch. Undecorated C-sectioned wings, triangular-sectioned bow with concve sides and flat upper face, with a median ridge at the upper end. Almost complete triangular catch-plate with triangular aperture. Blunt-ended foot. Double pierced lug retains the spring with four coils on one side and five on the other. Pin missing. 1st century AD. Length 36mm. Width 23mm.
Created on: Thursday 17th October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 8th October 2015
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Record ID: NMS-FE8952
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy casket mount or binding strip, highly corroded. Transverse and angled mouldings at either end of a section of triangular-sectioned bar, broken accross a rivet hole at one end, with a flat-sectioned terminal with two rivet holes at the other. Slight traces of gilding survive on the otherwise corroded surface. Surviving length 65mm. Width 10mm. 12th - 14th century.
Created on: Thursday 17th October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 8th October 2015
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Record ID: NMS-242310
Object type: RAZOR
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy razor or spatula handle cast in the form of a bust of Minerva. The stylised figure wears a high Corinthian helmet with a large crest. She is depicted draped, wearing the aegis, a protective garment covering her shoulders and upper body with transverse lines and ribs on her chest and lower body above a break across the split base. 13 x at least 54mm.
Created on: Monday 19th August 2013
Last updated: Friday 25th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Dereham', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-264976
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy bracelet. Flat-sectioned, broken at one end, narrowing to blunt hook at the other. Decorated with a transverse line before a ring-and-dot with beaded borders deffined on their inner edge by longitudinal lines. Width 6mm. 3rd - 4th century.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2013
Last updated: Thursday 24th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-7333DC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy brooch, Mackreth (2011) CD RH type. C-sectioned wings, elaborately moulded with plain narrow ribs, knurled ribs and concave mouldings, the end of one missing, with corrosion probably from solder on the rear of both. The rear hook, spring and pin are missing. Trapezoidal-sectioned bow with three median longitudinal grooves with short transverse dashes arranged alternately to give the impression of two zigzag lines. The openwork catch-plate is broken across two apertures almost flush with the rear of the bow, and the tip of the foot is missing. There are traces of tin…
Created on: Friday 21st August 2015
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2015
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Record ID: NMS-7230CC
Object type: TWEEZERS
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy tweezers. One arm only, broken across the loop, expanding smoothly to the slightly in-turned blade, decorated with a groove following each edge. Now bent. Surviving length 58mm. Width at blade 6mm. Width at loop 2.5mm.
Created on: Friday 21st August 2015
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2015
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Record ID: NMS-3C570A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pierced silver siliqua of Gratian, reverse VIRTVS ROMANORVM type, mintmark and further details illegible, slightly clipped and with relatively wide (2-3mm) piercing near edge (which has worn through) between 2 and 3 o'clock (obverse), weight 1.22g, AD378-83 The worn piercing shows that this coin has been reused as a pendant and thus qualifies at an item of Treasure. It is quite worn but not excessively so. The reuse as a pendant probably belongs to the 5th century although a late Roman reuse cannot be ruled out.
Created on: Tuesday 7th April 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 21st July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Foulsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E26174
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Completely corroded Roman coin, probably originally an as or dupondius of the late 1st or 2nd century AD although a large reformed nummus of c.297-305, is possible, diameter 26mm thickness 1.5mm, weight 4.8g,
Created on: Tuesday 21st July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 21st July 2015
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Record ID: NMS-61462C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably the arched bow-section of a Roman crossbow brooch. Consisting of a triangular-sectioned curved copper alloy bar with the flat edge on the outside of the curve and the inner edge slightly rounded. There are ancient transverse breaks at both ends, one of which narrows from the outer face in a sharp curve before the break. Surviving length 48mm. Thickness 7mm. Width of bar 12.5mm. 3rd-4th century AD.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Monday 13th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-295F67
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy Trumpet brooch (Mackreth 2011 type TR). Single loop broken, pin and spring missing, sub-oval-sectioned bow with half-round moulding, broken before catch-plate. Extremely worn and bent. Surviving length 32mm. 1st - 2nd century.
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 30th June 2015
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Record ID: NMS-284753
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rear Hook brooch (Mackreth 2011 type CD RH). C-sectioned wings, broken rear hook, slight crest at top of D-sectioned bow with a groove along each edge fading before the break. Spring, pin, and lower part of bow missing. Width 22mm. Surviving length 25mm.
Created on: Tuesday 30th June 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 30th June 2015
Spatial data recorded.