Record ID: NMS-AF3139
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably Late Bronze Age copper alloy ring. Circular-sectioned, narrowing slightly at one point perhaps through wear. Irregular corrosion, with a grey sheen from a high white metal content on the patinated areas. External diameter 41.5mm. Internal diameter 39.5mm. Diameter of section 6 - 8mm. 1000 - 701BC.
Created on: Monday 24th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th October 2021
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Record ID: NMS-AEE7F6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy buckle. One loop of originally double-oval frame, flat back, convex front, ridge on frame at either end of narrowed bar, sheet pin with bevelled edges and missing tip. Measuring (reconstructed) 37 x 26mm. 13th - 16th century.
Created on: Monday 24th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 24th August 2015
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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-45FA09
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Anglo-Saxon or modern copper alloy chain and pendant or spangle. Cruciform pendant created by cutting a triangular notch in the centre of each edge of a rectangular sheet with rounded corners, slightly domed, with a repoussé dot in the centre and in each arm of the cross. One arm is pierced near the edge for an S-shaped wire link attached to a register chain of eleven wire links. Pendant 21 x 21.5mm. Total length of chain including S link 171mm. Single link 17 x 9mm. The surface is a pale yellow brassy colour with no green patination, and only a trace of possible corrosion p…
Created on: Wednesday 19th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 20th August 2015
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Record ID: NMS-CA73D5
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver composite dress hook. Lozengiform back-plate supporting a larger lozengiform frame with a large plain knop at each corner and three ribbed knops on each side, with a stepped border around the central lozengiform aperture. A separate complex openwork quatrefoil, each foil consisting of crosshatched lobe flanked by tendrils perhaps representing thistles, is secured to the back-plate by a dome-headed butterfly-clip. A rectangular-sectioned attachment loop is soldered to the reverse of the frame and a sharp hook, now slightly bent, is soldered to the frame and back-pl…
Created on: Thursday 13th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C8AA6F
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2015 T575. A dispersed hoard of sterlings, probably disturbed during clearing of a drainage ditch and scattered in the surrounding area. The coins, all in relatively crisp condition, close with a few class 4b sterlings dating to the early 1280s and suggest a date of loss or deposition at some point in the early 1280s, probably around 1282 or 1283. Over half are London issues. ENGLISH ISSUES OF EDWARD I LONDON (154) Class North no. Date Weight (g) Total 1c 1012 …
Created on: Thursday 13th August 2015
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haddiscoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A0DE44
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified and undated fragment of silver, gilded object. Curved, concave on both wide faces, narrowing slightly from one end towards the other, the outer edge knurled (multiple closely spaced transverse ribs) between narrow raised borders at either edge, the inner edge slightly convex and plain. Broken at both ends, one break extending around to the inner edge slightly leaving the possibility that there was an internal projection. Thickness 3mm. Width 7 - 9.5mm. Weight 2.5g. Surviving length 22mm. If the outside edge continues to form a circle the original diameter would be circa 3…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
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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-9B905B
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver seal matrix. Octagonally faceted handle with triple ribbed collar and globular terminal pierced for suspension. Maker's marks stamped twice on the reverse, both worn but probably BC or BG with a pellet above and below within an oval. There is a well-defined line of differential patination inset from but following the edge of the reverse which goes through both marks. Incised bell with canons, vertical ribs on the crown, a band of dots and transverse ribs on the body, the clapper protruding below the rim, with an inner single line and outer beaded border. Octagonal…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-8CA9CC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval silver, gilded finger ring. Shallow D-sectioned band with a ridge at the edge on the outer face and very worn decoration consisting of angled lines dividing the outer face into five sections, with further engraved decoration surviving only at the edges as short dashes, perhaps originally multiple stamped annulets, scales, crosshatching or similar. The butt joint has sprung apart slightly and there are traces of corrosion or solder on either side. Indentations on the inner face may be the remains of a maker's mark, now indecipherable. Only traces of gilding su…
Created on: Monday 10th August 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd September 2021
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Record ID: NMS-8BB61E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Ceredigion
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver brooch with circular, open frame, almost circular-sectioned with slight flattening on the inside, inlaid with niello in a combination of encircling and criss-crossed lines, now very worn in places. The pin is cast in the form of a sword, with a tapering lozengiform-section, upwardly curved quillons with scrolled ends, and tabs folded around the frame to form the attachment loop. All four facets of the pin are engraved with a line of rocker-arm zigzags, with a dot in each of the resulting inner triangles on the front face. The front face of the edge of the quillons is r…
Created on: Monday 10th August 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd September 2021
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Record ID: NMS-4C1582
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval or post-medieval silver, gilded brooch with open, slightly angled flat-sectioned frame. The upper face is decorated with filigree and pellets, with a line of twisted wire around the internal and external edges either side of a row of pellets each surrounded by an annulet of twisted wire with two small pellets between each of the larger pellets. The frame is pierced for a cast, D-sectioned pin with a double transverse moulding before the loop and recessed on the underside for the frame. External diameter 19mm. Internal diameter 10.5mm. Weight 1.0g. Very similar broo…
Created on: Friday 7th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 9th February 2016
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Record ID: NMS-1D8A18
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two fragments of non-joining silver probable ingots; rectangular-sectioned, the reverse and one side flat, the other side and upper face particularly irregular with hammer marks. Both ends appear to have been partially cut into on the upper face and then broken. Breaks not recent. Surviving maximum dimensions 17 x 4.5 x 3.5m. Weight 1.7g (27gn). rectangular section with the corners cut off (bevelled on each long edge), complete and blunt at one end, the other end cut into on all four sides and then broken in in centre. Breaks not recent. A few possible hammer marks. Survi…
Created on: Wednesday 5th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walsingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0E8E47
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold signet ring. The band is flat internally with three external facets, expanding smoothly through the shoulders before a flat, octagonal bezel. The bezel is deeply engraved with a beaded border around a shield bearing A lion rampant, the helm is unusually small and is crowned with a ducal coronet above which the crest comprises A boar's head couped. There is elaborate scrolled mantling to either side of the helm and shield. On the reverse of the bezel at one edge is a stamped maker's mark: F within a triangle. The hoop is now slightly distorted. Height 20mm. Width 22m…
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-0C1C46
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver ring with an irregular faceted and worn section. External diameter 24 - 25mm. Internal diameter 18 - 19mm. Thickness 3 - 4mm. Weight 4.2g. The ring is undecorated, without marks and not neatly finished and is therefore unlikely to have been a finger ring. It is very similar to many recorded examples of 14th - 16th century copper alloy rings possibly used to hang drapes (Egan, 1998, 62 - 4), or possible simple brooches or buckles. However, the degree of wear and lack of diagnostic features makes close dating impossible, although it is likely to be ancient and over 300 years old.
Created on: Tuesday 4th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-79D400
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
18 silver Iron Age coins, all silver units of the Iceni. Found scattered over a small area, one (no. 15 in the catalogue) found some 70m from the main body has clearly travelled due to agricultural action. They clearly represent a scattered hoard which went into the ground together in the late Iron Age or early Roman period. Often these hoards are associated with the Boudiccan revolt of AD60. 1-4) Four coins stuck together an ECEN type (obverse visible) and a Late Face Horse ('Norfolk God') type, total weight 1.77g, the other two (in the middle of the pile) unidentified (refer…
Created on: Tuesday 28th July 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 4th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-79CA19
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two coins of William I, a penny of the 'Bonnet' type and a cut halfpenny of the same issue. They were found close together and, given the unlikelihood of finding two strays of these rare coins, they must surely represent part of a small hoard or, given the presence of the cut half, more probably a purse loss. The coins were minted circa 1068-70 and the date of their loss or deposition is unlikely to be very many years later. We may presume a date of loss in the 1070s. Catalogue 1. William I, Bonnet type, cut halfpenny, moneyer Godefurth of Norwich, North 842, weight 0.63g. F…
Created on: Tuesday 28th July 2015
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2022
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Record ID: NMS-782F32
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval or post-medieval silver, gilded incomplete mount or badge in the form of a cherubic figure standing over a probable beast, serpent or dragon. The figure's right arm is raised and broken before the elbow, the left arm by its side, possibly reaching for the beast, the head inclined slightly towards the beast, the right leg broken at the knee. The left leg is unclear and may be the head of a horse the figure is riding, or a leg straddling the beast. The mount is very worn and clearly broken around much of the edge, but the details of the figures face and hair can still be s…
Created on: Tuesday 28th July 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
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Record ID: NMS-75584A
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver thimble. Domed crown soldered to angled sides now partly separated, squashed, cracked and missing part of the lower edge. A border around the base is defined by a pair of engraved lines above and below, plain apart from the engraved letters AG. The rest of the sides and crown are covered in closely spaced annulets. On the inside edge there is a stamped indecipherable maker's mark. See Holmes, 1976, 15, fig.6b and d and 19, fig.9 for similar examples. Late 16th - 17th century. Height 23mm. Weight 4.4g.
Created on: Tuesday 28th July 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st December 2015
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