Record ID: NMS-C46BC8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman silver penannular snake-headed finger ring, less than half survives. Oval snake head, convex on the upper face with moulded ridges and grooves indicating stylized features, and a slight flange around the edge. The sub-rectangular-sectioned band narrows slightly towards the break. Johns (1996, 45, fig.3.3) Type Bii. Roman. Probably 1st - 2nd century. Weight 2.1g. Width of head 9mm..
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9F99E1
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete silver belt mount with an integral rivet on the reverse. Flat with bevelled edges and tapering gently from a complete end to a break across a rounded aperture. On the front a lower case black-letter a is reserved on a cross-hatched ground. 15th century.
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Monday 1st June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Congham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9FB324
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gilded silver, flat, rectangular bar-mount, with four rivet holes (one incomplete). Gilding is confined to one face. 13th - 14th century
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2009
Last updated: Monday 1st June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Congham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4B14D5
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver-gilt cap-hook. Circular back-plate with separate soldered domed front decorated with twisted filigree wire and pellets. Three large circles of wire, each containing a central pellet (one surviving) with wire annulet, surrounded by six (in one circle) and seven (in two) further wire annulets. Around the edge between each of the large wire circles is a pellet surrounded by a wire annulet with three pellets around the edge. There is a large central pellet at the apex of the domed front-plate. On the reverse is a separate soldered circular-sectioned hook, now bro…
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2012
Last updated: Sunday 31st May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tacolneston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9D4408
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Anglo-Saxon silver and copper-alloy boss from unidentified object. Domed, formed from three layers; an upper silver decorated dome over a layer of corroded copper alloy before a further silver layer. Parts of the edge of the upper silver dome may be original, but the lower two layers have no original surviving edge. Decorated with a triquetra in very low relief within a border defined by engraved lines, with gilding surviving between the raised lines. Dimensions: Surviving diameter 14-16mm. Height at least 9mm. Weight 5.2g. Discussion: The function and identity …
Created on: Monday 16th May 2016
Last updated: Thursday 28th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-6228C3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval silver annular brooch or buckle. Slightly angled sheet frame with a narrow rib on the inner and outer edge of the frame (convex on the front, concave on the reverse) with a circular piercing for the pin. A maker's mark GG is stamped on th upper face of the pin. There is a stamped hallmark on the reverse of the frame, consisting of three stamps, an unidentified stamp (perhaps a bust, but very worn), a standard mark consisting lion passant guardant within a frame with angled upper corners and a bi-concave lower edge, and a date letter t within an oval. External diamet…
Created on: Wednesday 29th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-EBAB46
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A possibly Middle or Late Saxon object. A trapezoidal fragment of silver sheet with engraved and niello-inlaid decoration on one face. One edge, which is followed by a line of fine hatching and an engraved line (forming a kind of ladder pattern), may be original, while of two others cutting across the decoration, one (longer and at right angles to the ladder pattern) is clearly chopped. There is a single off-centre circular hole (diameter 2 mm) pushed through from the reverse. The nature of the decoration is uncertain. There appear to be two fields bounded by straight lines enclo…
Created on: Thursday 13th January 2011
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Fincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-9E71B5
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Merovingian tremissis of hitherto unknown type with a fragment of either another tremissis or decorated gold sheet adhering to it. The obverse depicts a diademed bust facing right with the retrograde legend BASOI FIT BH, the reverse probably a long-cross on globe, flanked by the letters AB (B retrograde) and the legend, VNE[...]S[..]X[..]S. This type is not recorded in any of the standard reference works. Adhering to it is a small fragment, probably of another coin, with what appear to be the letters ON (or NO). Late 6th or early 7th century AD. A single gold coin would no…
Created on: Monday 4th April 2011
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-EB64B8
Object type: NECKLACE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman flat, gold openwork link or part of clasp, probably from a necklace or similar item of jewellery. Formed from rectangular-sectioned cut strips of gold, an originally oval or circular frame around three pelta-shaped strips arranged with curved backs meeting in the centre and spiralled ends touching the frame. There is a circular suspension loop on the outside of the frame at one end retaining a fragment of knotted circular-sectioned wire, and a broken loop at the opposite end. Surviving length 17mm. Surviving width 10mm. Thickness 1mm. Weight 0.6g. See a rectangular lin…
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 29th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-E97505
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band, plain externally, inscribed internally ∙ I ∙ LIVE ∙ IN ∙ HOPE ∙ with no maker's mark. External measurements 19 x 20mm. Internal measurements 16 x 17.5mm. Width of band 4mm. Thickness of band 1mm. Weight 3.1g. Very similar to a 17th - 18th century finger ring in the collections of the British Museum (Museum Number 1961,1202.410), with the same inscription, the words of the inscription separated by stars. English inscriptions in roman capitals became more common from the mid 16th century and many examples are known. M…
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-90B133
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age coin hoard consisting of two gold staters. Both are Norfolk wolf staters, so-called JB types with a left facing wolf (Cottam et al 2010, Ancient British Coinage, p.78, no.1399). The two coins were found approximately 40 yards apart and they must represent part of a dispersed coin hoard. The larger, paler example weighs 5.14g, the smaller, darker coin 5.27g. The coins were made between about 50-20 BC. Date of loss of deposition will have been in the closing decades of the first century BC, c.30-10BC
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wighton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-DFF770
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy gilt strap-end from scabbard belt or book clasp, of characteristic 14th-century design, of box-like construction. The part that contained the strap is rectangular with separate side strips before a box-like circular boss and broken transversely pierced terminal. On the reverse of the circular boss is a highly corroded protrusion. Tiny traces of gilding are visible, but the any detail is obscured by a layer of corrosion and dirt. These strap-ends are interpreted by Fingerlin (1971), p.111, nos.174-8) as scabbard belt-mounts, but have also been identified at book c…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-04473A
Object type: CANDLE SNUFFER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of post-medieval copper alloy candle snuffer or wick trimmer. Rectangular plate with integral projection from one corner at right-angles to the plate, hinged to a fragment of the flat-sectioned handle now broken at both ends, which would originally have been a swivelling joint with the plate forming the front of an open box which could be closed on the wick. The front of the plate is decorated with lines of engraved rocker arm along each edge and from each corner to the centre, with a ring-and-dot in the centre and in each corner. Plate 33 x 43mm. Surviving total length 66mm.…
Created on: Friday 29th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-052EF9
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval composite strap-end of crescentic type, the points of the crescent meeting leaving an oval aperture in the front-plate. The separate oval sheet back-plate is secured by two copper alloy rivets through the points of the crescent at upper end and two copper alloy rivets near mid-point. The front of the crescent is decorated with engraved lines, probably stylised leaves or a flower, with short sectioned of rocker arm engraving. The knop at the base of the crescent is missing. Surviving length 34mm. Width 33mm. Cf. Fingerlin 1971 Abb. 312-314. Circa 1400 - 1450.
Created on: Friday 29th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-6DA535
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Eighty sceattas of varying types, forming the Aldborough Hoard. These small silver coins represent the earliest native English silver coinage and date from circa 675 to the middle of the eighth century. They were scattered over a small area, about 30m by 30m, and clearly represent a hoard or part of a hoard dispersed at some point in the past. The first 65 (reported as 2010T234) have been published (A. B. Marsden in Yorkshire Numismatist 4, 2012). Nos. 66-70, found during 2012, represent an addendum to earlier batches. Nos. 71-5, found during November 2014, and no. 76, found in t…
Created on: Thursday 15th April 2010
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-225734
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
All the coins were recovered from a very small area except the halfgroat which was found a little distance away. The coins form a tightly defined group and clearly went into the ground together, whether as a purse loss or (more likely given the fact that no small denominations are present) as part of a concealed hoard. These coins probably represent only a small proportion of the hoard originally concealed. Description: A group of 14 silver coins of Henry VIII, groats with one halfgroat. One of the groats is represented by only a small fragment. All are of his second coinage dating fr…
Created on: Thursday 15th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-20EA22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Brooch manufactured by the addition of a copper-alloy backplate and pin to a silver penny of William I. The front of the brooch (the reverse of the coin) has been gilded, and the backplate and pin mechanism is attached centrally by means of a silver rivet. The backplate is poorly preserved and incomplete, but appears to have consisted of a 4-5mm wide strip, perhaps with the edges bent up (the photograph does not include a side view and the details of the pin fixings were not noted at the time of recording). The pin has a closed loop through which a pin bar with burred-over ends surviv…
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2016
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-183C7E
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age penannular ring fragment, or 'ring money'. Sub-oval-section, slightly flattened on the upper and lower face, with a copper alloy core and outer banded gold sheath. The banding appears lighter with an almost silvery colour on the outer face and a darker, slightly blackened appearance on the inner face. Broken at both ends with possible traces of having been cut or chopped. The exposed copper alloy surface is fairly corroded, suggesting ancient breaks. See NMS-5D0C86 for a similar complete example. Weight 5.7g. Width 8.5mm. Surviving diameter 17.5mm.
Created on: Thursday 10th March 2016
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-CD9C2B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of silver Roman finger ring. The rear and one side of the oval to D-sectioned hoop is missing, expanding smoothly from the breaks through the shoulders before small notches on either side defining the edge of the oval bezel. The shoulders are decorated with a pair of grooves following each edge. In the centre of the bezel a plain, integral oval boss stands in relief imitating a setting. The edges of the ring, particularly the bezel, are damaged but faint grooves around the edge of the bezel can be seen in places. Surviving width at bezel 9mm. Original external diameter circa …
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-F4DC36
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval silver thimble. Angled sides, domed top, two grooves around the lower edge above which is a very faint line of tiny alternating longer and shorter vertical dashes with a wide plain border above, the upper sides and top covered with multiple closely spaced pecked dots. Distorted around the base. Height 18mm. Weight 2.6g. Circa 17th century. See 2007T680 (NMS-E88A33) for a similar example.
Created on: Friday 21st November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Spatial data recorded.