Record ID: NMS-D8C40D
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A group of four Icenian staters found scattered but in close proximity. All are of the Snettisham or early Freckenham types, suggesting a date of deposition in the late 1st century BC or very early 1st century AD. Catalogue: 1) Freckenham type, so-called Cross, Triad issue, see Rudd ABC 1420, weight 5.14g. 2) Snettisham type, so-called Rings issue, see Rudd 1411, weight 5.36g. 3) Freckenham type, so-called Cross, Triad issue, see Rudd ABC 1420, weight 5.11g 4) Freckenham type, so-called Cross, Triad issue, see Rudd ABC 1420, weight 5.48g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Runhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C7F92B
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or Post-medieval silver, gilded pendant. Cast in the form of stylised hanging flower in the round, or possible in two halves soldered together with a separate attachment loop, the seam or join partially visible around the edge. Below the rectangular-sectioned suspension loop tendrils or ribs in low relief radiate, separating one pair of smaller and one pair of larger apertures, and projecting as grooves and ribs around the edge. An elongated blunt-pointed terminal with deep angled grooves projects from the lower edge, perhaps forming part of a flower head. The terminal and…
Created on: Monday 2nd June 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
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Record ID: NMS-C3580F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval gold iconographic finger ring. The flat-sectioned hoop, now squashed, has zigzag edges and deep transverse grooves giving the impression of two flat bands twisted around each other, which meet the elongated hexagonal bezel without forming shoulders. The bezel is engraved within a single line border around a nimbed saint wearing a v-necked, belted robe with elbow length sleeves, one hand raised in blessing, the other holding a book or box on which sits the Lamb of God looking over its shoulder at a cross emerging from its back. No seals hang from the book. The sai…
Created on: Monday 2nd June 2014
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8A5B6D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of the hoop and shoulder of a medieval silver finger ring. Flat-sectioned, expanding smoothly from a break at the side of the hoop to a break probably at the change of angle for the shoulder or at the (missing) bezel. The outer face of the hoop is decorated with alternating angled lines of pellets and ribs, with engraved foliate decoration either side of the final line of pellets which change angle to form a median longitudinal rib forming the start of an originally bi-concave shoulder or bezel. There are slight traces of gilding on the outer face. Surviving length 15mm. Wi…
Created on: Friday 30th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holme Hale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7517F1
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age hoard described by the finder as being found in an area 'the size of a table top'. Although the patination (darker green with little or no corrosion) and breaks of objects Nos. 1 - 3 are very similar, they do not re-fit. 1. A fragment from the mouth of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe head with a shallow and not well defined moulding at the rim and broken across a second shallow moulding. The breaks are irregular and unabraded but not recent. Now separate, but within socket of another axe (No. 4) when found. It has not been possible to assign the axe to a typological …
Created on: Thursday 29th May 2014
Last updated: Monday 4th December 2017
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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.

Record ID: NMS-5FC732
Object type: SPUR
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy prick spur. Central flat, hexagonal boss from the centre of which a short, rectangular-sectioned and pointed integral spike projects. One sub-triangular sectioned arm is complete, the flat surface inwards, angled from the central boss but straight rather than curved to form a once side of a U-shape. There is a very narrow transverse rib before the expanded, faceted terminal which is concave sided and tapers in thickness to the rounded end with two rivet holes one of which retains a copper alloy rivet. The other arm is incomplete and may have been repaired, with a rivet ho…
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 26th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-5EBEC6
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup-strap mount, Williams Class A, Type 1. Sub-triangular or pentagonal, with an angled flange retaining two corroded iron rivets, two rounded knops on either side, with two more flanking the rounded apex loop. The engraved decoration is a highly simplified version of two addorsed beasts, although the design is so debased the features can no longer be seen. Length 50mm. Width 32mm. 11th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-5E5A18
Object type: CROTAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval fragment of the lower half of a crotal bell with engraved decoration next to the slot. Now flattened. 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-5E41D1
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Saxon copper alloy oval buckle frame with internally offset bar with sub rectangular-sectioned copper alloy pin recessed for the frame at the tip. Marzinzik 2003 Type 1.9. Similar to Dover Buckland Grave 156.3 (Evison 1987, fig. 61). Length 10mm. Width 18.5mm. Weighs 1.5g. c.500 - c.675. See NMS-CA3665 (Norfolk HER 30690).
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-5E1E38
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval cast copper alloy buckle pin. Rectangular-sectioned, tapering to a blunt point, with a transversely grooved ridge before the incomplete loop. Length 47mm. See Egan and Pritchard (2002, 115, fig.75, no.541 and 549). 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-5DF599
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy composite strap-end. Rectangular front and back-plates with single rivet at attachment edge, full width sheet spacer, with a small groove on each edge before the terminal which consists of an oval lobe followed by a lozengiform lobe with a second rivet before a trefoil knop at the end. Length 59mm. Width 11.5mm. Circa 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-5CD591
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval or post-medieval sub-triangular copper alloy scabbard chape. Hollow backed, back-plate missing. Upper edge missing, broken across two openwork apertures the lower of which may be heart-shaped, tapering to a small rounded terminal knop. Surviving length 34mm. Width (reconstructed) 24mm. Late 15th - 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-5CBF67
Object type: AMPULLA
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead ampulla, rounded base, almost straight sides, the upper edge complete an crimped together, the surface worn and abraded with only very slight traces of possible decoration, now unintelligible, on one face. The stubs of the missing lugs survive on each side. Length 48mm. Width 25.5mm. Circa 1350 - 1539.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-5CA2CE
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy buckle. Rectangular double looped frame with triangular outside edges and narrowed bar with a rounded knop on outside edge of frame at either end. Pin missing. The sides and outside edges are decorated with closely spaced stamped crescents with gilding surviving on the outside edges. Length 48mm. Width 29mm. See Whitehead (2003, 82 - 3, noa.514 and 515). 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-5C7F84
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle. Rectangular plate folded widthways, recessed for frame, slot for sheet pin, single rivet at slightly concave attachment edge. Only the bar of the frame survives, side and outside edge missing. Plate 24 x 16mm. Bar 18.5mm. Pin19mm. Circa 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-5C56F1
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable bucket mount. Thin rectangular copper alloy sheet with repoussé dots forming a border around the edge and a median longitudinal line, with a piercing in the centre of each short edge. One corner, broken across one of the piercings, is missing and there is possible sooting on the reverse. Length 34mm. Width 12mm. Circa 6th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2019
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Record ID: NMS-5BACD4
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of medieval knife consisting of a short section of extremely corroded iron whittle tang and copper alloy oval D-sectioned hilt band, flattened at one end and now split apart by the force of the corroding iron at the other. Width of band 7mm. Length circa 20mm. Width uncertain due to distortion. 12th - 15th century.
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.

Record ID: NMS-59B829
Object type: FURNITURE FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy furniture fitting or possibly a lock pin. A corroded and broken rectangular-sectioned shank with a circular-sectioned terminal consisting of a double-moulded collar, before tapering towards a collared, rounded knop at the apex. Total surviving length 41mm. Terminal length 22mm, diameter 9mm. Shank at most complete point 5 x 8mm. For more complete and possibly similar objects see Crummy (1983, 125, fig.137, no.4142 and 4143). For similar terminals see IOW-FE3FC4 and NMS-999FA6 / HER58008.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-592B4D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy bow brooch. Extremely worn and corroded fragment of sprung brooch consisting of one short, pointed wing concave of the reverse and the upper part of the D-sectioned bow. Spring, pin, one wing and lower part of bow missing. Width (reconstructed) at least 26mm. 1st century AD.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-590CCA
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lead pot mend, probably medieval or post-medieval. Oval on one face, irregular with no original edge on the other. The smaller face has the impression of course cloth on the surface. Measuring 23 x 30mm. Gap for missing pot 1mm.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-58F948
Object type: TANKARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy thumb rest from tankard. Rectnagular-sectioned, rounded and pierced at one end, pointed at the other, with two opposed, angled , circular-sectioned, pointed lobes on the upper edge which acted as the rest or lever. Length 32mm. Width 5mm. Width including lobes 20mm. 17th - 18th century. See BERK-641406 and NARC-247271 for similar examples.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-58DE0D
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy hooked dress fitting. Cast domed mount with a collared, pierced knop with short pointed terminal at one end, broken acorss a collar with a rivet at the other from which the hook originally sprang. Surviving length 38mm. Width 22mm. Thickness12mm. See Read (2008, 227, no.816). Circa 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-4C4B9D
Object type: BOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy decorative sheet, perhaps a book fitting. Originally an elongated pentagon (if symmetrical) the shorter of the two long edges serrated with an empty rivet hole at one end, with three sets of three decorative punched holes (one blind) along the longer edge. Broken transversely. Measuring 23 x at least 33mm. Circa 1500 - 1800.
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-4C1E72
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy button, plano-convex head with decoration in low relief consisting of reverse s-shapes radiating from a central pellet. Integral drilled shank on the reverse. Diameter 14mm. Height 14mm. 16th - 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-4BEA6D
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy handle, probably from a knife. Rectangular-sectioned, tapering slightly to a break across the very end of a slot probably for the iron tang or blade. There is a keyhole-shaped slot before an elaborate terminal consisting of an elongated and simplified acorn-shaped knop with three small knops to either side around the round end of the aperture. Now bent. Surviving length 73mm. Width 14mm. Thickness 2.5mm. Very similar objects have been recorded as Roman or post-medieval knife handles and a medieval unidentified object and medieval strap-end (NMS-4C3670 / HER 40446, N…
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-4B046F
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy buckle. Double-oval frame, narrowed bar with transverse ridge at either end projecting slightly beyond the frame. Pin and one loop missing. Traces of black lacquer. Measuring 48 (reconstructed) x 36.5mm. 15th - 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-4AD03E
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval cast copper alloy ring. Irregular sub-rectangular to faceted section. External diameter 22mm. Internal diameter 17mm. Thickness 3mm. Circa 14th - 16th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-4A54BD
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy composite strap-end. Rectangular, with a linear triple lobed terminal. Back-plate and full width sheet spacer broken across a rivet hole which retains a fragment of copper alloy rivet, small part of front-plate with most of original edge missing and an additional sheet at the terminal secured by a second rivet. Surviving length 31mm. Width at break 11mm. Circa 14th - 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-4A2DEB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval or post-medieval copper alloy buckle. Double oval frame, narrowed bar, three transverse grooves on each outside edge, iron staining on the bar and one outside edge probably from missing pin. See Whitehead (2003, 53, no.289 and 290). Measuring 31 x 27mm. 14th - 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-49B356
Object type: RAPIER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Middle Bronze Age rapier (Group IV in the scheme of Burgess & Gerloff 1981). Hafting-plate with convex upper edge, broken on either side across a large rivet hole or possible notches, tapering smoothly to the pointed oval-sectioned blade, slightly bevelled for the cutting edge, with an ancient, transverse break. The edges are damaged and corroded. Circa 1600 - 1000 BC. Surviving length 73mm. Width 37mm. Width of blade at break 15.5mm. Thickness at break 5mm.
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-4699C5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy annular brooch. Triangular-sectioned frame (point inwards), constricted for the cast, collared pin. Diameter 17mm. Thickness 3mm. Width of frame 3mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
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Record ID: NMS-45CA53
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age copper alloy mount, incomplete and corroded consisting of D-sectioned bar with rounded, slightly domed terminals each countersunk on the reverse and pierced for a separate copper alloy rivets which project beyond the surface on both sides, one complete and one broken. A narrow, C-sectioned projection, one broken almost flush with the edge of the bar and one now curving upwards and tapering slightly to the break, spring from the centre of each long edge of the mount. Width 25mm. Surviving length 21mm. Thickness (excluding rivets) 6mm. Length of rivet 12mm. For very…
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-455CF7
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy stirrup-strap mount. Triangular, broken across the apex loop, angled flange with a single empty rivet hole and iron staining on the reverse. Very worn decoration cast in low relief comprising an interlaced animal, seen from above with head at the apex, with very worn animal-head terminals projecting from the lower corners of the mount. Williams (1997) Class A, Type 10C. Surviving length 53mm. Width 31.5mm.
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 1st November 2019
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Record ID: NMS-44CDF4
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle. Oval frame, oval-sectioned outside edge tapering to form sides, off-set, narrowed bar almost completely missing, pin missing. Very worn and corroded. Traces of gilding. Measuring 13 x 20mm. Circa 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-4468A5
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval copper alloy buckle. Flat-sectioned outside edge of originally oval frame, broken transversely, tapering smoothly to break across side. Pin missing. Measuring at least 27 x at least 36mm. Circa 14th - 18th century, probably later in this range.
Created on: Tuesday 27th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-9B71D1
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver bodkin. Flat, pointed oval section, tapering smoothly from the rounded terminal at one end to a blunt point at the other. There are two apertures at the wider end, one circular followed by a rectangular slot. Between the apertures on one face only is a stamped maker's mark SP in low relief within an oval. Both faces are otherwise plain. Length 75mm. Width 4.5mm. Thickness 1mm. Weight 2.0g. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Monday 19th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 30th May 2014
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Record ID: NMS-6201FE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band, plain externally, engraved internally in italics In thee my choyc'e I doe rejoyc'e followed by a stamped maker's mark of a Q in low relief within a shield. External diameter 23mm. Internal diameter 19mm. Width of band 4.5mm. Weight 6.6g. A 17th - 18th century posy ring with an internal inscription in similar italics in the collections of the British Museum (museum number AF.1197) has a similar stamped maker's mark, which does not appear in any standard work of reference and is therefore not identifiable.
Created on: Friday 16th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2015
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Record ID: NMS-5C704B
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Three short cross pennies found very close together; all are issues of Henry III without much evidence of wear (although two are badly struck). They are: Henry III, short cross penny class 7a, moneyer Elis of London, weight 1.43g, 1218-22 Henry III, short cross penny class 7b, moneyer Simund of Bury, weight 1.30g, 1222-36 Henry III, short cross penny class 7c, moneyer Nichole of uncertain mint, weight 1.15g, 1236-42 Date: The coins have seen little wear although the poor striking of two makes them appear to be more worn than they are. Short cross pennies cease to be used i…
Created on: Friday 16th May 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spixworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3643E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of Middle or Late Anglo-Saxon silver brooch with none of the original outer edge surviving. The plate is in the form of a cross with a separate central decorative silver dome-headed rivet. Each arm of the cross is decorated with a panel of similar but different geometric, perhaps interlaced, decoration reserved on a field of niello, much of which is missing. The quality of the engraving is not high. Each panel is edged with a reserved border, and the central rivet is also surrounded by a reserved border. The arms of the cross flare towards the breaks, and the plat…
Created on: Wednesday 14th May 2014
Last updated: Saturday 9th September 2023
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