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Record ID: NMS-6DF0C8
Object type: LEASH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy 'ball-in-socket' swivel. Two oval strap-loops with oval to D-shaped section, faceted in places, expanded and slightly flattened for an integral ball-headed rivet on one and socket on the other allowing the two elements to swivel. The socketed loop has patinated dark green / grey, the other pale green, suggesting a different composition. Total length 25mm. Width 16mm. 12th - 15th century.
Created on: Thursday 26th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2015
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Record ID: NMS-5ED76A
Object type: CLASP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy folding strap clasp. Rectangular frame with concave sides with transverse ridges at either end. Folding end, recessed for frame, with separate riveted transverse bar mount. Rectangular plate folded widthways, recessed slightly for frame, with single rivet at attachment edge. Frame 15 x 18mm. Plate 29 x 15mm. 13th - 15th century.
Created on: Wednesday 25th November 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
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Record ID: NMS-C9FCD1
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three Iron Age silver units, fused together. Only two faces are visible, one of each coin at the two ends of the pile. One is the obverse of an Icenian Pattern-Horse type, the other the reverse of an ECEN Pattern-Horse type. Given that they are fused together it is certain that these coins were concealed together and thus represent a hoard. The date of deposition of this hoard could lie at any time between the very late 1st century BC and the period of the Boudiccan revolt or even a little later.
Created on: Wednesday 18th November 2015
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C5E6AD
Object type: KNIFE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval silver socketed terminal probably from a handle. D-sectioned socket formed from sheet metal with three straight and one narrow curved side, with a transverse silver rivet just within the open end. The socket expands very slightly to a flat, triangular terminal plate which extends beyond the sides of the socket to form a flange, the point of the triangle bent and broken, perhaps originally forming a loop or hook. In the centre of the terminal plate is a patch of solder, probably originally securing a suspension loop. The edge of the socket and the edge of the …
Created on: Wednesday 18th November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 17th February 2016
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Record ID: NMS-9F0438
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Unidentified silver frame, perhaps a mount or strap or chain distributor, now distorted. Circular openwork front-plate with a large octofoil aperture, the outer edge with multiple closely spaced notches forming a scalloped edge. A separate sheet soldered to the reverse at right-angles to the front-plate forms sides, with a scalloped rear edge, each foil with two longitudinal grooves, the foils separated by engraved lines. The front-plate is decorated with an engraved line, from which crosshatched triangles extend, point inwards, between each of the openwork foils. A re…
Created on: Monday 16th November 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd February 2016
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Record ID: NMS-9AE5E7
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver mount, now distorted and incomplete, the surviving part in two joining pieces. A conical faceted sexfoil, each foil with a median arris terminating in a short pointed projection at the outer edge, with an engraved line separating each foil, and a central hole in the flat apex of the cone. Height 17mm. Diameter of base (reconstructed) circa 34mm. Weight 3.3g. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Monday 16th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-9A834A
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver cuff-link. Two octagonal buttons with downturned edges and a separate soldered loop on the reverse, connected by an oval wire loop with but joint. The loop is stamped with a maker's mark which is now too worn to decipher. Each button is decorated with engraved curved lines forming a border around a central flower. Button 14.5 x 14.5mm. Height including loop 6mm. Connecting loop 16.5 x 6.5mm. Weight 2.2g. Circa 18th century.
Created on: Monday 16th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-9A3F0A
Object type: EAR SCOOP
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post-medieval silver toilet article. Twisted rectangular-sectioned shaft with a shallow ear-scoop at one end and a flat-sectioned lozengiform terminal forming a toothpick at the other, broken across the tip. The lozengiform terminal is now bent almost parallel with the shaft. Length (unbent) 69mm. Width of scoop 3mm. Maximum width (of lozengiform terminal) 4.5mm. Weight 2.05g. See similar examples from London (Egan and Pritchard, 2002, 378, fig.251, nos.1758 - 1760) and SOM-B38BA2, DENO-FE6EA0, DENO-BBED67 and DENO-9EE9E7.
Created on: Monday 16th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-60A4F2
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver cuff-link button. Octagonal with downturned edge and separate soldered loop on the reverse. The front face is decorated with engraved curved lines forming a border around the edge, with a central flower. Width 14mm. Height (including loop) 5mm. Weight 0.8g. Circa 18th century.
Created on: Friday 13th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-102704
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Summary: Solidi: Constantius II AD 337-61, 4 (2 x Trier, 1x Aquileia, 1 x Thessalonica); Constans AD 337-50, 1 (Thessalonica); Decentius AD 351-3, 1 (Trier); Jovian AD 363-4, 1 (Constantinople); Valentinian I, joint reign with Valens, AD 364-7, 1 (Sirmium). Siliquae: Constantius II AD 337-61, 40 (19 x Lyon, 20 x Arles, 1 x irregular); Julian Caesar AD 355-60, 8 (Arles); Julian Augustus AD 360-3, 79 (13 x Trier, 23 x Lyon, 29 x Arles, 14 x irregular); Valens, joint reign with Valentinian I AD 364-7, 1 (Lyon) CATALOGUE Solidi (9) Trier (3) 1. Decentius, reverse VICTORIA CAES LIB ROMAN…
Created on: Wednesday 28th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 22nd March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8EADF3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold stirrup-shaped finger ring with blue sapphire or possibly glass cabochon. D-sectioned band expanding smoothly at the shoulders to form the bezel with an oval setting. Height 25mm. Width 20.5mm. Internal diameter 18mm. Weight 2.48g. 12th - 13th century.
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2016
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Record ID: NMS-89D04B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver gros tournois of Loius IX of France, issued 1266-70, gilded on the obverse and with the remains of clasp fittings attached to the reverse. This transforming of a coin to a brooch (or clasp) was a common phenomenon in the late 13th century and a number of similar examples are known including several from Norfolk (Marsden 2014, 90-2). The adaption also means that the coin is treated as an object and, being a precious metal artefact of more than 300 years age, is thus a case of Treasure. Diameter 26mm. Weight 4.38g. Late 13th century.
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-89B182
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gilded silver fragment probably of a dress fastener. Flat-sectioned plate with two small projecting pierced lugs for attachment with a small pellet between, decorated in low relief with a fleur-de-lis within a triangular border with a pellet at the end of a scroll to either side below the pierced lugs. The lower edge is broken, probably across a loop. Surviving length 11.5mm. Width 11mm. Thickness 1.5mm. Weight 1.0g. For broadly similar examples see SUSS-3C97C2 and SOM-FDD898. 16th century.
Created on: Thursday 22nd October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-7B1A23
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Probable ingot. Silver sub-D-sectioned bar, rounded at both ends, slight hollow on the flatter face with a tiny short projection which does not appear to be deliberate. Length 22mm. Width 7mm. Thickness (excluding projection) 5.5mm. Undated but probably ancient (over 300 years old).
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-7AFB36
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Probable ingot. Gold bar, with irregular, sub-triangular section, pitted on two faces and smooth on the convex third, rounded at one end, shallow angled cuts on the opposing pitted faces before a granular break at the other. Surviving length 50mm. Section 6 x 7mm. Weight 21.1g. Undated but very probably ancient (over 300 years old).
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-7ACEC5
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment, probably from an Iron Age torc or bracelet, or a Roman bracelet. Two circular-sectioned strands of gold, each tapering slightly from one cut end to the other, twisted around each other. Total length 39mm. Diameter of strands at narrow end circa 2.5mm, diameter at the thicker end circa 3.5 - 4mm. Weight 7.5g. For potentially similar examples see PAS-845331 (Iron Age torc), SWYOR-CFE7F7 (Iron Age bracelet) and a 3rd-century bracelet in the collections of the British Museum (museum number 1883,1213.375).
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 12th December 2017
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Record ID: NMS-79E837
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gilded silver hook from a composite hook-and-eye set. Circular plate with a border of twisted wire, a central circle of plain wire with four evenly spaced ovals of plain wire linking the central circle and edge. A hook formed from a piece of wire bent double with the ends bent into loops to forms eyes is soldered to the reverse. Diameter of plate 10mm. Length 11mm. Read (2008, 159, no.598 and 599) Class B, Type 2. See ESS-FC3336 for a similar example. 16th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-79AA0C
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gilded silver composite hooked tag. Trefoil back-plate with notched edges, three domed bosses each decorated with three filigree circles around a central pellet, with a butterfly rivet (split pin) securing a small disc with irregularly cut edges at the centre. On the reverse is a separate soldered hook, and a separate soldered rectangular-sectioned loop stamped with a maker's mark AK or KK. Length 17mm. Width 14.5mm. Weight 2.5mm. 16th century. For a similar example see NMS-0A8C23.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-797A7A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold finger ring. D-sectioned band inscribed internally in italics Tis your consent is my content followed by a partially worn and completely illegible stamped maker's mark. The S of 'consent' is elongated, and the 'e' following it only partially engraved. Width of band 3mm. External diameter 19mm. Internal diameter 16.5mm. Weight 1.8g. There are several similar examples in the collections of the British Museum, including Museum Number 1961,1202.82. 17th - 18th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-79246A
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver cuff-link. Two discs, the front disc with pair of overlapping crowned hearts on a stippled field and downturned rim, connected to the slightly larger rear disc with two engraved lines around the edge by a circular-sectioned shank. Diameter of upper disc 13mm. Diameter of rear disc 14mm. Thickness 18mm. Weight 1.8g. The crowned hearts may refer to the marriage of Charles II to Catherine of Braganza in 1662. 1662 - circa 1700.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-76E572
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver mount. A conical sexfoil with a central hole, now slightly squashed. Each foil has a longitudinal arris, with an engraved line terminating in a notch at the edge separating each foil. Height 9mm. Base 14 x 16mm. Weight 0.8g.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wragby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-76701D
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval silver thimble. Separate soldered crown missing, vertical butt join now separated, two lines of engraved rocker-arm around the lower edge between which is a stamped maker's mark H, and IW in lightly pecked dots. The I is partially obscured by scratches and may possibly be T or L. The rest of the sides are covered in closely spaced low relief stamped annulets. Surviving height 17mm. Diameter at base circa 16mm. Weight 4.8g. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 21st October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 17th February 2016
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Record ID: NMS-7B4782
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval lead weight. Discoidal with three circular blind holes near the edge on one face. Diameter 36mm. Thickness 7mm. Weight 104.0g / 1606gn. Probably circa 1400 - 1700.
Created on: Friday 9th October 2015
Last updated: Friday 9th October 2015
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Record ID: NMS-7A20F3
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead 'standing' weight. Square-sectioned, flat base, tapering slightly from th base to an integral pierced tab at the apex forming a suspension loop. Each face is slightly concave. Base 12.5 x 13mm. Height 33mm. Weight 35.3g / 545gn.
Created on: Friday 9th October 2015
Last updated: Friday 9th October 2015
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Record ID: NMS-3E4889
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy button. Circular, with downturned edges, broken integral pierced lug on reverse. Decorated on the front face with large and small stamped annulets forming a seven pointed star around a circle around a probably floral motif. Diameter 27mm. Circa 17th century.
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2015
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Record ID: NMS-3E1165
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy buckle. Double-oval frame, one loop surviving, narrowed bar with grooved moulding at either end, pointed and grooved moulding in centre of outside edge. Reverse of mouldings slightly hollowed. Iron staining on bar from (missing) pin. Measuring (reconstructed) 50 x 26.5mm. See Whitehead (2003, 65, no.401), circa 1550 - 1650.
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2015
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Record ID: NMS-3DBD3C
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval button. Circular plano-convex head with high white metal content, separate inserted copper alloy loop. Undecorated. Diameter 12mm. Length 9mm.
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2015
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Record ID: NMS-3DAE74
Object type: ANIMAL BELL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of lower half of crotal bell with worn cast decoration, now indecipherable.
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2015
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Record ID: NMS-3D9C7E
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy buckle. Rectangular-sectioned, oval frame (straight bar and outside edge, convex sides), off-set narrowed bar, thickened outside edge with a transverse groove at each end and in the centre forming a pin rest for the (missing) pin. Measuring 15 x 20mm. 13th - 14th century.
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th October 2015
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Record ID: NMS-39110C
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Lower Palaeolithic handaxe of type D (Wymer 1968, 1999.) Hard hammer struck from a suitable flat and slightly irregular nodule of mottled grey and black flint, now unpatinated; both faces have a patch of cortex extant, one appearing as a hollow where the flake removals did not succeed in being deep enough to level the concavity. All the edges and high points of the flake scars are heavily rolled. 143.5 x 80 x 37 mm. Weight: 432g. Found on beach. Recorded and sketched by the late Tony Gregory in 1975.
Created on: Tuesday 6th October 2015
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2018
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Record ID: NMS-2A0819
Object type: COMBINATION TOOL
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic tertiary hard hammer struck flake with steep irregular retouch. Length 47mm. Width 24.5mm. Maximum thickness 6mm.
Created on: Monday 5th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 19th October 2015
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Record ID: NMS-178AE0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age socketed terminal mount in the form of a bull's head. Circular-sectioned socket filled with orange-stained soil, perhaps from iron corrosion, with four evenly spaced rivet holes between two very fine engraved lines around the edge. One of the rivet holes is broken through and there is a ragged crack extending 11mm from the edge, possibly caused by internal corrosion forcing the socket apart. The socket tapers smoothly from the opening, curving at the end to form a narrow neck before the stylised bull's head. This is cast in the round, with horizontal horns which bend sha…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 16th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarning', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-177775
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval copper alloy button. Conical hollow head, soldered loop on the reverse. Corroded. Diameter of head 14mm. Height excluding loop 13mm. Height including loop 17mm. 1500 - 1800.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
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Record ID: NMS-1718A5
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval - post-medieval seal or unidentified object. Possibly a cloth seal. Lead disc with the arms of Norwich (castle above a lion) within a cabled border in low relief, with a recess around the edge separating the upper disc from a lower disc or flange from which two loops or tabs project. At least two further broken shank-like projections emanate from the edge of the upper disc. If a cloth seal then the usual arrangement of rivets and tabs connecting discs has not been used. Diameter 15mm. Circa 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-166996
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval - post-medieval lead cloth seal. Four discs blank // RS within a circle // illegible within a border // blank . Diameter 11mm. Circa 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-165B8F
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval - post-medieval lead cloth seal. Two discs XXVI // folded and mostly obscured, probable portcullis. Diameter 16mm. Circa 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
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Record ID: NMS-164BE8
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval - post-medieval lead cloth seal. Fragment of one disc ]T I[ // blank. Diameter at least 17mm. Circa 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
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Record ID: NMS-1641A2
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval - post-medieval lead cloth seal. Two of four surviving discs. Shield bearing a cross with a pellet to either side within a beaded circular border // IOC surrounded by + D ]?[ A O ]?[. Diameter 12mm. Circa 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-161C4F
Object type: CLOTH SEAL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two medieval - post-medieval lead cloth seals. Two discs: blank // blank or illegible. Diameter 13mm. Two discs, one surviving as rivet only: 12 // * and indecipherable marks. Diameter 17mm. Circa 16th - 18th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2016
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Record ID: NMS-15A854
Object type: WEIGHT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval lead weight. Conical (sub-circular / pentagonal base), with five prominent, angled ribs from the base to the off-centre apex. Base 29 x 32mm. Height 24mm. Weighing 112.0g / 1728grains, which is slightly less than an avoirdupois ¼ pound (1750grains). 1300 - circa 1500.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Friday 24th June 2016
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