Record ID: NMS-47DCF4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A single Roman gold coin, a solidus of Arcadius, found in exactly the same area as a hoard of 26 late Roman gold solidi and 4 silver siliquae discovered in 1993. This coin is plainly part of the same hoard, missed during the 1993 excavations. It was struck in 394-5, a date that exactly accords with the latest coins in the hoard and its crisp, almost mint state, similar to that of the other coins of this date present, suggests that it had not been in circulation long when the hoard was buried. Arcadius, solidus, mint of Milan, Roman Imperial Coinage volume IX, 35b (September 6, 394 t…
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Hingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A64323
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A group of 39 sestertii dupondii and asses, the latest legible specimen of which dates to the reign of Gordian III. Although the date range spreads over more than a century, they form a compact group and their wear patterns are consistent with coins lost or buried together, the earlier coins generally showing more wear than the later ones. These coins were all found in a relatively small area and undoubtedly represent a dispersed hoard. Catalogue Trajan, sestertius, reverse illegible, 98-117 (JO1) Trajan, dupondius, reverse illegible, 98-117 (MB1) Trajan, dupondius, revers…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scottow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-5F5130
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Unidentified Roman copper alloy object, possibly a furniture fitting, mount or brooch. Now sub-circular, the edges damaged with probably no original edge surviving, slightly convex on the reverse with a central shallow blind hole. On the front face is a circular rib in high relief, the surface concave internally, with a large central pellet. Maximum surviving diameter 32mm. Thickness 6mm.
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-C027E4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of an unidentified copper alloy Roman object. Rectangular-sectioned trefoil projection (one small central foil with a longer, downward curving foil to either side) on the outside of an originally circular frame almost all of which is missing. For a more complete but still unidentified example, see BH-88BC87. Perhaps part of an elaborate key handle. Width (from outside edge of projection to inside edge of frame) 18mm. Thickness 4mm. Width of projection (tip to tip of side foils) 17mm.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-C12188
Object type: NAIL CLEANER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman nail cleaner. Leaf-shaped blade tapering gradually to points, with a suspension loop in the same plane as the blade. Flat-sectioned and undecorated. Length 50.5mm. Maximum width 7mm. Thicknes 2mm.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Monday 27th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-065376
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman 'Brancaster type' gold finger ring. Flattened D-sectioned band expanding smoothly to two integral transverse projections which support the separate soldered, engraved rectangular bezel, leaving a transverse rectangular aperture below. The bezel is now slightly distorted at an angle to the band. Internal diameter 13 - 15mm. External width 19mm. Height 18mm. Bezel 7 x 7mm. Weight 3.7g. 4th - early 5th century AD. The intaglio inscription, in three lines, reads (in impression) DOM/NICA/VIVA[S], translating as 'Long life to you, Domnica (or Dominica)'. The name Domnica is atte…
Created on: Monday 24th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 22nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Fakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-D6A1E6
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Scottow addenda, Norfolk, 52 copper alloy Roman coins (aes sestertii and where noted lower denominations of dupondii and asses; dp and as) additional to 2012 T217. Summary: Trajan AD 98-117, 4 (dp/as); Hadrian AD117-38, 2 (dp); Antoninus Pius AD 138-61, 1; Diva Faustina I, 2; Marcus Aurelius AD 161-80, 10 (9 x sest, 1 x dp); Faustina II, 1; Commodus AD 180-92, 1; Uncertain Antonine, 2 (1 x sest, 1 x dp); Uncertain Antonine empress, 1; Caracalla, AD 211-7, 1 (irregular cast copy of an as); Gordian III AD 238-44, 1 (as); Philip I AD 244-9, 2 (asses); illegible, 24 (15 x sest…
Created on: Thursday 3rd April 2014
Last updated: Friday 3rd July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scottow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-66B9D2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy Langton Down type brooch. Cylindrical wings enclose the remains of the spring with slot for (missing) pin. The upper part of the bow at the join with the wings is convex. Bow decorated with multiple longitudinal grooves and ribs. Lower half of bow and catch-plate missing. Surviving width 24mm. Surviving length 31mm. See Hattatt (2000, 306, fig.165, nos.269, 770 and 769) for similar examples.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd April 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-245A03
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete copper alloy amphora-shaped military strap-end, upper end missing, broken above flanking peltate or 'kidney-shaped' handles with flanking projections above and below, which represent the crescents that usually replace handles on narrow British-made amphora types. The body is decorated on one face with a vertical median line of multiple c-shaped stamps, the other face is decorated with a fine vertical median line of incised rocker-arm that bisects three chevrons formed by flanking pairs of fine oblique rocker-arm lines. Width 19.5. Length greater than 55mm. Thickness 3mm. Cf…
Created on: Monday 19th August 2013
Last updated: Monday 19th August 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-0665E6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative rear hook bow brooch. C-sectioned wings decorated with a pair of transverse lines with a zig-zag line between at each end. Three rearward facing hooks, with a hollow on the inside of the wings below the central hook and corrosion or possibly the remains of solder under the left hand hook. Trapezoidal-sectioned bow with a crest with six transverse grooves at the upper end, becoming a rib with a median groove which terminates at the foot in two transverse grooves. Complete or near complete solid triangular catch-plate on the reverse. The bow a…
Created on: Monday 24th September 2012
Last updated: Monday 21st October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rocklands', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-079C65
Object type: BOW BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy Colchester type one piece brooch. Wings missing, upper edge damaged. Flat-sectioned bow tapering slightly towards blunt terminal. Bow decorated with a median longitudinal rib with stamped blind holes along it's length. Incomplete triangular catch-plate with engraved rocker-arm on both faces. Pin and spring missing. Surviving length 49mm. Circa 20 - 60 AD.
Created on: Monday 24th September 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rocklands', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-2E1E91
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy incomplete blank for a Colchester Derivative type brooch. Lower part of bow, catch-plate and sprue attached at the foot survive, the upper part of the bow and wings are missing.The bow has a prominant median rib. Surviving length 61mm. Breaks ancient and worn. Very similar to examples from the same site in Bayley, MacKreth and Wallis (2001, 106, nos.SF60 and SF61).
Created on: Wednesday 26th September 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Buckenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C3CF63
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman silver penannular snake-headed finger ring. Oval snake head, convex on the upper face with a flange around the edge and worn almost completely smooth. The sub-rectangular-sectioned band narrows towards a twisted break. Johns' (1996, 45, fig.3.3) Type Bii. Roman. Probably 1st - 2nd century. Weight 1.8g. Width of head 8.5mm. Approximate external width (reconstructed) 34mm.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2012
Last updated: Friday 30th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scarning', grid reference and parish protected.

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-8B1007
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman gold finger-ring with red glass convex fronted setting in an oval collet surrounded by a scalloped collar. The hoop is a narrow strip that widens into sub-triangular shoulders with scalloped edges and two pairs of oblique grooves. External diameter 18.5mm. Internal diameter17.5mm. Collet 12.5 x 10.5mm. Weight 2.65g. 3rd - 4th century.
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sedgeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F30911
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Roman silver penannular finger ring with a flat sectioned band and stylized snake head terminal in low relief. Most of the band is missing. Width of terminal at maximum 9mm. Width of band at break 2mm. Weight 1.00g. Mid 1st - 4th century AD.
Created on: Wednesday 7th December 2011
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shouldham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8B3A40
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Material: Garnet Height: 20mm, width: 17mm, weight: 14.5g Condition: Fracture on the dome of the head with several cracks and small chips. Chipped at the neck on the right. The short neck is polished with a shallow line engraved at the front. This was probably already cut down from a longer neck in Antiquity when it was most likely inserted into a bust made of another precious material. Description: A miniature head of Socrates. He is shown bearded, with a bald pate and with long hair at the back. He has a round face with characteristically prominent cheekbones and brow, and wit…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-3924D6
Object type: SHACKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman iron shackle of Manning's (1985, 82-4, fig.23, no.7.) Type 7: comprising a bent curved broad C-sectioned bar (diameter 140mm, width 35mm) with loops or 'eyes' at both ends, one broken, the other holding a long curved ovoid loop. Measuring 70 x 163mm.
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Billingford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8C60F8
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bone pin, bodkin or toilet article, probably Roman, perhaps post-medieval. Sub-oval sectioned shaft, straight-sided before tapering smoothly for just under half its length to a broken tip. The head, which is crudely finished, is formed from (from the shaft up) a bi-conical moulding, a flanged moulding, a thinned sub-rectangular panel tapering at the upper end before a thicker sub-triangular or shield-shaped panel (point upwards), terminating in a large circular loop. There are file marks over much of the shaft and head. Length 151mm. Maximum width 12mm. Maximum thickness 7mm. Th…
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-61F8C7
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Two late Roman silver siliquae, both rather heavily clipped, one of Theodosius and the other of Honorius. The coins have a little wear but not much. The phenomenon of clipping siliquae seems to belong to the very last years of the 4th century and the early years of the 5th. The latest coin was struck between 395 and 402, suggesting a date of loss or deposition in the early years of the 5th century. Catalogue: Theodosius, siliqua, heavily clipped, reverse VOT/X/MVLT/XX in wreath, further details illegible, weight 0.70g, AD383-95 Honorius, siliqua, heavily clipped, reverse VIRTVS ROMA…
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Friday 17th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gressenhall', grid reference and parish protected.