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Record ID: SF-E6C631
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An as of Lucilla dating to the period AD 164 to 169. Unclear reverse type. Mint of Rome.
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 21st September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DD35E3
Object type: FIGURINE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy Medieval figurine from Limoges. It is complete but bent and cracked across the centre, no doubt due to plough damage. The figurine is that of a three-quarter length figure cast flat but with a solid head which is flattened at the back. The figure is worn with a dark green-brown patina, and is depicted wearing a garment that hangs in folds thus creating cells that were originally filled with enamel. The features of the face are indistinct but a close-fitting hood which outlines the face and covers the ears can be determined. The eye sockets are circular, one being…
Created on: Tuesday 21st October 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E63FC3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy Roman early plate (cruciform) brooch fragment. It is part of a flat cruciform plate with four concave sides. The upper terminal is complete though worn, and the edges of the arm have knops on either side. Behind this are two semi-circular lugs between which the pin remains are hinged. The right arm terminal is complete, with a central transverse groove and serrated edges. The left arm terminal is now twisted but appears to have had a similar shape and decoration. The lower arm terminal is missing due to old beaks. There is a central circular motif, with double concentri…
Created on: Monday 15th September 2008
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-65EB26
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-Medieval square silver mount. It is flat, and complete except for one side which is incomplete due to an old break. There are rivet holes in two corners, and the mount is decorated with a double incised line outlining three sides of a rectangle (fourth missing due to broken edge). Discussion: The mount is small and lightweight, and may have been used as a box mount. Dimensions: 12.94mm by 12.06mm, weight 0.37g
Created on: Tuesday 9th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stuston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-658177
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a silver mount. It is a flat strip of silver with the outer surface having narrow, stepped borders along the two long edges, containing a central band with an engraved foliage design. The two short edges are incomplete, and one is curving backwards. A small triangular punch mark made from front to back perforates the mount close to the border. The inside surface is plain. The mount measures 14.08mm in length and 18.15mm in surviving width,and weighs 1.15g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stuston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-650CD4
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a small silver badge or dress-hook, in the form of two shells linked by a bar. Behind each shell is a rivet, one of which has a broken rove in situ. There are diagonal tool marks visible on the rear of the plate between the rivets. The shells, which resemble scallops, each have a collar from which a short, incomplete, shaft projects. These are flat rectangular strips about 3.5cm wide and less then 2mm in thickness. The badge fragment measures 9.3mm in surviving length and 15.08mm in width. It weighs 2.01g. It may be a medieval pilgrim souvenir, although it is difficult t…
Created on: Tuesday 9th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-404DB4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy as of Faustina II, struck under Marcus Aurelius and dating to the period AD 161 to 175. IVNONI REGINA reverse. RIC III, p. 345, no. 1648
Created on: Tuesday 26th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 15th September 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yaxley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-698D33
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring of Post-Medieval date. It has a plain hoop measuring 20.6mm in external diameter, 16.97mm in internal diameter, and the hoop width 5.5mm. It weighs 7.01g. There is an inscription on the inside of the hoop which reads:" As true to the as death to me ,". Judoe Rudoe, BM, notes that the inscription was in use by 1624 (recorded by Joan Evans) but there is no datable maker's mark, and the ring could be 17th or 18th century in date. The inscription is probably not a mourning one in the sense of commemorating a deceased person but rather a memento mori or reminder of death.
Created on: Wednesday 4th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-86EAB3
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
a copper alloy Post-Medieval dress-hook. It is complete except for an attachment loop on the reverse. It is rectangular, in the form of a raised rectangular book or box. There is a single central boss within the raised 'book', and the surrounding rectangular backplate is decorated with protruding globular knops, four down each long side, and another at the base. The hook is complete and curves backwards, tapering to a point. The dress-hook measures 24.05mm in length, 11.53mm in width and weighs 2.68g. A dress-hook of similar design and decoration, but made of silver-gilt, was found a…
Created on: Monday 12th May 2008
Last updated: Sunday 13th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Glemham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-479294
Object type: STUD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
an incomplete silver stud of possible Roman date. It is circular, about two-thirds extant, with parts missing due to old breaks, and part of the circumference folded back on itself. The stud has moulded decoration, depicting a face, probably that of a lion, with eyes, nose, mouth and ears, and a mane above. Decorated studs normally have a central shaft, lacking in this example, which may have been attached by solder, of which there may be traces on the reverse. An example of a decorated lion head stud, with a shaft, from Hatcheston is illustrated in Blagg et al, 2004, no.260.
Created on: Friday 9th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-46DEF3
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
an incomplete Post-Medieval silver bodkin. It is rectangular, with a knop at one terminal below which is an eyelet 2.6mm in diameter. The shaft is plain with slight shoulders and two transverse incised lines just above the central longitudinal opening. The rest of the shaft is missing due to old breaks. The two 'arms' either side of the opening have traces of hatched decoration on both sides and are 1.5mm in width. Bodkins of this type are likely to date to the seventeenth century. A complete bodkin of similar size and design, though with more decoration, is illustrated in the…
Created on: Friday 9th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2E93F5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
a complete gold Post-Medieval finger ring. The hoop is circular and D-shaped. It is a Posy ring and has two motifs, each repeated once on the opposite side of the hoop and separated by a pattern of three leaves on a stalk. The motifs are formed by incised line decoration and depict a) a lozenge-shape flanked by linked curved lines, one of which has a white metal infill and the other is plain; b)a pair of inter-linked hearts. The four leaf patterns between the four motifs have part green and part bronze-coloured infill. On the inside of the hoop there is an inscription which reads 'I …
Created on: Thursday 8th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-2D6E28
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
a gold rod or off-cut fragment of unknown date. It is approximately rectangular with a slight curve, partly circular in section, but flattened with facets. There is a transverse cut mark across one facet. Both short terminals are truncated and pinched as though clipped.
Created on: Thursday 8th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9FF011
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a silver Medieval annular brooch. It is approximately half of a flat circular brooch frame, incomplete due to old breaks. The frame has an external diameter of 18.18mm, is 3.08mm in width, c.0.6mm in thickness and weighs 0.37g. On one surface there is an engraved inscription in bold capital letters, reading AIDE MEI M (or possibly AEDE MEI M). The letters are based upon the outer edge of the brooch rather than the more normal inner. The reverse is undecorated. The inscription should probably be read as Help Me M[ary] in French. Annular brooches with inscriptions, f…
Created on: Monday 7th April 2008
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brockley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BC6AD3
Object type: STIRRUP
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
a late Early Medieval Ringerike-style animal head stirrup terminal. The head is circular with a crest, and consists mostly of an openwork circular 'eye' 9.45mm in diameter, with a marked brow and nose. Grooves on either side help to emphasise the nose. There is a mane forming a crest like that of a cockerel, with four decorative grooved lines running from the head to the crest edges. The back of the head/neck is flat and rectangular. The 'snout' is set at right angles to the neck and extends for 31.8 mm from the neck edge. It is hollow and U-shaped with its edges folded round and beco…
Created on: Thursday 27th March 2008
Last updated: Friday 12th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kedington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1BE435
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy bracelet terminal fragment of snake type. It has an oval 'snake's head' terminal, 10.4mm wide, and part of the band, with a very worn surface is decorated with transverse grooving. The band is 5.45mm wide and the surviving length of the fragment is 39.24mm. It weighs 3.02g. The terminal is also very worn but the outline shape of a snake's head can just be determined. This form of bracelet dates to the mid 1st-4th century, although the snake's head type is more common in the second or third centuries.
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 13th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-C55C98
Object type: COSMETIC MORTAR
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
a copper alloy Late Iron Age or Roman cosmetic mortar. The bow is crescent shaped but incomplete, both terminals are missing due to old breaks.The bow measures 38.49mm in length,8.24mm in width and 5.63mm in depth. The central groove shows signs of wear and is c.3mm in depth. The central loop at the base of the mortar is oval and is 12.94mm in length and 7.8mm in width. Above the central loop on both faces there are three recessed triangular cells, which would have contained enamel originally, this is now missing. This cosmetic mortar is late Iron Age or Roman in date and such obje…
Created on: Friday 8th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coddenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-E0F945
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman silver spoon bowl. It is shallow and circular, 26mm in diameter, with a convex moulding within the bowl, c.3mm below the rim. It is complete except for a short length of rim, broken off just above the moulding. The underside of the bowl shows an oval scar where the handle would have been attached. The spoon bowl weighs 4.74g. Roman round spoon bowls have been found at Colchester and are classified as type 1 by Crummy who dates them to the second half of the 1st century and the 2nd centry AD. The Colchester example is copper-alloy with a white metal coating (Crummy 1983, 69…
Created on: Monday 28th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 5th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Trimley St Martin', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF-621235
Object type: VESSEL
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Pottery sherds discovered whilst investigating mole-hills. Most sherds were very small, so whilst 373 sherds were found, their total weight was only 1271g. ?Prehistoric:1 bodysherd Nene Valley colour-coated ware:13 bodysherds including Castor box and Hunt cup Nene Valley mortaria:1 bodysherd Mortarium, large rim sherd, 1st centuryAD Samian, 3 bodysherds Roman greywares: 200 sherds, including jar rims Roman micaceous greywares wares:301, including bowl and jar rims Roman oxidised fabric:37 bodysherds Storage vessel: 2 bodysherds Shell-tempered fabric: 8 bodysherds Medieval or Roman…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2008
Last updated: Friday 20th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fakenham Magna', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-0FAF01
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman republican silver denarius, worn, possibly a Legionary type of Mark Antony, 32-31 BC RRC c.f. 544
Created on: Monday 1st October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barham', grid reference and parish protected.