Record ID: LVPL-F90F04
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Late Roman /early Medieval buckle of Hawkes and Dunning Type IIA (1961). Similar in style to the two dolphin type buckles but the front of the buckle is decorated with zig zag lines. The top of the buckle does look like two heads meeting at the lozenge shape at the top but it is plain. The pin is missing. At the base there are two circular loops which would have attached to the buckle plate.
Created on: Saturday 5th July 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 16th January 2013
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Record ID: LVPL-F90037
Object type: LOCK
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy Roman lock bolt. The bolt has a narrow handle then the body widens where the cut outs are. The cut outs are 2 rectangules above a square made of 4 triangles. The top of the body of the bolt is an L-shape. Compare no 468, pg77 in the Aldborough excavation report (Bishop 1996) and other examples from Colchester (Crummy 1983, 124, fig. 136, nos. 4133, 4134, 4136).
Created on: Saturday 5th July 2008
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2017
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Record ID: LVPL-B63744
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval circular lead seal matrix, 13th century in date. This is a personal seal matrix with a central motif. The reverse has a circular attachment loop at the end of a raised central ridge. The central motif is of radial type, a four-petalled flower with rounded petals, with trefoils at the end of stems in between the petals.The inscription is set between two very shallow and thin ridged borders, and reads + S' MARG' FIL' hVGO (Seal of Margaret daughter of Hugh). The abbreviation marks after S and after MARG are formed from trefoils on oblique stems, but the abbreviation mark after …
Created on: Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Last updated: Saturday 25th January 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-D8FB04
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy sprung Polden Hill bow brooch with folded wing ends of the Eastern Group, dating from 1st century. The pin has broken off just after the spring. The short catchplate is complete. The 10 coil spring is held in place by a rearward facing hook. A pair of flanges is cast at the ends of the wings and closed round the axis bar. The wings are decorated at the ends with grooves which go all around them. The bow is decorated with a central raised line running the whole length. On either side is a groove. The bow narrows towards the foot which is plain.
Created on: Sunday 4th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2016
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Record ID: LVPL-D8D6D7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands) brooch cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.j. Plate 48 dating to AD 80-120. Sprung type with a rearward facing hook. The pin is missing although the spring remains in the springcase due to corrosion. The springcase has capped ends. The ends of the wings have disc-shaped mouldings. The bow is decorated with horizontal grooves in the middle part. The foot consists of 2 circular mouldings.
Created on: Sunday 4th May 2008
Last updated: Thursday 20th October 2016
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Record ID: LVPL-6B40A4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius of Augustus (27BC-14AD), dating to the period c.19-18 BC (Reece period 1). DIVVS IVLIVS reverse type depicting an eight rayed comet, tail upwards. Spanish mint (Caesaraugusta?). RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 44, no. 37a.
Created on: Friday 23rd November 2007
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-9A73E8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo Saxon copper alloy small long brooch dating to the 6th century. It is a square headed type and appears mostly free from decoration. There are four circular perforations, one in each corner of the head. One of these holes has broken through to the edge. The catchplate and some of the lug remain but the pin is missing. The bow is curved only at the top part close to the head. The foot is spatulate shaped and has a horizontal line across the lower part. It is slightly broken at the bottom and so has an uneven edge. It has a mainly green patina but there appears to be som…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LVPL-9A4CF8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman bronze nummus of Constantius II (AD 337-61), dating to AD 353-60 (Reece Period 18), FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Soldier advancing left, spearing fallen horseman. Mint of Lyon. RIC VIII, p. 191, no. 189. The coin is an irregular shape as some of the edges have broken off.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 26th November 2020
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Record ID: LVPL-2EF715
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy nummus of Licinius I, dating to c. AD 316 (Reece Period 15). Reverse: GENIO POP ROM. Mint of London. RIC VII, p. 173, no. 121.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd May 2007
Last updated: Monday 11th January 2016
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