Record ID: NMS-E04116
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete medieval to post-medieval gold finger ring. The bezel is oval, mimicking the shape of the stone. The upper half forms a collet with concave sides, open at the top to house an oval gem, constructed in a so called 'pie-dish' style - popular in the thirteenth century. The mouth is now bent out of shape in places. The lower face is divided from the upper by a circumferential ridge, the edges crimped (a feature characteristic of rings from the later 14th century) and has tapering sides and a flat bottom. The setting is a dark pink-red cabochon gem, possi…
Created on: Friday 29th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-6C0C82
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Roman aureus of Faustina II (AD 147-175) struck under Antoninus Pius, dating to the period c. AD 145-161 (Reece Period 7). CONCORDIA reverse type depicting a dove right. Mint of Rome. As RIC Vol. III, p. 94, no. 503b.
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Snetterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-553AC3
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description:  Composite gold object with glass and possibly gem settings. It comprises a rectangular strip of gold bent into a loop with a visible joining seam, now partially split. The loop is now squashed out of shape. The band exhibits a vertical seam approximately 10.8mm along its length, visible on both exterior and interior faces, although largely obscured by applied decoration on the exterior; the decorative scheme clearly designed to disguise the join (see below). On one side of the seam is a second vertical join, visible only on the inside of the strip, possibly indi…
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2019
Last updated: Friday 28th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Aldborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6E94EA
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete early medieval gold and garnet cross pendant, comprising three of the original four arms and the suspension loop. The cross is of equal-armed form, the upper and lower arms (as pictured) being part of the same sheet plate but the right arm bring soldered to a side projection which terminates in a worn tear. A similar projection on the opposite side indicates that the missing arm was attached in a similar manner. It is unclear whether all four arms were originally cut from one sheet and later repaired, or the construction method may be deliberate. At the…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-E6AF84
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Incomplete, gold artefact of possible Bronze Age date. It comprises a trapezoidal fragment, lenticular in cross-section, with cut marks on all edges. Both surfaces exhibit traces of hammering facets, indicating that it was hammered flat from a thicker wire or bar. Dimensions: Length: 19.9mm, maximum width: 16.7mm, minimum width: 13.6mm, maximum thickness: 2.1mm, minimum thickness: 1mm, weight: 5.3g. Possible date: c. 1500 - 800 BC. Discussion: A number of similar artefacts have been reported as potential Treasure and are discussed on the PAS database. Of these s…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-5757B7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-medieval gold finger ring. The band is now slightly distorted and exhibits a transverse crack. The exterior is decorated with applied gold filigree and granulation consisting of a series of lozenges formed by filigree wire; within each lozenge is a cross formed of 7 or 8 pellets arranged in a transverse line with a pellet above and below at the centre point. One lozenge appears slightly truncated and has only 6 pellets. Some of the pellets are missing or appear to be positioned slightly off-centre. At the meeting point between each lozenge are two pellets, each with …
Created on: Friday 9th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-C2FF83
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete gold artefact of possible middle to late Bronze Age date. It comprises a strip of sheet gold with worn transverse breaks at either end. Now bent approximately mid-way along its length at an obtuse angle, probably after deposition; the bend shows stress marks and there is a small tear at the apex. Both surfaces have traces of hammer marks, indicating that it was hammered flat from a thicker wire or bar. Dimensions: Length (bent): 49.5mm, approximate unbent length: 66.7 maximum width: 11.8mm, minimum width: 8.5mm, thickness: 0.8mm, weight: 3.8g. Discussio…
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-601732
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete Roman gold finger ring of keeled type. It has a plain, flat circular bezel with the shoulders tapering to either side. Both shoulders are flat and have moulded scrollwork decoration. At the tip of each shoulder the loop becomes D-shaped in cross-section, decorated on either side with three radiating lines. The loop terminates in an old break on either side. One long edge is squashed and abraded. Dimensions: Length (bent) 31mm, maximum width 8.5mm, minimum width 2mm, maximum thickness 2.5mm, minimum thickness 0.9mm, weight 3.8g. Discussion: This fing…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
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Record ID: NMS-5C0A89
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval gold finger-ring with a pseudo-inscription on the exterior face. Narrow circular loop with plain flat inner surface, the flat outer surface engraved with a pseudo-inscription containing a combination of lettering travelling in a combination of conventional and retrograde, the S lying on its side, presumably to fit the width of the hoop. The letter forms appear to vary between Roman and Lombardic styles. Dimensions: Diameter 19mm (internal diameter 17.2mm), width 2.8mm, thickness 0.8mm, weight 1.1g. Discussion: Artefacts such as fi…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-CE9491
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gold quarter noble of Edward III dating to the period AD 1363 - 1369 (Treaty Series B). Mint of London. See: North, Vol. II, p. 56, no. 1243.
Created on: Thursday 27th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 16th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-FCD6CD
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A cast gold and garnet pyramidal mount from the early-medieval period. The mount has an octagonal base, four main triangular faces and a flat top. Each face is decorated with a simple cloisonné design comprising a triangular cell above a rectangular to sub-trapezoidal cell, most of which are inlaid with flat-cut garnets. The edges of the pyramid are inlaid with rectangular garnets shaped to follow the rounded turn of the edge, and at each lower corner are triangular facets also containing flat-cut garnets. Many of the flat-cut garnets appear to be backed with gold foil. …
Created on: Monday 17th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alby with Thwaite', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A38BB2
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete gold artefact of probable Bronze Age date. It comprises a strip of sheet gold with a jagged transverse break across the wide end. The plate tapers along its length into a square-sectioned hook which curves under the plate. Just behind the hook is a circular perforation punched from the reverse of the strip to the front. Dimensions: Length (bent): 26.7mm, maximum width: 15mm, minimum width: 1.5mm, thickness: 1.2mm, weight: 1.8g. Discussion: A number of similar objects have been reported as potential Treasure and are recorded on the PAS database, includ…
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 8th April 2021
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Record ID: NMS-A3603B
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete gold artefact of possible Bronze Age date. It comprises a strip of sheet gold with a jagged transverse break across one end and folded horizontally so that the corners overlap. At one end are two small perforations, possibly rivet holes. Dimensions: Length (folded): 10.2mm, maximum width: 14mm, minimum width: 13mm, thickness: 1mm, weight: 1g. Discussion: A number of similar objects have been reported as potential Treasure and are recorded on the PAS database including: HAMP-B9814B (2018 T700), SUR-DE6DF2 (2017 T644), BH-1BE953 (2014 T901); this last…
Created on: Thursday 13th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-7A5CA5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold late medieval to early post-medieval finger-ring. It has a rectangular bezel with a raised collet containing a clear grey glass or gem setting, possibly rock crystal. The gem is table-cut and has lost three large chips along one side. The walls of the collet are bent around the gem to hold it in place. They rise from a slightly wider collar decorated with a longitudinal groove. Below this is a larger groove, and then below is the wider base of the bezel which is decorated with a series of transverse (vertical) grooves running around the edge to give a ribbed effect. …
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-24C88E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of a Roman gold finger ring of Guiraud's (1989) Type 4g. The bezel is missing. The remaining portion of the D-sectioned loop exhibits an old break at either end and has been flattened out. One end remains slightly hooked. At the shoulder are two applied oval knops which would have flanked the bezel on either side. Date: c. AD 43 - 409. Dimensions:Length: 26.9mm maximum width: 6.3mm, minimum width: 3.1mm, thickness (including shank): 2.5mm, weight: 2.4g. Discussion: Similar examples reported as Treasure and recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme databas…
Created on: Friday 7th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-67FF26
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Complete medieval gold finger ring with glass or gem setting. The bezel is hexagonal in shape with a stepped collet which holds the cabochon gem setting in place. The gem is dark blue in colour, possibly a sapphire, and exhibits two oval chips. The underside of the bezel is faceted, the back of the gem exposed. It is possible that a sheet backing plate is missing. The bezel is 8.2mm long, 7.5mm wide and 2.5mm thick. On either side is a rectangular collar at the junction with the hoop. The loop is D-shaped in cross-section and now slightly distorted out of shape. Dime…
Created on: Friday 17th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
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Record ID: NMS-2BD4FE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circumstances: Found whilst searching with a metal detector. Description: Incomplete medieval gold finger ring. The bezel is oval, the upper half forming a collet with concave sides, open at the top to house a missing gem or other setting. The mouth is now damaged and bent out of shape. The lower face is divided from the upper by a circumferential ridge and has tapering sides and a flat bottom. The interior of the bezel is hollow and retains traces of a powdery white substance, probably adhesive for the missing setting. The remains of the loop project from one side of the lower f…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
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Record ID: NMS-5B55DC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-medieval gold finger-ring with posy inscription. The exterior of the hoop consists of a central D-sectioned strip bordered above and below by a narrow groove, each in turn bordered by a D-sectioned ridge. The hoop is now distorted out of shape, with a number of nicks and dents around both edges. There is no maker’s mark. The inscription on the inside reads, in seriffed Roman capitals, NOT x THIS x BVT x ME. Dimensions: Extant diameter 23mm, width of band 8mm, thickness 1.5mm, weight 5.0g. Discussion: Oman (1974, 40-41), notes tha…
Created on: Tuesday 17th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Norfolk area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B22B22
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances: Found whilst searching with a metal detector. Description: Medieval gold annular brooch. The frame is flat on the reverse and bevelled on the front. It exhibits a constriction for the pin and projecting from one side of the frame is a pair of clasped hands. The hands have been made separately and sit in a small notch on the outside of the frame. A small tab projects from the underside of the hands and has been soldered to the back of the frame. Each of the fingers has been defined by an engraved groove. The thumbs are separate, one missing due to an old break. The …
Created on: Monday 9th April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2020
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Record ID: NMS-BA6115
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete late early-medieval sheet-gold finger-ring. It consists of a flat pointed-oval bezel tapering into the flat shoulders of the hoop, both now flattened and one bent at a sharp angle. Each shoulder terminates in a jagged transverse break. Punched decoration consists of a border of opposed triangles running around the edge of the bezel and converging to run in two rows along each shoulder. Dimensions: Approximate extant length 36.5mm, maximum width 8.1mm, minimum width 2.8mm, thickness 1mm, weight 1.8g. Discussion: Finger rings of this form are typical o…
Created on: Friday 16th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
Spatial data recorded.