Record ID: NMS-197EA9
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Roman copper alloy brooch, probably a headstud type, dating to the period c. AD 75 - 150. Only the foot remains. It comprises a short section of the lower bow with the stub of the catchplate projecting from the reverse. The knobbed foot exhibits a recess at the bottom which retains traces of enamel arranged in a series of concentric circles. The outer circle appears to be black or brown, within is a circle of white enamel and a central recess which would have probably also contained enamel.
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Field Dalling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-720177
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval silver penny of Alexander II of Scotland (r.1214-1249) in the name of William I, Phase C (Spink S5034), dating to c.1230-35. Same obverse and reverse dies as Burns (1887) fig 67 (6a). Moneyers: Peris & Adam. Mint of Roxburgh. Six pointed star in each quarter. Ref: Spink 2015, pg 15 and Burns, 1887, pg 70.
Created on: Wednesday 17th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 5th August 2020
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Record ID: NMS-59ED6E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337) dating to AD 321 (Reece Period 16). VIRTVS EXERCIT reverse type depicting standard inscribed VOT/XX, two captives below. Mint of Lyons. See: RIC Vol. VI, p. 130, no. 114.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th February 2021
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Record ID: NMS-E0E476
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete medieval copper alloy Limoges-style buckle plate dating to the period c. AD 1175 - 1225. Broken across the frame recess and with two rivet holes near the attachment end, one of which is worn through. The face is decorated with a fantastic beast rampant to sinister reserved on a field of blue enamel. The beast appears to have the head of a stag, the antlers pointing horizontally towards the back of the frame. It a long neck and four legs, each terminating in a three-toed foot. The front right leg is raised. The tail is short and pointed. The body retains two pointed oval fie…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 28th July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-DCE6FC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative, double lug, Harlow brooch of Mackreth (2011) Type 2.e, dating to the period c. AD 43 - 100. The sprung pin mechanism, the lower bow, foot and catchplate are missing. The plain are C-shaped to house the spring. The exhibit traces of moulded longitudinal ridges and each terminates in an old break. Projecting forwards from the centre of the head is a D-shaped plate with two perforations, the lower for the axis bar, the upper for the chord. The plate is carried over the top of the head to form a crest and flattens out into the bow in imi…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th February 2020
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Record ID: NMS-DC20FC
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Late Anglo-Saxon strap-end, perhaps re-purposed into an object of uncertain function. The wider end has been cut straight across and filed down to produce a smoothly rounded edge. Small areas of the edge are missing around the base,but the object is otherwise complete. It is described with the straight edge held uppermost. A narrow reserved strip runs across the wide straight edge; the rest of the front is covered with engraving around symmetrical plant decoration in counter-relief. The effect is that of a flower, with a stem which springs from a rosette of simple p…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 19th July 2021
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Record ID: NMS-DC0AD8
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post medieval silver cuff link element or button. A circular disc with a down-turned edge, now bent out of shape in places, or missing due to breakages. The obverse exhibits a stamped repoussé design of clasped hands with two hearts below and crown above on a stippled background (Lewis, 2013, Type A). The reverse of the disc exhibits an integrally cast attachment loop, now bent out of shape. Dimensions: Diameter: 13.5mm, thickness (including loop): 3.3mm, weight: 0.5g. Date: c. AD 1660 - 1714. Discussion: This motif, commonly found on 17th-century cuff-…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 15th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-DBBFF4
Object type: BOOK FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver catch-piece from a late medieval or early post-medieval book clasp, of Howsam type A.6.3. It consists of a flat plate with a cylindrical bar at one end. The plate is flat and largely rectangular, with the attachment end angled and tapered into a triangular shape. There is a rectangular loop at the other end, beyond which the object thickens into the circular-section bar. Apart from the bar, the external edges of the plate are bevelled. The plate has three rivet holes, two behind the loop (one with silver rivet surviving) and one in the apex of the triangle. The riv…
Created on: Wednesday 10th April 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 12th August 2020
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Record ID: NMS-205F5C
Object type: PIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete silver pin of possible Roman date. It has an undecorated oval head. The shaft tapers slightly along its length and is bent at right angles in two places, terminating in an old break. Dimensions: Length (bent): 18mm, approximate length unbent: 44.2mm, diameter of head: 4.1mm, weight: 1.1g. Discussion: A number of similar examples have been reported as Treasure and are recorded on the PAS database, including BERK-F717EC, BUC-373880 (2018T110) & CAM-9ADF59 (2018T844). Date: c. AD 43 - 409.
Created on: Monday 1st April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-1FEDBB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Late medieval to early post-medieval gilded silver finger ring. The bezel is in the form of two clasped hands, the fingers depicted by engraved lines; this is often known as a fede ring. The shoulders narrow to form the wrist before expanding into a loop which exhibits an engraved transverse line at the junction with the shoulders. The loop tapers slightly in width from the shoulders to the bottom. The exterior exhibits a series of moulded bands alternating wide and narrow; the narrow bands punched with a series of annulets. At the base of the loop a transverse soldering …
Created on: Monday 1st April 2019
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-1F8161
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Middle to Late Saxon silver strap-end. Broadly rectangular in form, the split end has a scalloped edge with two rivet holes housing silver rivets with roved-over ends. The central panel is divided into two by a longitudinal beaded ridge. On either side is an asymmetrical recessed field and a teardrop-shaped field, possibly intended to depict a wing, which tapers to meet a roundel around each rivet hole. Each wing has a central recessed field with reserved zoomorphic decoration comprising a serpentine animal with rounded, double-nicked body and interlaced tail. The st…
Created on: Monday 1st April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd April 2021
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Record ID: NMS-1F5D65
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval silver finger ring. Hexagonal bezel, the upper surface engraved with a reversed lower case letter k with a contraction mark to the left. Both ends of the D-sectioned loop are soldered to the underside of the bezel. The loop is now squashed out of shape. Dimensions:  Height: 21.5mm, diameter: 27mm, length of bezel: 8.7mm, width of bezel: 8.7mm, thickness: of bezel: 4.1mm, width of loop: 4.8mm, thickness: of loop: 2.1mm, weight: 5.2g. Discussion: Oman (1974, 30) notes: "The most typical fourteenth century signet is of silver or bronze and has t…
Created on: Monday 1st April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-E2F668
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Medieval gilded silver annular brooch. Teardrop-shaped frame with a circular perforation on one long edge which houses the loop of the pin. The pin is flat with a rectangular collar. The front of the frame exhibits a beaded filigree wire border on both the inner and outer edge encircling a series of beaded filigree wire annulets of varying circumference. Traces of gilding are visible on the front. The reverse is flat and undecorated. Dimensions: Length 22.7mm, width 14.8mm, thickness of frame 0.8mm, weight 1.05g. Discussion: A number of similar examples have bee…
Created on: Friday 29th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 14th June 2021
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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
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Record ID: NMS-E02E1C
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete medieval or early post-medieval silver mount or dress fastener. One edge has a recessed flange terminating in an old break at one end. The rest of the object consists of a moulded design around a central hole or eye, now incomplete due to old breaks. The decoration appears to comprise two opposed S-shaped tendrils, each terminating in a trefoil. The reverse exhibits traces of parallel grooves indicating the object was cast in a cuttlefish bone mould. The reverse has a single integrally cast rivet with a burred-over end. Dimensions: Leng…
Created on: Friday 29th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th June 2023
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Record ID: NMS-4F0F07
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver denarius of Domitian as Caesar under Vespasian (AD 69-79), dating to AD 79 (Reece Period 4). PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS reverse type depicting clasped hands holding legionary eagle on prow. Mint of Rome. See: RIC Vol. II (2nd ed), p. 136, no. 1081.
Created on: Friday 22nd March 2019
Last updated: Sunday 12th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-10BE3B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy plate brooch of Mackreth's (2011) Type 10 (var) dating to the period c. AD 80 - 250. It comprises an annular frame recessed to house enamel, traces of which remain indicating that the original decorative scheme would have consisted of a turquoise field with inlaid blobs of other colours. Small traces of black and, possibly red, enamel are visible in places. Projecting at 12 o'clock is a circular knop, recessed to house enamel, now degraded and of uncertain original colour. Projecting at 6 o'clock is a triangular knop with moulded double collar at the junc…
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-10429E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Roman copper alloy zoomorphic brooch in the form of a frog dating to the period c. AD 100 - 200. The head is rounded and exhibits a series of engraved crescentic lines. There is no obvious indication of eyes, as seen on other examples (see below), however, the head is heavily worn. The elongated body of the frog forms the bow; it forms an arch and tapers along its length. It exhibits two trapezoidal recesses divided at the mid-point by a transverse reserve. Each recess contains red enamel with several indentations that may indicate a second colour was originally inlaid with…
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0F83C9
Object type: STUD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-medieval silver stud, possibly for a collar, of Lewis (2013) Form 2. It consists of an octagonal plate with a down-turned edge, now bent out of shape in places and a flat circular disc joined by a short cylindrical stem. The octagonal plate exhibits a stamped repoussé design of a crown above clasped hands with a flaming heart below (Lewis, ibid, Type C). The circular disc bears a stamped maker’s mark, possibly the initials DA. Dimensions: Diameter: 15.5mm, thickness: 7.1mm, weight: 2.2g. Discussion: This motif, commonly found on 17th-century cuff-links…
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-0F4439
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post medieval silver cuff link element. A circular disc with a down-turned edge, now bent out of shape in places. The obverse exhibits a stamped repoussé design of a flaming heart pierced by two arrows in saltire on a stippled background (Lewis, 2013, Type B). The reverse of the disc exhibits an integrally cast attachment loop. Dimensions: Diameter: 15.5mm, thickness (including integral loop): 2.5mm, weight: 0.7g. Discussion: This motif, commonly found on 17th-century cuff-links and buttons, may have celebrated the marriage of Charles II and Catherine of Brag…
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dunburgh', grid reference and parish protected.