Record ID: ESS-092DF1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Portugese gold 4000 reis of John V (1706-1750), dated 1714 on the coin. Also known as a 'moidore', meaning coin of gold. For a similar example minted at Brazil, see LIN-A12FE6.
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WHITE COLNE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-EFBE46
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
British Iron Age gold quarter stater, uninscribed Eastern series (attributed to Trinovantes). 'British G' type, ABC (Cottam et al 2010) 2350 = BMC (Hobbs 1996) 192. Note: Hobbs incorrectly identified this type as the quarter stater linked to the North Eastern gold stater 'British H', rather than the Eastern quarter 'British G' (or 'Clacton' type).
Created on: Monday 17th December 2012
Last updated: Monday 17th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GREAT TEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-4A2281
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A late medieval gold finger-ring, with a high bezel in the form of a cusped quatrefoil, set with a blue stone, probably a turquoise. The hoop which is of D-shaped section widens at the shoulders. The lower half of the hoop is undecorated; the shoulders are decorated with an incised foliate design. For a comparable ring, see TAR 2003, no 194. The finger-ring probably dates from the late fourteenth to the fifteenth century. Dimensions: maximum diameter of hoop 20mm, height including bezel 23 mm.
Created on: Tuesday 27th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'PLESHEY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-926288
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a gold finger ring with dark blue irregular-shaped setting which is possibly a sapphire. The majority of the hoop is missing and one of the remaining arms of the hoop is twisted and bent. The damage is not new. The hoop comprises of a simple, undecorated gold wire which is soldered to the underside of the bezel with a lap joint. The surviving wire is lozenge-shaped in cross section. The bezel has an irregular, sub-circular shape in plan view which reflects the shape of the setting and a decorative punched border. The maximum diameter of the bezel is 12.17mm and it is 3.67m…
Created on: Tuesday 6th November 2012
Last updated: Monday 25th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Braintree District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-FE8E56
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring, dating to the Roman period. The hoop has a hollow construction and is complete and undistorted. The outside of the hoop is convex and undecorated. The inside of the hoop feels rough and the edges of the hoop are jagged. The hoop forms a lozenge-shaped backplate for the bezel. The bezel is circular and has been soldered onto the hoop. The bezel and its associated decoration is damaged and the setting is missing. The damage is not new. A ribbon of very small gold beading is present on the outer collar of the bezel. The beading is damaged but originally, it probably s…
Created on: Tuesday 30th October 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chelmsford District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-C13B97
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A gold fragment of parallel sided strip or ribbon. The ribbon is rectangular in plan and made from a sheet of gold. One side of the ribbon is decorated with four regular, longitudinal, incised grooves. The other side of the ribbon is plain with some light scratches. The ribbon is slightly contorted indicating that the ribbon may have been folded and then un-folded. The damage is not new. One end has a neat, flat-ended terminal with sharp 90 degree corners implying the original finish. There is a circular perforation located 1.54mm from this end of the ribbon which is slightly off-cent…
Created on: Monday 15th October 2012
Last updated: Friday 29th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tendring District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-FEDE20
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Iron Age gold coin: British G Gold Quarter Stater (Rudd's 'Clacton Cross' type), Eastern / Trinovantes, 80-50 BC. Rudd ABC 2356; BMC 180-1; VA 1460
Created on: Thursday 19th April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-AF35D7
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Description: 1. A gold ring of circular cross-section gently tapering to flat terminals. The ring bears decorative, narrow, stripes of yellow and paler gold; the stripes are still, clearly, visible on both, exterior, sides and the interior circumference, though are heavily worn on the outer circumference. There is some damage to the flat terminals Weight: 4g, External width: 14.75mm, Internal width: 6.51mm, Max breadth: 4.39mm. Discussion: The silvery-striped gold pennanular ring is a fairly common object dating to the Late Bronze Age (1150-750BC) (Meeks et al. 2004). Comparab…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Roxwell Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-AD9A65
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
2012 T238, Post Medieval gold ring. Date: 17th - 18th Century Description: Gold posy ring, thin flat band with inscription on internal band: god gives increase to love and peace. Traces of a possible maker's mark. Dimensions: Weight: 1.9g, Diameter (at widest): 18.85mm, Width: 3.30mm, Thickness: 0.57mm Discussion: In the absence of a datable maker's mark we cannot date this pre-1712. The ring cannot be securely dated to pre-1712 and it as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996. Judy Rudoe BritishMuseum
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as '"Earls Cone Area, Essex"', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-AD6886
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
2012 T237. Description 1. A plain, gold ring of oval cross-section. Thickening occurs towards one side, with flat terminals. There is damage to both terminals. Weight: 9g, External width: 15.95mm, Internal width: 7.04mm, Max breadth (thicker side): 4.89mm, Max breadth (thinner side): 4.44mm. Discussion The solid gold pennanular ring is a fairly common object dating to the Late Bronze Age (1150-750BC) (Meeks et al. 2008). There are further penannular rings which have been recently found in broader environs as at Kelvedon, Essex (ESS-E97973) and at Takeley, Essex (ESS-E8A4F8…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as '"Finchingfield, Essex"', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-886A60
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undiagnostic, plain and distorted gold ring. In its current condition it measures 22.10mm by 17.01mm, is 1.70mm thick and weighs 2.35 grams. The find was examined by British Museum curators Judy Rudoe, Ben Roberts and Julia Farley, who all determined it was undiagnostic and undatable.
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tending District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-8632F4
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This coin is a pseudo-Imperial tremissis of the late 6th or very early 7th century, probably of Frankish manufacture. The inscription is too badly blundered to indicate which Byzantine emperor was being imitated, and both the obverse and reverse types are commonly found on both Byzantine and Frankish coins. Obv. Diademed bust, r., _N___VICAPPAUG Rev. Cross on steps, ___VATAUGUS___ Weight: 1.18g Die axis: 135 Diameter: 11.73mm This coin was found in close proximity to another gold tremisses (2012 T248; ESS-84D6A3) on two consecutive days; both of these coins are from a s…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-84D6A3
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This coin is a Merovingian tremissis of the mint-and moneyer type, of the period AD 580-670. The reverse inscription is illegible, but the obverse inscription shows that it was minted in, or possibly imitating, the town of Quentovic (Etaples, Pas-de-Calais). Quentovic was a major mint, and a major port, and finds from Quentovic are not unusual as finds in England, but the crude style makes it possible that this is a contemporary imitation minted elsewhere. Obv: Crude diademed bust, r., + VVICUS FIT Rev: Crude cross ancrée, illegible. Weight: 1.29g Die axis: 90 Discussion: Th…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 10th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-84B681
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Number: 2012 T247 Period: 19th century. Date of Discovery: 15/2/12 Circumstances of discovery: whilst metal detecting Description: composite, open-work, heavily gilded silver or gold fitting in lozenge shaped form. The object is made of four 'sides' soldered together to form a lozenge shape. Two of the opposing corners have been soldered onto a central bar, rectangular in cross-section, the broad sides used for the upper and underside of the fitting. The bar dips downwards in the centre. One of the corners has a loop that has been soldered on, flush with the central bar. Th…
Created on: Tuesday 20th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tendring District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-3299E6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2012 T246 Date: 17th - 18th Century Description: gold posy ring, large heavy D-shaped, with inscription engraved in lower case on inside: As I expect soe let me find A faithfull friend and a constant mind Stamped with maker's mark BA in capitals in a rectangle, this mark does not appear on any ring in the British Museum and has not so far been identified. Dimensions: Weight: 7.4g, Diameter: 22.11mm, Width: 4.40mm, Thickness: 1.94mm Discussion: Joan Evans records a version of this inscription with heart instead of friend, in books of lov…
Created on: Friday 16th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-F173D0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2012 T182 Finger ring fragment Date: Undiagnostic Description: fragment of a silver-gilt finger-ring, a broad flat band incised on exterior with a double row of dots. Dimensions: Weight: 1.3g Length: 20.81mm Width: 5.90mm Thickness: 0.73mm Discussion: this ring fragment is undiagnostic in nature and cannot be securely dated to a specific period. Compare PAS-FFCC17. Due to the undiagnostic nature of the find it cannot be securely dated to pre-1712 and as such falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996. Judy Rudoe The BritishMuseum
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-A17C66
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age gold stater: Gallo-Belgic E.
Created on: Friday 9th March 2012
Last updated: Friday 9th March 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-6348D1
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE: 2012 T170 Post Medieval to Modern gold button Description: Cast gold circular domed button with flower design. There is a central circular boss with stippled effect, surrounded by 14 elongated petals which are recessed and contain traces of an inlay, which appears to be red in colour. The reverse of the button is slightly hollowed and has a central circular suspension loop. It is 15.10mm in diameter and weighs 2.73 grams. Discussion: It is similar in design to a copper alloy button, recorded on the PAS database as LANCUM-C7E331 which is dated to the 17th Century. …
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-FA2225
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2012 T74: Post Medieval finger ring Date: Post Medieval Description: Post Medieval gold finger ring. The band is slightly distorted and has a shallow 'D' shaped cross section. The inside is inscribed with "Love as' I or else I die" followed by the makers mark JC within a rectangle. The ring is 20.50mm by 19.29mm in diameter, is 3.70mm wide and 1.13mm thick. It weighs 3.25 grams. Discussion: A ring with a similar inscription ' . . . v Love I til I die' was recorded as 2009T422 (LON-3EFD56 on the PAS database) with the comments: This may be a version of inscriptions …
Created on: Monday 6th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-FA05C2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Small gold finger-ring with circular bezel c. 14mm in diameter, neatly curved to fit around the finger and decorated with very worn filigree and granulation. There is a border around the edge which was originally made from beaded wire 1mm wide, but the beading is now worn almost completely away. Four heart shapes of plain unbeaded wire are set in a cross on the bezel, with the points meeting at the centre; the two that run from shoulder to shoulder are made from a single piece of wire curving around like a figure-of-eight, and the other two are made from separate lengths. This wire is…
Created on: Monday 6th February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 26th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Osyth', grid reference and parish protected.