PAS 15 – Valentines Finds

Posted on by Lauren Speed

This year marks 15 years of the Portable Antiquities Scheme as a national scheme. Throughout the year we’ll be celebrating finds from each county – a find a day for the whole year! Here are the finds we’ve chosen for Valentine’s week:

 

Image of 7 finds that have a link to Valentine's Day. Top row left to right: a bent silver coin; a silver cufflink with 2 hearts on it; a heart-shaped silver locket. Middle row: 4 views of a copper alloy Cupid figurine. Bottom row left to right: a gold brooch in the outline shape of a heart; 2 views of a silver coin with Roman emperor on front and image of Venus on reverse; a gold ring with an inscription on the internal face.
A selection of finds linked to love and marriage for Valentine’s Day. Copyright: Portable Antiquities Scheme, Licence: CC-BY.

 

Medieval brooch (NARC-0B6A9E): a gold medieval brooch in the shape of an asymmetrical heart.

A bent Post-medieval sixpence (PUBLIC-50E096): a silver sixpence of William III which has been smoothed and bent into a love token.

A Post-medieval locket (DENO-FA82E5): a Post-medieval silver locket in the shape of a heart, with a cherub.

A Post-medieval fidelity ring (NMGW-19DF6E): a Post-medieval silver gilt fidelity ring with the inscription ‘I like my chois’ on the inner band.

A Roman denarius of Titus (FAKL-D6D8F6): a Roman silver denarius of Titus with the figure of Venus on the reverse.

A Post-medieval cuff-link (DUR-4B94C4): a Post-medieval silver cuff-link in commemoration of Charles II and Catherine of Braganza.

A Roman Cupid figurine (NCL-2C40A4): a Roman copper alloy figurine of Cupid.