Record ID: LANCUM-7B7DAD
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A medieval gold 'stirrup' finger ring with green gem stone setting dating from the mid 12th to 15th century AD. Description: The ring rises from the shoulders into a pointed bezel that is triangular in plan and the hoop has a keeled cross-section. flat on the inner surface. The bezel is set with a strongly coloured and semi-transparent green irregularly shaped gem stone probably an emerald but could be glass. Around half of the rim of the bezel is a cast raised decoration of two parallel lines between which are a line of dots. Flanking the setting, the tapering shoulders …
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 3rd June 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-211EEA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval gold 'stirrup' finger ring with red gem stone setting dating from the mid 12th to 15th century AD. Description: The ring rises from the shoulders into a pointed bezel that is triangular in plan and slender 'D' shaped hoop, flat on the inner surface. The bezel is set with a strongly coloured and semi-transparent red irregularly shaped gem stone probably a garnet but possibly a sapphire. The ring is in good condition. The ring may have been a guard ring to accompany another ring with setting. Measurements: The length is 23mm, the width is 20mm thick and the weight 1.47g…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2017
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-1CA6A2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold and garnet oval shaped finger ring of late medieval date, c. 1300-1500. The hoop flattens and widens towards the shoulders with a central ridge with a central ridge running along the length. The hoop is stretched and broken conducive with being caught and dragged by a plough which is the likely cause. The shoulders are decorated with filigree in the form of one large raised pellet in a raised surrounding band with smaller raised pellets surrounding indicating a 15th century date for the construction. The bezel is simple and plain, oval shaped in plan with pie dished pr…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd August 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th September 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-4DD680
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warrington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold 14th century AD finger-ring with an inset cobalt-blue glass oval setting. The bezel has 7 convex settings to hold the stone and a decorated flower inscribed into an integral square plate on either side of the hoop. There is no makers mark and the construction would suggest the 14th or 15th century at the latest. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the metal by the British Museum's Scientific Research section indicated a surface composition of approximately 94-95% gold, 3-4% silver, the rest being copper. The setting was identified as cobalt-blue glass. The length…
Created on: Monday 19th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 9th April 2018
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Record ID: LANCUM-4C5823
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Blackpool
Workflow stage: Published
A rare 'Christogram' gold ring with a black-letter inscription in lower-case letters reading ihc engraved on a sub-oval bezel. The inscription means IESUS CHRISTOS SALVATOR (Jesus saviour of man). The ring is probably 15th century but could be earlier. In the Latin-speaking Christianity of Western Europe the most common Christogram is 'IHS' or 'IHC', derived from the first three letters of the Greek name for Jesus, Iota-eta-sigma. The Greek letter eta was transliterated as the Latin letter C due to the visually similar form of the lunate sigma or as Latin S since the two alphabets …
Created on: Monday 5th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SKIPPOOL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4E2E94
Object type: RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold ring of a yellow hue possibly Medieval 11th to 15th century AD. It is unlikely to be jewellery related and more likely to relate to the decoration of another object perhaps a dagger pommel ring. The ring cannot be securely dated and so has been classified as not treasure. The length is 28mm and the width 11mm.
Created on: Monday 5th September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'DRIFFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.