Record ID: DUR-FA9055
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold finger ring, probably of Roman date. The hoop consists of a narrow band, slightly elliptical in section. The ovoid bezel, which has been soldered onto the hoop, consists of an outer decorative band of beaded wire which surrounds a box setting for stone, now missing. The setting is crushed and damaged and the hoop bent and distorted. Discussion: the ring is probably of Roman date, although this is not certain. A parallel for the style of the ring was found at Leeuwarden and published by Henkel (1913, no. 135). Date: 3rd to 4th centuries AD? Wt.: 2.41g D. of bezel: 9.5mm Re…
Created on: Friday 26th November 2010
Last updated: Friday 22nd June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wheatley Hill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-817253
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of gold, unknown date, declared not treasure. Sub-rectangular in plan, broken at both ends. 2010- T300
Created on: Monday 10th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 10th August 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hawthorn Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-9EC4D6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold Post Medieval finger ring which has been unrolled but appears complete. It has a D-shaped cross-section with a thin border on both sides. The outside is decorated with an engraved floral/scroll motif and would have been infilled with black enamel, a small section of which remains at one end. It is inscribed on the inside with the following: +RICHES + ARE+ VNSTEDFAST + AND BEVTI WIL + DEKEY BVT + FAITHFUL LOVE DOTH ←EVER← LAST +← TIL DETH DRIVE YT A + WAY+← Date: 16-17th century Dimensions: Length 46.7mm. Width 8.13mm Weighing 6.8g The age …
Created on: Monday 5th October 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DUR-5DCDA8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold posy ring of post medieval date, late 17th century to early 18th century. The ring is circular in plan with a D-shaped cross section. The outside of the ring is not decorated although there are a few marks, probably from depostion. The inside of the ring has an inscription in an italic script which reads "Love is the Bond of Peace". There is a makers mark at the start of the inscription with the letters I and H in a rectangular frame. Judy Rudoe of the British Museum comments "I think the mark might be IH rather than HI, see AF 1320 and 1961,1202.283 in BM. The mark is n…
Created on: Wednesday 26th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2015
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Record ID: DUR-FC3788
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold signet ring, the shape and design of which suggest a date in the 20th century. The bezel shows an engraved design of a gauntled hand holding a hawking lure. it is hallmarked and engraved with the initials GA.
Created on: Wednesday 6th September 2017
Last updated: Monday 1st April 2019
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Record ID: DUR-688B7B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gem-set gold finger ring dating medieval period (c.AD1150-1400). The ring is circular, the band ‘D’ shaped in section. Along the shoulders are moulded bosses amidst leaves and tendrils, possibly intended to represent a vine with grapes. The bezel has a a raised oval collet set with a strongly coloured and transparent green oval cabochon, mostly likely an emerald. Dimensions: External diameter: 19.97mm, Internal diameter: 18.76mm, Width: 1.82mm, Thickness: 0.68mm. Weight: 0.9g Discussion: The proliferation in the mediaeval period of Gem-set…
Created on: Wednesday 28th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 29th March 2022
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Record ID: DUR-E8D2A1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Posie or Posy finger ring, with makers mark, dating to the post-medieval period (c.AD1751-85). The ring is composed of a simple gold hoop with a D-shaped cross-section. The outside is not decorated, although it is dull and scratched. The inside of the ring has an inscription in an italic script that reads "Love is the bond of peace". There is a maker's mark at the start of the inscription with the letters S and T, in italic script, in a rectangular frame. Oman (1974, 41) notes that italic inscriptions generally replaced those of Roman capitals in the second quarte…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 26th February 2020
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Record ID: DUR-D4C1B5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold finger ring from the late Post-Medieval period, possibly dating to the Regency era of the early 19th century (c.AD 1795-1837). The finger ring is a simple band which is decorated on the outside with a floral design. This design consists of a raised circle encircling a smaller circle with a dot inside. Either side of this are sub-circular shapes which represent flower petals. Elements of these sections of the finger ring are repeated with some swirl designs. The finger ring appears to have been cut or broken and then fixed as on the outer band there is a visible l…
Created on: Monday 5th March 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th April 2018
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Record ID: DUR-7D1FB7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete Posie or Posy finger ring, with plain band and interior Roman script ' inscription, dating to the mid post-medieval period (c. AD1600-1700). The ring is 'D' shaped in section with a plain convex outer band. The ring is slightly misshapen, and is thus sub-oval in plan. Around the inner band is inscribed the legend: 'love as I or else die' in crude italic lettering. Discussion: The inscription is listed in Evans (1931, 72) with three variations of spelling ('elce' and 'dye'). Of these, one is drawn from the British Museum collections (Museum number AF.1…
Created on: Monday 18th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shincliffe area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-AD81AE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete, but heavily distorted, gold finger-ring dating to the later Roman period (c.AD250-450). The band is plain with a D cross-section and is decorated with alternating nicked decoration around the circumference creating a zig-zag motif. Dimensions: Length: 25.26mm, Width: 19.31mm; Thickness: 1.67mm, Height of band (cross-section): 1.55mm. Weight: 2.2g Discussion: Guiraud (1989, 198) suggests that zig-zag decoration on finger rings such as this one dates to the 3rd-4th century AD, and illustrates two examples of silver finger rings with this motif found…
Created on: Thursday 31st October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 4th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pittington area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-19E172
Object type: WALKING STICK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold walking cane ferrule dating from the late 19th century. Description: The ferrule is made from thin sheet gold and has a stamped design in relief of foliate scrolls, with a thin plain border at each edge. A large central heraldic shield features an inscribed crest of a lion's head charged with a bend. The hallmark to the right of the shield shows the initials 'J.K.' and '18Ct'. The ferrule is sub-rectangular and appears to taper in slightly towards the base. The ferrule would have originally been tubular; however, it has been compressed, and is now almost flat. Th…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd August 2017
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Record ID: DUR-E00065
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case: 2017-T26 Description: An incomplete Roman gold finger-ring with white glass-paste intaglio, dating from the 3rd century (AD 200-300). Much of the hoop of the ring is missing, with only fragments of the foliate openwork (opus interrasile) shoulders remaining. The bezel of the ring is an ovate box setting with tall sides and slight folds at the rim to hold the intaglio in place with a flat and undecorated reverse. The box setting appears to be soldered to a flat section of the top of the hoop. The white intaglio is flat, oval with a bevelled edge, and is probably…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2020
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Record ID: LANCUM-C23EFA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold quarter noble of Henry VI (1422-1461), based on large lis initial mark, likely to be early issue dating 1422-1430. The coin appears to have been clipped. Obv has a square shield quartered with the arms of England and France within a double stranded foil of 8 arches The coin has been double struck but appears to have a lis above the shield. The legend is largely worn or missing but would have read hEnRIC DI GRA REX ANGL. The reverse has a floriated cross with a lis above a lion in each angle of the cross, within a double-stranded foil of 8 arches. The rev. legend would have read E…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wycliffe with Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-45A231
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A gold finger ring with a small sub-oval bezel, dating to the medieval period (c.AD1150-1400). Whilst the ring and bezel are complete, the stone is missing. The plain, tapering hoop is sub-circular and round in section but flattened slightly on the inside. The thicker shoulders of the hoop are soldered to the bezel. The latter is cup-shaped, with a flat base and sides that flare gently to a slightly unturned rim that would have held the stone setting in place. The ring is slightly misshapen, with some pitting and a hairline crack running along one side of the hoop f…
Created on: Wednesday 16th August 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th November 2018
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Record ID: DUR-885FC8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gem-set gold finger ring, dating to the late or post Roman period (c.AD-300-425). The ring band is sub-circular in plan and rounded in section. The lowest section of the band is undecorated; however, as the outer band rises it is symmetrically decorated with a series of shallow grooves, giving a ribbed effect to either side of the band. At the mid-section of the hoop this changes so that three horizontal grooves span the full outer section of the band creating two distinct horizontal bands, the lower decorated with small vertical grooves, the upper with a…
Created on: Friday 11th January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 13th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bowes Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-85C9FA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gold quarter noble from the reign of of Edward III (AD1327-1377). Treaty Series, Standard Type “ C ” (AD1363-69), London mint. North:1243b Obverse description: Shield quartered with the arms of England and France wihin a tressure of eight arches. Double saltire stops. Obverse inscription:EDWARD DEI GRA [REX] ANGL Reverse description:Floriated cross with a lis at the end of each limb; in each angle, a lion passant, guardant; all within a tressure of eight arches. Double saltire stops. Lis in centre of reverse. Reverse inscription:[EX]ALTABI…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 29th March 2022
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Record ID: DUR-6ACC36
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete Posie or Posy finger ring with plain band, and an interior Roman script inscription, dating to the mid post-medieval period (c. AD1550-1650). The ring is 'D' shaped in section with a plain convex outer band. The ring is circular in plan. Around the inner band is inscribed the legend: ‘LOVE IS A VERTW' in capital letters with Roman script. Dimensions: 18.76mm in diameter; 4.14mm in height; 1.33mm thick;3.8g in weight. Discussion: The inscription is not listed in Evans (1931); however, a similar inscription ‘LOVE IS A JOY’ (ibid, …
Created on: Friday 14th August 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shincliffe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-E9A9FD
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold Posie or Posy finger ring, with decorated band and interior inscription in Roman capitals, dating to the early post-medieval period (c.AD1550-1650). The ring is 'D' shaped in section, and the outer band is decorated with incised recurring floral scroll work, interspersed with six alternately angled diagonal grooves. The internal band features the inscription "I HOPE IN TIME" in Roman capitals, prefixed by a crudely stamped cross pattée; between each word of the inscription is an incised frond or leaf. The hoop is slightly misshape…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 2023
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Record ID: NCL-629FB3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval gold finger ring. . The outside of the ring ring is a plain gold band. On the inside is the inscription 'Joyn'd in one by God alone' with the two initials as the maker's mark. The ring has a diameter of 7.62mm; the band is 3.86mm wide and 1.80mm thick. The weight is 5.98g
Created on: Friday 30th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
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Record ID: NCL-E32C71
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Complete gold mourning (memento mori) finger ring probably dating from AD 1680. The ring has a D-shaped section with flat interior and convex exterior face. The interior has an inscription reading ‘Prepare to follow me LH 80’ in italic script. The exterior face has the incised image of a skull, missing the top of the head and the lower row of teeth and chin, emphasised with black niello inlay which is missing in places. Dimensions:  External diameter of hoop: 20.29mm; internal diameter of hoop: 18.06mm; thickness: 1.18mm; height: 4.12mm. Weight: 3.20g D…
Created on: Friday 24th March 2023
Last updated: Saturday 28th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ebchester Area', grid reference and parish protected.