Record ID: CAM-49BF57
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold slightly bent mourning finger-ring of c.16th century AD date. A white enamel skull was present at the centre of the upper surface of the ring with white and green enamel detail on the shoulders of the ring. Most of the enamel from all of the enamelled fields has fallen out since the ring was discovered however slight traces do still remain. Treasure Report: Date: 16th to early 17th century Description: A Post-Medieval memento mori finger-ring; the bezel in the form of an incurved hexagon with a skull in the centre which would have once contained white enamel. This is s…
Created on: Tuesday 26th November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-FAFCF3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold Ecu d'or au soleil de Bretagne of Francis I of France (1515-1547). Kelleher (forthcoming) notes that there have only been five Francis I gold coins recorded as finds in England to date, all from hoards (one from Bearpark, County Durham, four from Ely, Cambridgeshire). This coin represents the first recorded "stray" find of a Francis I gold coin in England.
Created on: Saturday 5th January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 7th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINSTEAD MAGNA CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D95806
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The backplate of a late post medieval gold locket. The remaining part of the locket is made from thin gold sheet. The outer face of the backplate has a stamped floral design with continuous leaf pattern around the edge which develop in five places as defined leaves towards the centre around an open lily type flower. There is a very small amount of copper alloy wire protruding from the rim which may have originally been part of the inside of a loop for hanging the locket or may just have provided a rigid inner framework for the edge of the backplate. On the inside the thin gold sheet i…
Created on: Sunday 29th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-9977A7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete bust somewhat distorted gold and enamel finger ring dating to the Post-Medieval period, a variant on the 'memento mori' types. The ring demonstrates a circular bezel engraved with the design of a facing grinning skull. Around the skull, four sub-rectangular recessed panels forming a ring around it display the following Latin inscription (interestingly, rendered by moulding rather than engraving): RES/PIC/E FI/NEM (RESPICE FINEM). This translates broadly as 'think to the end', an allusion to the inevitability of death. Each side of the bezel, the recessed should…
Created on: Tuesday 7th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 17th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Felixstowe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-7BB4E1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold mourning type finger ring dating to the Post-Medieval period, exactly 1709. The hoop is 'D' shaped in section and broadly oval in plan (squashed somewhat in post-depositional damage), plain on its outer face except for the deeply engraved depiction of a human skull at its apex. Traces of black enamel preserved in the recesses of the latter infer that at one point it was once fully decorated in this manner. The interior of the hoop is engraved with an inscription relating to the deceased individual the ring was made to represent in memoriam, reading as foll…
Created on: Thursday 30th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wrentham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6F9784
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Post Medieval Half Guinea of king George III (AD 1760-1820), dated to AD 1788. Obverse: Fifth laureate head right; GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA Reverse: Crowned quartered spade shaped shield of arms; M.B.F.ET.H. REX. F.D.B. ET.L.D.S.R.I.A.T ET.E. (the abbreviated Latin reads "Magnae Britanniae Franciae ET Hiberniae Rex Fidei Defensor Brun ET Lunebergen-sis Dux, Sacri Romani Imperii Archi-Thesaurius ET Elector" and translates as "King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Luneberg, High Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire…
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tattingstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-073AE3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold hammered crown of Elizabeth I, dating c. 1560-1561. First coinage, Tower mint, initial mark: cross-crosslet. The coin is creased across its middle, but otherwise preserved in good condition.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thelnetham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-DB07F5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete but somewhat distorted gold finger ring dating to the Post-Medieval period. The ring comprises a now sub-circular 'D' sectioned hoop, its outer surface demonstrating incised decoration and an inscription or 'posy' visible on its inner. The decoration on the latter consists three motifs that repeat in an irregular pattern: cinquefoils/five-petalled flowers (5), oval-bodied insects (3) and bees (2). The two bees are both positioned within two flowers, while the insects appear to be beetle like and demonstrate a segmented carapace with spiked legs and dots on the …
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hoxne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-907553
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A milled gold quarter-guinea struck for George III, dating to 1762. Obverse: GEORGIVS•III•DEI•GRATIA; Laureate bust right. Reverse: 62•M•B•F•ET•H•REX•F•D•B•ET•L•D•S•RIAT•ET•E•17; Crowned garnished shield with Arms of England, Scotland, Ireland and Hanover. Spink no. 3741. This coin has been modified into a love token, having been bent into a shallow 'S' shape.
Created on: Wednesday 13th September 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Framlingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-722DB4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold signet ring dating to the Post-Medieval period, c. 1600-1700. It demonstrates a circular plano-convex sectioned hoop, with thin shoulders that expand rapidly into a large circular bezel. On the upper surface of the bezel, the initials 'I C', separated by a central lobed ribbon motif have been engraved, all the latter within an outer incised border. The decoration and inner surfaces of the ring itself are all incredibly worn, suggesting that this ring was worn intensively. Date: 1600-1700 Dimensions: The ring hoop measures a maximum of 20.52mm in exte…
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 24th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yoxford', grid reference and parish protected.