Record ID: CAM-93065A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval gold signet (or seal) finger-ring, dating to the late 16th to 17th century AD. The bezel is oval in shape with a sub-rectangular cross-section. The external surface of the bezel measures 15.8mm x a width of 13.4mm. Approximately 0.5mm in from the edge is a beaded border formed of closely set short lines. A thin and shallow incised line runs around the inner side of the beaded border. At the centre of the bezel is a coat of arms on a flat-topped shield. The arms are 'on a bend three lions passant and in the sinister chief a mullet'. All of the details on the uppe…
Created on: Saturday 26th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-9287C0
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold pendant produced from an early-medieval coin which has been adapted with the addition of a gold suspension loop. The coin is a Merovingian gold tremissis of the 'National Series' dating c.580-675, struck at the Paris mint (IN PALACIO) by the moneyer Landegiselus. Obverse: diademed bust right; inscription: IN PA/LACIO Reverse: a cross with pellet in each quarter, within a beaded inner circle; inscription: LANΔEGISILVM Die axis: 9 o'clock. Weight is 1.45g, diameter is 12.8mm, thickness is 1.3mm. Discussion: Single coins are not normally considered under the Treasur…
Created on: Saturday 26th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 11th March 2019
Spatial data recorded.