Record ID: CORN-52946D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver cut half of a short cross penny of Henry III (1216-1272), Short Cross coinage (1216-1247), Class VIIa3 (1220-1222),with reverse legend with pellet stops, moneyer Henry, Canterbury mint. Mass, p.53, pl.71, no.1904.
Created on: Saturday 15th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-50918E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver posy ring with D-section hoop and plain outer band and inscribed on the inside of the band with the words in italics: G'od above increase our love All of the letters are in lower case italics, apart from an initial upper case letter 'G' of God. The long 's' in 'increaSe' is more like an 'f' and this style of 's' stopped being used in about 1780 (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/why-f-instead-of-s-in-old-fashioned-spellings). At the end of the inscription there is a decorative mark of an inscribed bird with a pointed beak and feather coming off of the back of the he…
Created on: Saturday 15th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th January 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-508BAB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold posy ring with with plain outer band and inscribed on the inside of the band with the letters in lower case italics to form the French words: anmie amour am.nom y adore The inscription may begin with two ** or similar and then mon amie amour. The first word looks like non but one of the minims is obliterated by the flash, so that it is in fact mon (Malcolm Jones pers com). The term 'posy', based on the French poésy or poetry, describes the amatory verse or rhyming motto with which the rings are engraved. These phrases suggest the dedication of the giver to the wearer of…
Created on: Saturday 15th December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carlyon', grid reference and parish protected.