Record ID: PAS-A36D2D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger-ring consisting of a wide, flat hoop with an applied beaded-wire border, the beading now rather worn. There is no bezel. Within the border is a double-line inscription in lower-case black-letter script; it is relatively clearly readable for this type of script. + AMOUR : VAINT : TOUT FORS CEUR . DE . VILLAIN + AMOUR: EN: VOIE : SOULLAS : E YOIE The S in 'soullas' is in the shape of a C, which is not uncommon in black-letter inscriptions. The inscription means 'Love conquers all except the heart of a villain. Love sends solace and joy'. The finger-ring is …
Created on: Friday 24th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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Record ID: PAS-A33562
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger-ring consisting of a simple band with raised borders. It is inscribed with the names of the three magi: *YASPAR . MELCHIOR . BALTASAR The names of the magi were believed to have curative powers in the middle ages. They were considered especially effective in cases of epilepsy. The finger-ring dates from the fifteenth century and examination at the British Museum has confirmed the metal to be gold. The object contains at least 10 per cent of that precious metal by weight.
Created on: Friday 24th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 24th October 2014
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Record ID: PAS-A2DC87
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold finger-ring consisting of a slender hoop which gradually widens, extending into a twin bezel set with a turquoise and a garnet. At the point where the bezel construction begins, the shoulders of the ring are decorated with two lozenges on each side containing crosses. Stones were believed to have magical, protective qualities in the Middle Ages. The turquoise, for instance, was believed to protect its wearer from riding accidents, drowning and poisoning. Similar rings exist in the British Museum collection (O M Dalton, Catalogue of Finger Rings, (London1912), cat.nos…
Created on: Friday 24th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 24th October 2014
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Record ID: PAS-903688
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A gold, medieval finger-ring, the hoop decorated with a series of letter S's juxtaposed with knots, a continuous band running between them. The background is heavily grooved, while the border is left plain. The diminutive size of the ring suggests that it was designed either for a child or a young woman. It measures 16mm in diameter. The ring dates from the fifteenth century and examination at the British Museum has established the gold content to be in excess of ten per cent of its weight.
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Last updated: Friday 24th October 2014
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Record ID: PAS-81B51C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description Decorative gold stirrup-shaped ring. It has a small bezel for an opaque light blue cabochon stone (?light blue sapphire) or glass (measuring 2x3mm), and a gold hoop of flattened oval cross-section. The internal hoop diameter is 18.5 mm (very slightly misshapen). Hoop width 1.5 mm; bezel width 2 mm. Weight 2.168g. Metal Content To judge from the colour and weight, and visual comparison with other gold rings and brooches in the collections of the Department of Archaeology & Numismatics, the item is gold (over 10%). Conclusions The form of the decorative, stirrup-shaped …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Record ID: PAS-817076
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Published
Description Decorative gold ring with a large circular bezel (diameter 7mm), set with a small uncut (cabochon) blue stone, probably a sapphire. There is a small transverse ridge on each side of the bezel at the junction with the hoop, and the underside of the bezel is chamfered. The hoop is slightly misshapen, but may have had an original internal hoop diameter of 18-20mm (external diameter 22-23mm). It has a flattened oval cross-section, and expands slightly towards the bezel. Weight 2.69g. The finger ring from Llanharry has a form typical of a 12th or 13th century date (cf. Trea…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd October 2014
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Record ID: PAS-81128C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gateshead
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold finger-ring, with a four-cusped setting containing a transparent imitation 'gemstone'. The hoop is stirrup-shaped and the shoulders are each engraved with panels of foliate decoration. The hoop is slender and slightly bent. The ring probably dates to the 14th or 15th century. Analysis at the British Museum has shown that it is made of gold, and that the 'gemstone' is probably made of glass. The ring weighs 2.7grams, and the diameter is 21mm.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Friday 24th October 2014
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Record ID: PAS-80C250
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold finger-ring, with a raised octagonal fluted bezel set with an oval turquoise. The slender hoop is D-shaped, and slightly distorted. The ring probably dates to the 14th century. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the ring at the British Museum indicates a gold content of approximately 83%. The stone has been identified by Raman Microscopy as turquoise. The ring weighs 2.23 grams. The form of this ring is unusual. The closest comparable example is a ring in the British Museum with a hexagonal bezel set with an emerald, but on this ring the bezel is bevell…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Friday 24th October 2014
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Record ID: PAS-809196
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger-ring set with a garnet. The slender hoop is triangular in section creating two distinct registers which carry a complicated inscription, the meaning of which is not clear. The inscription seems to begin (and end?) with a cross. Thereafter letters are reversed and inverted in a very confusing fashion. It is punctuated with colons and divided by three evenly spaced four-petalled flowers. The top register reads: + I : E S (reversed): (the following letters are then inverted) FLVR: V I (flower) V I F L (reversed) V (flower ) I E: S + The bottom register reads: I F …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Friday 24th October 2014
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Record ID: PAS-804C91
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval, stirrup-shaped finger-ring set with a sapphire. The hoop is slender and triangular in section creating two distinct registers which are decorated with simple double punches which are divided by five, evenly spaced, four-petalled flowers. The ring is of thirteenth century date and scientific analysis at the British Museum has established the gold content to be approximately 67%.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Friday 24th October 2014
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Record ID: PAS-D077FE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold finger-ring of the type known as iconographic due to the representations of saints or religious scenes that characterise them. The hoop of this ring is engraved with five different scenes, each contained within an oval bezel and set against a black enamel ground. The scenes are the Annunciation, the Nativity, the Resurrection, the Assumption of the Virgin and the Ascension of the Lord. The ring dates from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century. Examination at the British Museum has established the precious metal content to be in excess of the required ten per ce…
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: PAS-CF049B
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Silver-gilt pyramidal sword fitting with niello inlay: each face is enclosed within a narrow niello filled groove and is divided into three interlocking triangular zones by a V-shaped silver band flanked by a niello filled groove. Each small triangle has a recessed triangular field which is heavily gilded. The mount is hollow and has a bar across the open base for the insertion of a strap. Discussion: Pyramidal strap mounts dating from the early Anglo-Saxon period fall into two groups distinguished from each other by their size and height. The taller and often more orn…
Created on: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 14th October 2014
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Record ID: PAS-BB5AF4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval finger-ring, much distorted. The hoop is a simple band of gold, set with what would have been a square bezel. The stone which the bezel would have contained is lost. The finger-ring is gold and dates from the 13th century. Dimensions: length 26 mm, maximum width 17 mm.
Created on: Monday 13th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 13th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shoreham-by-Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-BAD39E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A simple, medieval gold ring set with a garnet. The hoop is mis-shapen and elongated into an oval. The circular bezel which contains the stone is decorated with crudely incised, vertical lines. The ring dates from the thirteenth century and examination at the British Museum has established the gold content to be in excess of ten per cent of its weight.
Created on: Monday 13th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 30th May 2017
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Record ID: PAS-B9D88E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold, medieval finger ring consisting of a simple, undecorated wire hoop and a small, oval bezel. The bezel is designed to contain a stone which is now lost. Examination at the British Museum has established the precious metal content to be in excess of the required ten per cent of the ring's weight. The date of the ring is late twelfth or early thirteenth century.
Created on: Monday 13th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 13th October 2014
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Record ID: PAS-B8C216
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold sheet pommel composed of two highly stylised animals with a shared body. The pommel, which is high profiled and thin in cross-section, is made of five pieces of thick gold sheet. Two make up a double-skinned core into which the end of the tang fitted. Onto this core are soldered three smaller sheets. Two are moulded to form stylised heads with punched holes for the eyes, while a third arches over the underlying core and forms a shared body. The five sheets were originally soldered to each other and the joins between them are covered with a variety of beaded, twisted and…
Created on: Monday 13th October 2014
Last updated: Monday 13th October 2014
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Record ID: PAS-AE01DA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age Gallo-Belgic A quarter stater (ABC 28; Sills Aa2, class 5)
Created on: Thursday 18th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colchester District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-2D5844
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Addedomaros gold quarter stater, ABC 2529.
Created on: Friday 12th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 17th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tendring District', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-2B57CA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
The present coin dates to the late British Iron Age, circa 50-30 BC. It is a 'Climping type' gold stater (see Cottam et al 2010, Ancient British Coinage, p. 49, no. 524). The current specimen was made using the same pair of punches (or dies) as the eight specimens reported in 2001, the two coins from the 2004 addenda (2004T114) and the single 'Climping type' from the 2006 addenda (2006T107; SUSS-861DE4). The 'Climping type' is a left facing version of the common 'British L' series.
Created on: Friday 12th September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
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Record ID: PAS-DABAFB
Object type: VERVEL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver hawk-ring or vervel of Lewis and Richardson type C.ii, consisting of a D-section ring with a shield-shaped plate soldered to the flat outer face. There is a small gap between the ends of the ring at the junction with the plate. The flat outer surface of the hoop is engraved: Tho. Gryme. of. The shield is engraved three times with the letter T, two side-by-side above a slightly larger example. This motif is the arms of the Grime family of Trimingham, Antingham and Suffield, Norfolk: Azure three cross taus Or (Rye, W. Norfolk Families 1913, 271), although no tincture su…
Created on: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
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