Record ID: NARC-0DB2B7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring of a style attributable to the 14th century AD. The frame is mis-shapen but is approximately 15mm in diameter and D-shaped in section. 1.5mm wide each side of the bezel, the frame narrows towards the back and appears to have been worn thinner through use. A rectangular segment separates the frame from the bezel. This segment is 1.8mm wide and 3mm long with 5 linear grooves etched into it. The bezel is oval in plan, measuring 13mm long, 8mm wide and 3mm thick. Sitting inside the bezel is a clear stone, made of either glass or crystal but which cannot be further defin…
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 20th March 2014
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Record ID: KENT-647247
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval gold finger-ring, possibly of hollow construction, decorated with a triangular motif. Dimensions: Diameter: 18mm.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
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Record ID: KENT-629F65
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger ring, the hoop engraved with decorative scrolls and the crescent shaped bezel set with a blue stone (probably a sapphire). A comparable example at the British Museum is O M Dalton, Catalogue of Finger-Rings in the British Museum (London, 1912), no. 1774, set with a ruby, which was found at Whitstable.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmstone', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: KENT-6217D6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval gold ring, set with a deep, red, oval stone likely to be a garnet or a ruby or possibly an amethyst. The hoop is of slender proportions and slightly bent out of shape. Dimensions: Diameter: 22mm; stone measures 10mm x 6mm.
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
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Record ID: SUR-A704D2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval brooch, consisting of a hoop, triangular in section, set with a collett at the top accommodating a coloured stone and terminating in a pair of clasped hands. The hands were designed to hold a stone, probably a pearl, which has now perished. The two registers formed by the triangular sections are engraved with letters that read + PAR CEST PRESENT M VERWSRENTENS (By/with this present.....) The meaning of this (rhyming?) French inscription is unclear but it almost certainly signifies a gift between two lovers. The brooch is gold and dates from the thirteenth century. …
Created on: Tuesday 14th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 8th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'chiddingstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-917866
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gold quarter noble of Edward III.
Created on: Monday 13th February 2012
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rutland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-11CA02
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent and crumpled medieval gold quarter-noble of Henry VI (first reign) dating to 1422 to 1427 AD. Annulet series, London mint (N1420). Part of the coin has been folded towards the obverse; the coin now measures 21.2mm (diameter) x 2.3mm (thickness) and weighs 1.74g.
Created on: Thursday 26th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-EABAB8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Medieval gold quarter-noble of Henry VI, first reign (1422-1461), Annulet issue, minted at London, AD 1422-1427. The coin is slightly bent at the edge. It measures 18.83mm and weighs 1.71g. Reference: North 1420.
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fordingbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-979984
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold quarter-noble of Edward III, Treaty series, 1363-1369. North no 1243.
Created on: Friday 20th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 23rd January 2012
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Record ID: SUR-54DB38
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A half noble of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and Count and Lord of Flanders, a.d. 1384-1404. This type of coin copies English nobles and half nobles very closely so based on the reverse legend this is a half noble. Obv: PhS DEI G DVX BVRG COM Z DNS FLAND Duke in a ship, holding a sword and shield with the arms of Burgundy (note stripes rather than lions alternating with lis in quarters). Rev: DOMInE nE In fVRORE TVO ARGVAS ME Cross, etc., as on the English nobles, but with p in the centre. This coin could not have been issued until after a decree dated 1 Oct. 1388. I…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 17th April 2012
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Record ID: CAM-03F2D3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold stirrup shaped finger-ring of Medieval date. The slender 'D' shaped hoop, flat on the inner surface, is 2.13mm wide and 0.57mm thick at the base of the hoop (opposite the bezel). The hoop rises up to a pointed bezel with a sub-oval/sub-rectangular setting. The hoop is 2.62mm wide and 3.78mm thick at the bezel, thickness not including the setting which increases the thickness at the bezel to 4.51mm. The blue setting is perhaps most likely to be a sapphire and has a slightly convex shaped upper surface and is still securely fitted within the bezel. It is not possible to determine…
Created on: Friday 13th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cambridgeshire Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-F18D15
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval gold half angel of Edward IV (1471-1483 AD), minted at London between 1477 and 1480. Initial mark: pierced cross with central pellet (North 1991: 93, ref: 1630 type XX/XVIII). Obverse: EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGL; St. Michael standing facing, slaying a dragon with a spear Reverse: O CRVX AVE SPES VNICA (Hail! O Cross, our only hope); Sailing ship with standing rigging and a fore and after castle; royal shield on mast with 'E' and rose above
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-ECC216
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Thurrock
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2012 T126 A medieval brooch, circular in shape, with a recessed bar for the attachment of a pin, now missing. The circumference of the frame is decorated with three equally spaced leaves resembling ivy. The frame has a raised central ridge either side of which is an alternating design of squares and circular punches. The reverse of the brooch is flat and plain. The brooch is gold and dates from the fourteenth century. Dimensions: diameter 17 mm. Discussion: The object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal and is over 300 years old. Cons…
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 15th February 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corringham Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-59C186
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger-ring formed of a slightly convex hoop decorated on the exterior surface with a series of rounded indentations, probably intended to represent tears. There is no bezel. The hoop is slightly bent and there is a large crack which has completely fractured the hoop. Inside the hoop is an inscription that reads, in black-letter script, of loyallt is ioye (of loyalty is joy). The crack runs between the last L and the T of loyallt. The ring is gold, and the use of black-letter dates it to the fifteenth century. Dimensions: length 15 mm, width 14 mm. Tears are known to …
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stockton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-4ADBC3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold quarter-noble of Edward III (1351 - 1377). The coin is in poor condition, is 20mm in diameter and weighs 1.89g.
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 7th February 2013
Spatial data recorded.