Record ID: IOW-14E016
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A clipped post Medieval gold 1-escudo of Joanna, Queen of Castile and Aragon (Joan the Mad) and Charles V (Charles I of Spain), 1516-1555. Minted at Seville. Obverse: Arms of Castile ('square with a tail' motif to left, [S] to right); [IOANA] ET [KAR] OLVS Reverse: [HISPANIA] RVM REGES SICIL; Cross pattee within a four-arched tressure; fleur on each cusp; an annulet in each outer angle Diameter: 21.3mm. Weight: 3.38g. DA=12:12
Created on: Wednesday 31st October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 28th June 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-275785
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A late-Medieval to post-Medieval gold finger-ring with a misshapen hoop and oval collet, the setting is missing. Treasure case no 2012 T688. The collet is oval in plan and the upper edges project inwards in order to secure a rectangular setting. The indentations on each side of the collet are suggestive of petals. At each corner of the collet there is a cluster of dots. Each shoulder is decorated and has a fluted ridge adjacent to the collet, a smaller plain ridge below and then a foliate design which extends about half way down the hoop. The remainder of the hoop is plain. 22.44m…
Created on: Monday 8th October 2012
Last updated: Friday 24th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-B02B33
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-Medieval gold double crown of James I (AD1603-1625), minted at London. Initial mark: key, 1609-1610 (North 1991: 145, ref: 2087). Obverse: .IACOBVS.D.G.MAG.BRIT.FRAN.ET.HIB.REX.; Crowned bust right Reverse: .HENRICVS.ROSAS.REGNA.IACOBVS.; Square shield crowned with I R at sides Diameter: 27.3mm. Weight: 4.46g. DA=12:6.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-7518E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age Early Uninscribed 'O' - 'Geometric' type gold quarter stater dating to the 1st-century BC (c. 65 - c. 58 BC). Hobbs 414ff.; VA 1225. Obverse description: Miscellaneous x, below crescent l, to left pellet-ring f Obverse inscription: None Reverse description: Line a, to right miscellaneous y & miscellaneous z, to left miscellaneous y & miscellaneous 28 Reverse inscription: None Diameter: 11.4mm. Weight: 1.46g.
Created on: Monday 17th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 5th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-4A5605
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age uninscribed white gold South-Western type stater (c. 50 BC-c. 20 BC). The coin is attributed to the Durotriges. Obverse: Degraded head of Apollo right Reverse: Disjointed and pelleted horse left Diameter: 18.3mm. Weight: 4.20g. DA=12:6.
Created on: Friday 10th August 2012
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-8D4F41
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, misshapen and slightly damaged post-Medieval gold mourning posy finger-ring of late 17th century date. Treasure case no. 2012 T539. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section and the outer face has an engraved human skull. Inside the hoop an inscription in lower case reads: 'Not dead but sleepeth' The phrase is followed by the owner's initials in serifed capitals: 'KA' and a stamped maker's mark: 'R'. The maker's mark is very close to that on British Museum ring 1961,1202.421, where it is noted that the mark appears on the 1682 mark plate at Goldsmiths' Hall. …
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freshwater', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-43FDA2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post-Medieval gold posy finger-ring (c. AD 1600-c. 1800). The hoop in 'D'-shaped in cross-section and plain on the outside. The inside is inscribed: 'feeare+god+love+the+giver*' Each word is separated by a stop in the form of a cross and there is an eight-pointed star at the end of 'giver'. This ring is in good condition and is hardly worn. A transverse join is just visible. Outer diameter: 20.97mm; width of hoop: 6.36mm; thickness of hoop: 1.64mm. Weight: 7.23g. Compare with a gold posy finger-ring in The British Museum Collections which has an inscription and …
Created on: Wednesday 4th July 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C93187
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete undiagnostic gold object of Unknown date. The object is a misshapen flat strip of gold. One end appears to be complete and opposite end has a transverse break. Close to the complete end there is an off-centre irregular punched hole, burred on one side. Length: 38.21mm; width: 11.23mm; thickness: 0.26mm. Weight: 1.74g.
Created on: Saturday 16th June 2012
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-41DA55
Object type: CASTING WASTE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of gold casting waste of Unknown date. The fragment is uneven and irregular in form. 5.89 x 5.15 x 1.96mm. Weight: 0.46g.
Created on: Sunday 22nd April 2012
Last updated: Sunday 29th April 2012
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Record ID: IOW-879D84
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete post-Medieval gold posy finger-ring (c. 1600-c. 1750 AD). Treasure case no. 2012 T189 (not Treasure). The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section and plain on the outside. An inscription on the inside reads: 'I Like my choyce' The letters I and L are capitals and the remaining letters are in lower case. A small punched dot forms an initial mark. 21.47mm (outer diameter); 6.41mm (width); 1.73mm (thickness). Weight: 7.64g. For comparisons see: Treasure Annual Report 2003, fig. 257, Treasure no. 2003 T138 for a silver-gilt example bearing the inscription: I LIKe M…
Created on: Thursday 8th March 2012
Last updated: Thursday 16th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Arreton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-13B154
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A Late Iron Age Continental Gallo-Belgic XB1 gold stater (c. 200 BC-c. 125 BC). Scheers 15. This type has been traditionally associated with the Suessiones, Senones and other tribes of the southern part of Gallia Belgica. Obverse: Cross motif Reverse: Plain
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2012
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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
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Record ID: IOW-0A7327
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An Early-Medieval (Anglo-Saxon) Merovingian gold tremissis, minted at Nantes (c. AD 560-c. 585 AD). MEC 460; Belfort 3094; Depeyrot type 3-2E. A Merovingian coin imitating Visigothic (which itself imitates Byzantine in a very devolved way). Obverse: left-facing bust, inscription possibly reading NAM Reverse: Victory advancing left; IVIO / N References: MEC: P. Grierson and M. Blackburn (1986), Medieval European Coinage 1: the early middle ages (Cambridge), see pl. 22 (no. 460); Depeyrot, G 'Le Numeraire Merovngien L'age de L'or (Moneta).
Created on: Sunday 1st January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 29th June 2016
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Record ID: IOW-09E268
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age Early Uninscribed 'O' - 'Geometric' type gold quarter stater dating to the mid 1st-century BC (c. 50 - c. 45 BC). Hobbs 1996: 410ff.; Van Arsdell 1989: 143.
Created on: Sunday 1st January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 16th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.