Record ID: DEV-F63675
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold finger ring with an inscription on the exterior. Below is the Treasure report for the item: Description A medieval gold finger-ring, the hoop in the form of a flattened band, inscribed * all : T : ioe : : in : T : god: ('all joy in god'). The two T letters probably signify the Tau cross, the symbol of St Anthony, who was thought to protect against St Anthony's fire, or holy fire, a form of ergot poisoning. Dimensions Diameter: 21mm. Width: 4.5mm. The find therefore qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 in terms of both …
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Friday 4th April 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-643C86
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger-ring, the wire hoop slightly distorted, with an irregular semicircular bezel containing a dark red stone (probably a garnet). The ring is gold and dates from the late twelfth or the thirteenth century. Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Wednesday 30th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DUR-338956
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Working treasure report: A complete gold Medieval finger-ring, with an oval bezel set with a blue stone, possibly sapphire. The hoop of the ring is circular in cross section: the shoulders are broader and taper into a thin band. Either side of the bezel is a narrow transverse ridge. The ring is in good condition, the only defect being that the hoop is slightly bent out of shape. A very similar ring has been found in Kington St Michael, Wiltshire and can be found in the Treasure Annual Report 2003, pg. 102, no. 169. The ring is typical of the late 12th or 13th century
Created on: Monday 28th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-68B2B7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval gold finger ring of probable 13th century date. The ring is stirrup-shaped set with a green stone (possibly glass or emerald). There are decorative bosses along the shoulders running along a raised ridge. The bosses have punched decoration giving them the appearance of clusters of granulation on one shoulder and stripes on the other: possibly intended to represent a vine with grapes, leaves and tendrils; or another floral design. The ring has been slightly distorted, mostly around the base of the loop. Similar examples can be seen on the database: eg ESS-831C60, ESS-98F924 …
Created on: Friday 18th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chilham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-260FE5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A gold finger ring of Medieval date. It has a d-shaped hoop which is complete. It is decorated on the outside face with lozenges infilled with groups of pellets. It widens slightly to form a stirrup-shaped like bezel with a circular hole for a setting, which is missing. It is bent out of shape due to post-depositional damage. Discussion: For comparison see a silver finger-ring from Ewell, Surrey (2005 T93) dated to the 13th Century.
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 6th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-9123D1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold finger ring made of a flattened band engraved on the exterior with a French inscription in lower-case gothic or 'black-letter' script. The inscription begins with a small cross, and the words alternate with three very similar designs of a two-branched plant, one branch shorter and the other longer, each with thin leaves and ending in a feathery trefoil flower. The inscription reads en bon cuer (in good heart). There is also engraving on the interior of the hoop, made up of a single wheat stalk followed by what looks like two sets of initials separated b…
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Southwold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-C03C23
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold and sapphire finger ring, 23mm wide and 26mm long. The ring has a sub circular setting 10 x11mm and 9mm deep. It is in good condition and weighs 5.24grams. The setting is circular in form with a slight bulge to accommodate the stone and slightly trapezoidal in section, turning in to hold the stone in place. It has slight collars where the loop is attached but is otherwise plain. The stone is a natural sub-triangular shape, highly polished and is black-blue in natural light. When artificial light is shined on it it is dark blue-green. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence…
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2012
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-959FA3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold quarter noble of Edward III, London, Pre-Treaty Series G, probably North 1192, reverse legend error reading EXATABITVR III GLORIA, weight 1.88g, 1356-61
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 24th April 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-18FF10
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring. The hoop is oval with a D-shaped cross section The bezel is oval with raised and crimped sides to house the missing trangular shaped stone. There is decoration on the shoulders flanking the bezel comprising a deeply incised downward pointing chevron in-filled with diagonal cross hatching in each side. Date: Medieval; mid 14th - 15th century
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarrant Rawston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-4C5823
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Blackpool
Workflow stage: Published
A rare 'Christogram' gold ring with a black-letter inscription in lower-case letters reading ihc engraved on a sub-oval bezel. The inscription means IESUS CHRISTOS SALVATOR (Jesus saviour of man). The ring is probably 15th century but could be earlier. In the Latin-speaking Christianity of Western Europe the most common Christogram is 'IHS' or 'IHC', derived from the first three letters of the Greek name for Jesus, Iota-eta-sigma. The Greek letter eta was transliterated as the Latin letter C due to the visually similar form of the lunate sigma or as Latin S since the two alphabets …
Created on: Monday 5th March 2012
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SKIPPOOL', grid reference and parish protected.

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: 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: 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
Spatial data recorded.

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: 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.