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.

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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-32C750
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval gold memento mori ring dating to 1726 AD. It has a central grey-purple stone or piece of cut glass in the shape of a coffin within a gold coffin-shaped setting, surrounded by an engraved skeleton on the gold band. In the internal face of the ring is the inscription "W ALLBURY OB 18' FEB 1726 CET 74" (W Allbury died 18th February 1726 aged 74) followed by the stamped maker's mark "CB". It measures 21.9mm (external diameter including stone; 20.2mm diameter without) x 17.8mm (internal diameter) x 2.7mm (thickness including stone; 1.4mm without) and weighs 3.14g.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 25th January 2012
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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
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Record ID: SUR-5946F6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An 18th century gold finger ring, now distorted. The rounded external face is plain and there is no bezel. Internally are the words 'Contents a treasure'. The maker's mark appears to be WW or WV and is not listed in Jackson 1964.
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2012
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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: LIN-5D3512
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold uninscribed British 'I' stater dating to the late Iron Age, cf Hobbs no. 204.
Created on: Thursday 5th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stixwould', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-6C1282
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold half-guinea of William III dated 1695.
Created on: Friday 6th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stixwould', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-6FDB28
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A North Eastern (Corieltavi) gold stater inscribed IISVPRASV, phase 8, AD 30 - 50. ABC 1917, BMC 3269, VA 920.
Created on: Friday 6th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-B02245
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
A hoard of 17 coins, 10 of which are gold and 7 of which are silver, of various denominations, issue, and date. Details are in the attached catalogue. The vessel is a Bartmann jug of the Frechen ceramic industry (Rhineland, Germany), of a form dating to 1551-1700. The vessel is 134mm in height and bears the distinctive mottled brown glaze of the kilns of Frechen. Notably, the jug bears evidence for a missing oval boss fixed to the body opposite the handle. The hoard was probably deposited soon after 1562, based on the date of the latest coin and the degree of wear visible. This da…
Created on: Monday 9th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th April 2014
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Record ID: WMID-C2A201
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A small Post-Medieval gold posy ring the exterior engraved and enamelled with a series of hearts amongst foliage with traces of white, green and yellow enamel. Inscribed inside in lower case A friendly pleadge . Discussion: The small size indicates that this was worn by a young woman. The inscription is not recorded by Joan Evans but similar ones eg, a friendly gift are recorded from the late 16th Century. Judy Rudoe The British Museum
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
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Record ID: SWYOR-C2D3D7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger ring; a mourning ring dating from 1726. The outside of the hoop is ornately decorated, perhaps with a snake, and embellished with black enamel. The Hoop is D-shaped in section. On the inside it is inscribed: "Jos Brooksbank Ar: obt 11 June 1726 aet 72" followed by a maker's mark. The ring was made in memory of Joseph Brooksbank of Ellend who appears in Burkes Peerage (Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 527 as cited in http://thepeerage.com/p1…
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: SUR-D89EB3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age gold early uninscribed quarter stater from the Southern region (Belgae) dating to the period 60 to 20 BC. ABC 767.
Created on: Wednesday 11th January 2012
Last updated: Friday 13th January 2012
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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: BH-EFD841
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of flat object, probably a Bronze Age bracelet. It is neatly made from five lengths of gold strip or wire laid parallel to each other and curved round to form a U shape. In the centre is a strip of gold bent in half; the two halves of the U are alongside each other with no space in between. One half of the U is flat, 1.2mm wide and 0.7mm thick; the other half is twisted. Both ends are broken and are roughly the same length. A second similar piece of twisted strip lies alongside and forms an outer U shape alongside the first; again, both ends are the same length a…
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buntingford 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: KENT-03E803
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold stater. A known variant of Gallo-Belgic Ca; class 4. Sills 'Gaulish and early British gold coinage', p. 228, figs. 75 l-m and no. 416. c. 100-60 BC.
Created on: Friday 13th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 17th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Minster on Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

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
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Record ID: ESS-043423
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Undiagnostic and incomplete gold fragment. It is rectangular in plan. The terminal is square with side facets. It measures 15mm.
Created on: Friday 13th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 31st 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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