Record ID: KENT-7C3C72
Object type: NECKLACE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of gold jewellery, probably of Roman date. c.1st to 3rd century AD. Description: The fragment consists of a loop of filigree, circular in section, that is now broken at one end. The surviving part forms a straight section that terminates in an ovoid loop. This straight section is decorated with granulation, in the form of two pairs of spheres at each end and five in the centre. Attached to the back of the wire is an additional piece of sheet gold that forms two ovoid ‘ears’ in either side of the wire, each with an undulating surface. Measurements: L.: 14mm…
Created on: Monday 17th June 2019
Last updated: Friday 21st May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sandwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-0B591E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An object composed of three gold strips of different widths and thicknesses which have been wrapped together into a sub-rounded cuboidal bundle measuring 16.7mm by 16.2mm by 11.4mm and weighing 9.64g. Two strips are wrapped around the inner coils of a third, longer and thinner strip which wraps around the outside. The inner strips vary in width between around 10.7mm and 8.8mm and are around 0.5mm thick. One has folded-over margins and a rough break at one end, the other is undecorated, slightly thicker and has a rounded terminal with a single drilled hole in the end. The outer strip w…
Created on: Wednesday 12th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 18th November 2021
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Record ID: LVPL-404E26
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
2019 T201 Roman gold finger ring dating from the 1st to 3rd century AD. Thin strip of sheet gold that has been bent into the shape of a finger-ring, which may have been its intended purpose. The sides of the object are bent inwards, probably the result of post-depositional processes. The surface of the object is decorated with two sets of incised parallel lines that form a chevron pattern; in places, these are intersected by incised lines that run in opposition to them, thus creating cross-hatching. One part of very heavily worn, such that the pattern is entirely absent. Th…
Created on: Monday 25th February 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chester area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-2B06D9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman (c. AD 100-300) gold finger-ring, now rather squashed but set with an oval two-tone purplish-blue intaglio, possibly nicolo glass or gemstone. The hoop is of rectangular cross-section and expands from 3.0x1.0mm at the back to 7.8mm and 8.0mm by 1.1mm at the shoulders. The bezel is rectangular in shape (8.0mm wide and 1.2mm thick) and surmounted at the centre with a longitudinally arranged oval base for a setting 9.0mm long and 7.6mm wide. The walls are 1.7mm high. The setting itself protrudes 2.3mm from the top of the bezel. It has angled edges which are a purplish colour …
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newton Valence', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-11833B
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete, worn and abraded silver lunate pendant of Roman date, c.1st-4th century AD. Description: The pendant lunate (crescentric) in plan with a broken suspension hoop at the pinnacle of its convex back. In profile, the pendant is flat-backed and hemispherical, expanding and swelling from the crescentic terminals. The upper part of the pendant is set with a rectangular greyish-brown banded agate, the setting which is now distorted and misshapen, almost as if an attempt was made to prise out the stone. The display body of the pendant (i.e. not the reverse) is decorated with…
Created on: Tuesday 18th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th February 2020
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Record ID: NMS-426DC8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Roman silver finger ring with gem-set bezel of Henig's Type II (Guiraud Type 2). The gem is a carnelian and is oval in shape. It is engraved with a male figure, possibly Mars Gradivus, helmeted, advancing left (as seen on the gem), carrying a trophy over one shoulder and a spear across the body. The gem sits flush with the bezel which tapers on either side into rounded shoulders and then on into a D-sectioned loop with very slight faceting along the edges. There are some signs of cracking or fissuring on the interior of the loop. The artefact has been cleaned by the finde…
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2018
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: ESS-87A9C0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring with an oval bezel set with an ellipsoid polished amethyst stone. Complete but slightly squashed vertically. The bezel connects to the ring with two triangular shoulders, each of which are incised with two vertical grooves, two grooves tapering to a point and two small spirals in a symmetrical pattern. The band is cast with a pattern of 4 long, flat diamond shapes on its outer surface. The inner surface shows no deliberate markings. There is no plate under the gem; it is held in place by a slim gold band (c.1.5mm) which attaches to the bezel. The gemstone does not app…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2022
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Record ID: BH-08FACE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Silver 'snake' ring consisting of a triple spiral of metal of lenticular section which terminates at one end in a flattened, sub-triangular snake head and at the other with a twisted and narrowing tail. The head is detailed with grooves and the body by a pair of crudely traced lines that follow the edge of the metal; the area between the lines is infilled with short parallel lines, rather roughly executed, to give the impression of scales. Measurements: 23mm external diameter; 16.8mm internal diameter; 4.80 grams. Discussion: although 'snake' rings are relativel…
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2020
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Record ID: WMID-512EBB
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
23 Roman Denarii and a Roman copper alloy brooch found at Shenston, Staffordshire. 2004T104. This report will consider these coins with respect to the criteria laid down in the Treasure Act 1996: Namely, their age, precious metal content and whether the coins can be said to come from the same find. Description of Find The group range in issue date from one extremely worn coin of the triumvir Mark Antony issued for his legions just prior to the battle of Actium in 31 BC to those minted for the emperor Antoninius Pius (AD 138-61) and his family. All the coins are the standard Rom…
Created on: Monday 5th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2017
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Record ID: CAM-A102CE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman finger-ring, complete with the exception of a missing intaglio. The metal content is currently uncertain, although some degree of silver is suspected. This artefact therefore needs to be treated as potential treasure under the terms of the Treasure Act 1996. The finger-ring weighs 2.84g, has an oval hoop of 16.7mm height, 21.5mm width and a maximum thickness of 10.2mm. At the base of the hoop the band has an oval to 'D' shaped cross-section with the inner surface being slightly flatter than the outer surface. The band measures 1.3mm x 2.9mm at this point. The cross-sectio…
Created on: Friday 21st October 2016
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
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Record ID: BH-B49381
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Length of silver wire, circular in section, tapering at one end, blunt at the other. The wire has been bent into an overlapping ring. Date: uncertain, but probably more than 300 years old. Discussion: although the object has a superficial resemblance to Roman snake rings, there are too few diagnostic features to be certain of this. External d.: 19.2mm Internal d.: 13mm Wt.: 2.43g Note: this item is more than 300 years old and composed of more than 10% precious metal so qualifies as treasure as stipulated in the Treasure Act 1996. Dr Richard Hobbs Weston Curator of Ro…
Created on: Wednesday 10th February 2016
Last updated: Monday 16th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ivinghoe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-7578E2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman silver finger ring of 'keeled' type. The ring has a square-section hoop that expands sharply to triangular shoulders with raised mouldings and grooves just inside their outer edges. The flat bezel is circular, and is missing its decorative applique. There are further grooves on the side of the bezel, and some damage to one side; perhaps this is deliberate and caused by the removal of the applique. Date: 3rd century AD Wt.: 6.88g Ext. d.: 21.9mm Int. d.: 17.6mm Note: this item is more than 300 years old and composed of more than 10% precious metal so qualifies as t…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 16th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-65BC94
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Roman mount. Treasure case: 2016 T35 Silver horse-harness pendant, originally probably teardrop-shaped by now broken through the middle so missing its terminal. The pendant is composed of sheet silver that narrows to a strip of metal to form the hoop, folded over the back and riveted. Although the circular rivet survives, the hoop itself is broken through and missing. The surviving pendant is decorated with lines of punched dots that radiate out from the rivet and a central straight line. In addition there are triangles of punched dots on each shoulder. Discussion: such…
Created on: Wednesday 13th January 2016
Last updated: Monday 25th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Much Wenlock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-6E0B97
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver finger ring, probably of Roman date, probably AD 43 - 300. It is a Henig type II ring with the setting, if there was one, missing. The hoop is badly bent. It flares round the bezel which has a shallow oval depression which probably held a setting or a circular metal applique soldered on. Many Roman finger rings have an oval or D-shaped cross-section while this ring is more rectangular in cross-section. It is current bent configuration, it is 24.5mm long, 7.4mm wide and 9mm thick. 2.93g. Compare LIN-04D538 (2013 T846), though this has a deeper depression for an intaglio setting.
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemingby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-A40A40
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Silver pendant, ovoid, with a circular attachment loop at the top. The reverse has five circular perforations arranged in the form of a cross. The pendant is set with an orange carnelian intaglio; it depicts a fallen soldier wearing a gladiatorial helmet, facing to the right; he holds a shield towards a large feline, probably a panther, which is rearing up at him. Comment: For a parallel, cf P.Zazoff (ed), Antike Gemmen in Deutschen Sammlungen.IV Hannover, Kestner-Museum (Wiesbaden 1975), p.203 and Taf.136 no.1015 (Martin Henig, pers. comm.) Date: the gem probably dates to the f…
Created on: Friday 23rd October 2015
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Farndon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-69FFC1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A cast silver finger ring, circular hoop with incised cross decoration and two opposing snake heads on the bezel. Discussion: although snake head rings are known in the Roman period, this particular ring is modern and probably made in the last 200 years. Conclusion: although this object is composed of more than 10% precious metal it is not more than 300 years old and so does not qualify as treasure as stipulated in the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Friday 3rd July 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 29th April 2020
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Record ID: IOW-467831
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman silver and enamelled zoomorphic plate brooch in the form of a bird. Treasure case no. 2015 T425. The bird (probably a water bird) has a bulbous head and slightly hooked beak. The tail of the bird and the pin, originally hinged, is now missing. The bird has a single rib running down the centre of its back; on either side are two sets of cells following the lines of the wings. These are inset with orange enamel inlay, missing in the case of one of the cells. 25.8mm (length); 15.5mm (width); 9.8mm (thickness). Weight: 4.25g. For a discussion of the type, see …
Created on: Sunday 7th June 2015
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2019
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Record ID: NARC-5E1872
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman silver finger-ring, circular hoop of square section. Filigree twisted around the shoulders and the bezel creates a herringbone pattern. Originally a circular boss decorated each shoulder, but as one shoulder is damaged only one of these is still in place. Discussion: rings of this type were discovered in the Snettisham jeweller's hoard and provide an exact parallel (Johns 1997, cats. 289-91). Date: 2nd c AD Dimensions: Wt.: 7.13g Ext. d.: 24.9mm Int. d.: 17.0mm
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 6th January 2021
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Record ID: SUSS-7502D8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver snake ring, heavily distorted. Circular hoop of circular section, which terminates in a pair of serpent heads of elliptical shape with simple mouldings to suggest the heads. Date: 1st to 2nd century AD D. of hoop at widest point: 29.4mm Wt.: 7.87g
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: SUSS-73AEB4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Roman gold finger ring, rather crushed and distorted and quite heavily worn. The circular hoop of lenticular cross-section expands to narrow triangular shoulders, one decorated with a slightly raised moulding the other with a pair of shallow incised lines. The bezel is flat, sub-rectangular and undecorated. Discussion: a not dissimilar ring was discovered at Highnam, Gloucestershire (2006 T136; PAS GLO-DAC097). Date: Roman, probably 3rd century AD Ext. d.: 16.7mm Int. d.: 16.4mm Wt.: 3.68g
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.