Record ID: BERK-4F1E94
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold quarter stater of Tasciovanus of the Catuvellauni tribe and dating from c. 20 BC - AD 10. Obverse shows TASC inside quad with lines above and below and an 'O' to the right. Reverse shows a winged horse (Pegasus) left, pellet in front. See Rudd, C. Ancient British Coinage cf. no.2601. Also see Hobbs, R. British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum 1996 pl.52, p.116, nos.1647-1650.
Created on: Wednesday 4th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 18th October 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-A9A157
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An addenda to a hoard 2015T501uncovered near this findspot. A Norfolk Wolf JA type gold stater, weight 6.2g [ABC 1393 / BMC 212-6]
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2016
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fakenham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-C39D01
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
No Description Dia Wt 1. A Gallo-belgic gold stater. Obv: Crossed lines. Rev: Horse, rider and bar left, lyre below. (ABC 37; Scheers 10; VA 37-1; S.9) 13.33 1.81 2. A gold quarter stater. Obv: Cunobelin wheat ear CAM. Rev: Horse right branch above CVNO. (ABC 2813 / BMC 1843-4) 12.11 1.30 In terms of age and as these two coins contain a minimum of 10% precious metal they qualify as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Created on: Monday 30th November 2015
Last updated: Monday 16th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cublington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-EF04B8
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A short length of twisted gold torc with three arms. From a gold flange twisted torc. Metal composition: Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the fragment indicated a surface composition of approximately 88-89% gold, 11 % silver, and at least 0.5% copper. Length: 35.73 mm Width: 10.35 mm Thickness: 1.09 mm Weight: 12.02 g
Created on: Friday 20th November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Meldreth area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-09FE15
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger-ring with a stone setting and filigree decoration. The finger-ring has been made by cutting out its shape from a sheet of gold. It consists of a lozenge-shaped bezel and a narrow band that tapers out from the two side-points of the bezel. The band has been broken or cut open and flattened out, but bent at both terminals. In the centre of the bezel is an oval-shaped gold collet, not integral but a separate component that has been soldered into place. The collet consists of a strip of gold that has been cut so that five triangular points project inwards to clasp a trans…
Created on: Monday 9th November 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 25th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grafton Regis area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-CE48C1
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A circa 2nd to 3rd century AD gold pendant, ovoid, set with a blue-grey glass paste intaglio, very worn, pitted and devitrified. The setting has a central rib and all that remains of the attachment is a single gold filigree loop. The intaglio depicts a robed seated figure facing right, holding a sceptre in his right hand and an uncertain object in the left. The figure may represent Jupiter but is too worn to be certain. A parallel for the intaglio can be found in Henig 2007, no. 10. References Henig, M., 2007. A Corpus of Roman Engraved Gemstones from British Sites: With a New P…
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grafton Regis area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-27DDE6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Central Bedfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, Medieval, gold finger ring, AD.1200-1500. The ring band has a D shaped cross section that has decoration all around it. There are five evenly spaced quatrefoil flowers around the band. Between the flowers are parallel zig-zags with rows of triangular indentations along the edges of the band. The bezel of the ring is triangular with a deep setting for a stone, now missing. There are two small shoulders to either side of the bezel. There is a small amount of damage to the setting for the stone. The ring band has been slightly distorted from its original shape. Similar rin…
Created on: Monday 5th October 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 12th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maulden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-ED8235
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold gulden of John de Horne, Bishop of Liége (1482-1505). Obv: IOhS DE HORN EPS LEODIE, Coat of arms.Rev: SANCTVS LAMBERTV, figure of Saint Lambert as bishop. Coin has a hole dia 2.30mm. Ref.Renesse-Breidbach, Histoire numismatique de l'évêché de principauté de Liége, p. 51 (type III) Single coins are not normally eligible for consideration as Treasure, but coins that have been converted into jewellery are so eligible. This coin has been pierced, so could potentially be viewed as having been converted into a pendant or similar. The piercing, however, is not aligned …
Created on: Thursday 27th August 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ivinghoe area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-D7ACBF
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Six Iron Age gold staters, all appear to be similar types dating from 60-20BC. Early Whaddon Chase. Rounded wing type. Wreath, cloak & crescents, rounded wing motifs above wreath. Horse right wing motif above, pellet sun below. ABC 2433, BMC 295-330 & VA 1476 1. 17.52mms diam, 6.03g. 2. 17.82mms diam, 5.88g. 3. 17.00mms diam, 5.80g. 4. 17.82mms diam, 5.75g. 5. 17.19mms diam, 5.95g. 6. 17.82mms diam, 5.80g
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wing area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-0CB794
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small flat cut strip or scrap of gold with no decoration or diagnostic features. This was considered as a possible treasure item because it was gold. The following specialists have said that it is not proveably more than 300 years old and so does not qualify as treasure. Gillian Varndell, Curator, Neolithic Collections Neolithic of Britain and Europe, Richard Hobbs, Curator, Romano-British Collections Roman Britain and Sue Brunning, Curator, Early Medieval European Insular Collections agree with this decision.
Created on: Friday 17th April 2015
Last updated: Thursday 12th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dunton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-925F98
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A slightly bent Early Medieval gold mount, probably part of a larger composite object. The object is flattish and sub-triangular in shape with a straight base and two concave sides. The two lower corners are pointed and the upper corner is rounded. The mount comprises a sheet of gold foil edged with fine gold beaded wire and decorated on the front with an interlacing filigree design. The central part of the design is a three-lobed knot executed in gold beaded wire. The lower corners of the triangle, beyond the end of the knot itself, are filled with gold pellets. Another strand of thi…
Created on: Monday 30th March 2015
Last updated: Thursday 6th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sculthorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-B2C916
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold quarter stater probably of Addedomaros. British Eastern. Similar to but not the same as British Museum Catalogue type: 2424. Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2523, Obverse description: Back to back crescents on plain field, pellets and lines within. Reverse description: Horse right, wheel above branch below. 50BC-10AD
Created on: Monday 23rd February 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 30th June 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drayton Beauchamp', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-5EBE59
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Windsor and Maidenhead
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Quarter stater (gold) of Cunobelin. Geographic provenance: British Eastern. British Museum Catalogue type: 1843-4. Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1935.01. Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2813. Minted: Camulodunum. Obverse description: Corn ear with central stalk, struck on the left of the flan with MV to right in field. Reverse description: Horse right, pelleted border and branch above and CVN below. Reverse inscription: CVN[O]. 10-40AD
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2015
Last updated: Friday 1st July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bisham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-31EAC2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post medieval gold finger ring. The decoration on the outer surface oft he hoop consists of a Latin inscription: PRESERVACIO * LEGIS . EXECUCIO *REGIS., deeply cut in upper case script. The asterisks signify the position of five petalled flowers in the text. The wording is bordered either side by single lines and small vertical lines. The inscription may be translated as "For the Preservation and (for the) Execution of the King's Law (or royal law)". If I was literally translating it would say "For the preservation and for the execution of the Law of the …
Created on: Tuesday 17th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Quainton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-89F4B0
Object type: TOOTH PICK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly bent 16th-17th century gold toothpick/earscoop. The pick would probably have been sickle-shaped. It emerged from the body of a stylised dragon, shaped to serve as a handle. Each side of the body is marked with incised lines that represent scales. A small spoon-shaped earscoop emerges from the dragon's mouth, as if to form the dragon's tongue with the bowl facing downwards. Mid-way along the upper side of the dragon's body there is an integral suspension loop. The loop retains a free-running gold wire ring. A similar toothpick/earscoop from Brighstone, Isle of Wight IOW-…
Created on: Monday 9th February 2015
Last updated: Monday 20th July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirtlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-70AB39
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Quarter stater (gold) of ADDEDOMAROS. Tribe: Trinovantes. Geographic provenance: British Eastern. British Museum Catalogue type: 2416. Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1608.01. Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2526. Obverse description: Eight petals around a ring with a pellet between each petal. Reverse description: Horse right, pellet in a ring below and above.
Created on: Thursday 27th November 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hoggeston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-91B0C3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Quarter stater (gold) of Addedomaros. Geographic provenance: British Eastern. British Museum Catalogue type: 2417-21. Van Arsdell Type (VA): 1623.01. Ancient British Coins (ABC): 2529. Obverse description: Flower of four leaves and rings around a pellet in a ring. Reverse description: Indistinct horse right. 50BC-10AD
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haversham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-2D8DA5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman gold finger ring set with an intaglio. The hoop is rather worn and distorted, but is made up of a flat and wide band of metal, broadly circular in profile, which expands to triangular shoulders. The flattened bezel has an ovoid box setting soldered to it, which contains a dark grey stone intaglio (probably nicolo). The design is rather degraded, but shows a figure of probably a cupid (there may be a semblance of a wing) leaning forwards with his trailing leg straight and his front leg bent. He turns his head back towards a cock standing behind him. In the cupid's outstretched ha…
Created on: Wednesday 24th September 2014
Last updated: Sunday 20th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grafton Regis', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-F8925A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold quarter stater a 'Hampshire thunderbolt', dating to c. 50-20 BC. Obverse: stliized boat; Reverse: Cruciform thunderbolt. ABC 767; BMC 129-136.
Created on: Thursday 28th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 1st July 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Longwick-cum-Ilmer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-DFFAE8
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold object of unknown date. The object is circular in shape and is formed from gold wire wrapped in concentric circles around a central, oval perforation. At the top and bottom of the object are two loops which may have existed as an attachment. The outside of the object is decorated with small projections. Width: 22.55 mm.Thickness: 2.12 mm.Thickness at central rib: 2.12 mm.Thickness at edge of disc 0.85mm.Weight: 2.65 g.Diameter: 16.23 mm.Diameter of loops of wire: 1.20 mm This object cannot be assigned to any culture or time period and so cannot be said to be over 300 year…
Created on: Friday 15th August 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Maids Moreton', grid reference and parish protected.