Record ID: LEIC-073740
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Iron Age quarter stater of the Western Region / Dobunni, dating to the period c.60-20 BC, 'Sunburst Little Horse' type. Obverse: Wreath, spike with three large pellets and sunburst across, crescents below. Reverse: Triple-tailed annulate horse right, cogwheel sun above, small animal(?) below. As ABC, p. 103, no. 2009; BMC nos. 2942-2946.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-35CCA5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman gold aureus of Augustus (31 BC-AD 14), dating to the period c. 2 BC-AD 4 (Reece period 1). C L CAESARES (in exergue), AVGVSTI F COS DESIG PRINC IVVENT reverse type depicting Gaius and Lucius Caesar facing resting hands on shield, behind each shield a spear, above on left a simpulum, right, and on right a lituus, left. Mint of Lyon. As RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 55, no. 206.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Monday 19th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lincolnshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-686855
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval gold crown of the double rose of Henry VIII (1509-47), Third Coinage (1544-7), mint: Bristol (North 1836), initial mark: WS (1546-7). Ref: North 1991:114. The coin is in good condition, although a set of parallel lines across the coin (obverse) suggests that the coin was at some point bent.
Created on: Monday 10th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2019
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Record ID: LEIC-DF38C2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring, 21mm in diameter, 4mm wide and 1mm thick with a weight of 2.23grams. The ring has a rounded outer surface and is plain except for 4 rectangular recessed boxes which house a raised inscription in Gothic lettering surrounded by cross hatching, which reads IN GOD IS AL . Beverley Nenk has dated this to the 15th century, being similar to an example in the British Museum's collection.
Created on: Thursday 6th July 2017
Last updated: Thursday 15th March 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-8D8525
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring with iron setting. The hoop is triangular in section and is crudely engraved with letters. A small cross has been punched into the hoop at its narrowest point, opposite the bezel. The inscription occupies the two registers of the ring formed by its triangular section. It is difficult to decipher but may be amuletic in character. The bezel is rectangular with crimped egdes filled with iron stone. This is flanked by short hexagonal sectioned shafts which run into rectangular shaped shoulders. These are decorated with what appears to be zoomorphic, lion head. …
Created on: Thursday 20th April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd January 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-9C54D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron age uninscribed gold stater, probably of the Southern Region / Regini, c.80-50 BC, 'Sills Insular CF' type. Obverse: Wreathed head right. Reverse: Sinuous horse right, oval motif behind? Cf. ABC, p. 49, no. 515.
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leicestershire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-57BE78
Object type: AESTEL
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early medieval gold terminal mount in the form of an animal's head. The mount is hollow (now filled with mud), and has been constructed from a sheet of gold that has been shaped into a three-dimensional horse-like head, beneath which is a plain gold sheet back-plate probably attached by soldering. A single strand of beaded wire runs around the base of the artefact, masking the join between the head and the back-plate. Overall the mount is sub-rectangular in form and cross-section. The head is bulbous in the centre and tapers towards the blunt snout at one end, and the open socket at t…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-6B7C83
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval gold finger ring, 27mm high, 21mm in diameter and 11mm at its widest, with a weight of 5.51g. The ring has a band 2.5mm wide and 2mm thick, which is decorated on its shoulders with a chain like pattern consisting of 4 overlapping lines of raised lines (or links), arranged to look like four chains. This terminates with a cruciform motif. The bezel is 11mm long and 10mm wide and 9mm high. It has a trapezoidal cross section and is rectangular in form. It is decorated with a series of incised lines running down each side to a central rectangle at its base which is filled …
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LEICESTERSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-47843A
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
A plain gold buckle of rectangular cross-section, comprising a hollow triangular plate and an oval loop. The buckle plate consists of a flat upper plate which is soldered to side walls, creating a box-like hollow-backed element. The apex of the triangular box expands into a circular lobe; there are also two curved projections, each slightly smaller than the apex lobe, along the long sides near to the wider end. The upper part of the buckle plate is then fixed to a sheet gold back-plate by (probably) five rivets. One rivet is placed at each of the rounded projections, one at the ape…
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2016
Last updated: Monday 6th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rutland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-070179
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold and enamel brooch, 23mm long, 22mm wide and 2mm thick with a weight of 5.31g. The frame is heart shaped (a tapering pointed base with two curved upper edges) with a flat rectangular cross-section. It has a raised border on its upper side which has been filled with white enamel interspersed by raised star-like motifs in gold. Only about half of the enamel remains. Outside the border of the enamel, the brooch has a flat scalloped outer border. There is a pin constriction in the centre of the upper edge, with a gold pin hinged on it. The pin has two rectangular projections …
Created on: Monday 9th May 2016
Last updated: Monday 20th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LEICESTERSHIRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-8C9ED1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring, 21mm long, 4mm wide and 1mm thick with a weight of 7.30g. The ring has a rectangular bezel, 9mm long, 8mm wide and 4mm thick. This is formed of three rectangular panels set longitudinally, with the central panel flat and the outer two angled downwards slightly. The central panel shows an engraved crucifixion scene' Jesus's legs are bent at the knees, he is wearing a loincloth above which his navel is clearly visible, he is nimbed, and his arms are stretched upwards and outwards. The hands and feet are not shown and although the horizontal arms of the …
Created on: Thursday 21st April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: LEIC-BABB54
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold half-ryal of Edward IV (first reign; 1461-70); Light Coinage (1464/5-70; North 1558), mint: York. Ref: North 1991: 85-6.
Created on: Monday 12th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-153F3D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval gold finger ring, 18mm in diameter with a band 4mm wide and 1mm thick with a weight of 2.47grams. The band is D shaped in cross section and is highly decorated. It is formed of two alternate motifs, the first is comma shaped with a rounded upper surface and is decorated with a series of linear depressions which curve around with the objects shape. The second is a six petal flower motif with each petal picked out with a 'knop' of white enamel and a gold knop in its centre. There are four flowers, two have five enamels intact, one has three and one has one. Each flower is …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd September 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-3DC96C
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval gold pendant set with a red stone, presumably a garnet. The pendant is in the form of a stepped triangle, with three 'steps' on each side and a horizontal base. It has a rectangular cross section with a slightly concave reverse. The pendant is intact but part of the gold frame has been torn and is now bent away from the stone setting. This has exposed a section of embossed gold foil which sits beneath the stone. The suspension loop is fluted and folded to make a loop. The frame is also 'fluted', formed of three linear ridges and two indentations. This fluting is fla…
Created on: Friday 19th June 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rutland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-1F1276
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Bronze Age gold bracelet fragment, 45 mm long 11mm wide and 1mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 13.95 grams. The object consists of a solid sub-circular terminal 9.5mm long and 8mm wide. Below this the object has a rectangular form which widens and flattens sharply out to a terminal which appears to have been broken, as though ripped. The fragment begins with a width of 8mm and widens and flattens to 11mm where it has broken. The underside of the shaft is concave, which is most pronounced near the terminal and its upper side remains slightly rounded. Discussi…
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-1E63A8
Object type: BRACTEATE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval gold A-bracteate, 34mm long, 28mm wide and 1mm thick with a weight of 3.59 grams. The bracteate is incompletely preserved, the loop has been ripped off and about one third of the stamped outer zone on the upper right part is missing. The gold foil is heavily buckled with several tears. The lower right part has been folded which may have been intentional whilst the other damages appear to be post-depositional. The gold foil was surrounded with a beaded wire set along the edge. It is heavily abraded. Underneath the (missing) loop is a beaded gold wire attachment (but with…
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-1E0AE6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Post-Medieval gold finger ring, 19mm in diameter with a circular sectioned loop 2mm thick. The ring has a sub circular bezel containing a quartered shield with a beaded border, 14mm long and 12mm wide. The quartered shield contains: top left: a saltaire, top right: a latin cross, bottom left: a field of lions passant? topped with chevrons and crowns, bottom right: three shields. The bezel is 2mm thick and the loop emerges from the underside of this. The ring is damaged, having its loop bent out of shape. Weight: 7.68grams. Discussion: Similar examples of rings …
Created on: Tuesday 13th May 2014
Last updated: Thursday 15th September 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-97DE14
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Date: 16th- 17th century Discovery: metal detecting Description: Post Medieval gold posy ring, 17.5mm in diameter, 5mm wide and 1mm thick and weighs 2.31grams. The ring is in the form of two rings put together, a design echoed by the inscription inside, which reads: + LIVE AND LOVE TOGETHER. Normally a short text like this would go right round the inside, but it has been deliberately split into two rows so that half the text appears on each half of the ring. The exterior is decorated with a repeat scroll pattern which is picked out in pale blue and black/dark blue enamel. Th…
Created on: Thursday 13th June 2013
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-734E08
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Late medieval gold finger ring with two stones, 19mm in diameter and 10mm wide at bezel. The object is in good condition, but has two nicks one one side, which occurred during recovery. The objects weighs 5.71grams. The object consists of a loop 3.5mm wide and 1mm thick, which widens to 7mm at the shoulder. This has a rounded outer surface and a lipped border. The shoulders are decorated with a foliate motif of a central flower flanked by two leaves. This is picked out in blue/black? enamel at the top, with traces of grey/white enamel below on one shoulder. The bezel consists of two s…
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 20th January 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-2E0A04
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post medieval gold finger ring, 19mm diameter and 4.5mm wide and weighing 1.96grams. The ring is decorated on the outer surface with a frieze showing a fox (?) being chased by a hound. This is flanked by scrolls and two horned devils. The circle is completed by a decorative sub rectangular motif. The internal surface of the ring is inscribed with IN TIME MAY I. Discussion: The inscription is not recorded by Joan Evans but the use of capital letters and the fine renaissance style decoration suggests a date in the 16th or early 17th century.
Created on: Friday 15th March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2017
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