Record ID: LVPL-302794
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy wire ring possibly dating to the Roman period. The object consists of two strips of wire which are bent into a circle to form the band. The ends overlap and curl around the band forming two slip knots. The strips of wire are circular in cross-section. Dimensions: 19mm in diameter, 11mm in width at the bezel, 1.50g. This basic style of slip-knotted wire ring had a long life (there are Roman examples) but was perhaps most popular in the 7th century AD, when it was most commonly used on necklaces. Similar finger rings are known from Viking graves and hoards of the la…
Created on: Thursday 1st February 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-FD4037
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Number: 2017T509 Description: Silver finger-ring in the form of a snake wrapped round on itself. The hoop is D-shaped in section and plain in the middle section. It narrows at one terminal to form the tail of the snake. The tail section is lightly waved and decorated on the outer surface to appear as snakeskin. The head end is similarly decorated, widening to a thicker terminal in the form of a lozenge-shaped, head with oval eyes at the side and a segmented design on the flat upper surface of the head. The ring appears to have been cast, with traces of flashing visible …
Created on: Thursday 1st June 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stoke St. Milborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-E4F877
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete and slightly misshapen silver-gilt finger-ring. Treasure case no 2016 T545. A silver ornamental ring, broad flat band with a beaded borders within circumferential ridges. The ring is inscribed with 'star GODDRED'. The band has been cut between each D in the centre of the name with a D either side of the cut. Inside the band is a maker's mark reading 'RR' (ЯR) back to back and conjoined. The same mark appears on a similar flat band ring in the BM, AF1383 (Dalton Ring Cat. 1912, no. 1302) with a capital letter inscription 'THINK ON ME' (see BM website under search the …
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Parbold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-8C0D79
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An inlaid gold bezel from an early medieval finger-ring. The bezel is quatrefoil in form, with four rounded lobes radiating from a central field to create a cruciform motif. One pair of lobes is shorter than the other, and the areas linking them are slightly convex. The bezel is constructed from a gold base-plate with applied bands ('carpeting': pers. comm. Niamh Whitfield) of gold beaded wire and granulation (gold pellets) arranged concentrically. There are eleven bands of decoration: from outermost to innermost, they comprise: Single strand of beaded wire Two strands of be…
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scrayingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-BDC0C3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case: 2014 T675. A gold Medieval finger-ring consisting of a simple undecorated hoop, a faceted bezel and small shoulders. The object has a hexagonal bezel, integral to the hoop, containing a light blue stone, probably a sapphire. The bezel is faceted, with some bevelling on the lower surface around a flat base. The bezel measures 8.50mm in width and 10.11mm in length. The hoop is oval and is misshaped due to damage. The hoop consists of a thin strip of gold. Each edge of the hoop is bevelled giving it a thin trapezoidal cross-section. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence…
Created on: Wednesday 1st October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wycliffe with Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-EC2DF8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Silver finger ring of Medieval date, 2014 T616. The finger ring has a circular band, 2.98mm wide which widens to the shoulders to a width of 6.47mm. There is a circular collet with a beveled edge at the bezel with no longer contains a setting. The hoop has been bent out of shape with the shoulder on one side breaking away from the centre of the base of the collet. The shoulders are stamped with shallow and worn decoration consisting of a central inverted triangle either side of which is a worn sub-oval shape. The ring is 26.90mm in width, 21.17mm in height, 8.81mm thick and weigh…
Created on: Tuesday 9th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cawood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-97FB93
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver 'fede' type finger ring, probably 15th-early 16th century date. The hoop is rectangular in section with a worn and illegible inscription on the outer face with a saltire cross at the end of the inscription. The bezel area is in the form of two clasped hands. The lower or left hand (viewed facing the object) crosses behind the upper hand with the fingers curved over the top. The fingers are defined by three grooves and they terminate with a break. The upper or right hand (viewed facing the object) crosses over the lower hand and the fingers curve over the edge t…
Created on: Friday 5th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norton-on-Derwent', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-9EBA23
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
A Post-Medieval gold posy ring. The outside of the hoop is decorated with a foliate design. The inside of the hoop bears the inscription 'If love can merit' 'I Shall in herit'. In between these two lines there appears to be a maker's mark which could be 'SV' or an incomplete 'SW'. Dimensions: Length: 21.56 mm Width: 13.51 mm Thickness: 2.95 mm Weight: 1.27 g Conclusion: Due to the lack of an identifiable marker's mark it is not possible to date this finger-ring with certainty to pre-1714 and therefore it may not meet the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1…
Created on: Tuesday 12th August 2014
Last updated: Thursday 16th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Askham Richard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-D46C37
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver finger-ring of Henig Type XI, the hoop slightly crushed and edges dented. The slender hoop expands to form triangular cambered shoulders, bordered by a line of dot-punching which is also used on the flat bezel to define a square panel. Within the panel are three incised letters - ToT, the central o tiny in comparison to the flanking T's which have flamboyant serifs at their foot in the form of an inverted V. That device is very commonly employed on TOT rings (Daubney 2010, Figs 9-10). The inscription is an abbreviation of the god name Totatis. As Daubney has shown (Daubne…
Created on: Tuesday 15th April 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Collingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-BE9E74
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Number: 2014 T217 A Post-Medieval gold signet finger-ring fragment. Most of the hoop is now missing although the bezel remains intact. The finger-ring shows a coat of arms which Dr Clive Cheeseman (Richmond Herald, College of Arms) has described as "being made up of a shield and a crest, with helmet and full mantling engraved in what appears to be a 17th century style. The shield has an engrailed saltire on it with a rose or cinquefoil in the upper part of the shield. It can often, as here, be difficult to tell the difference between a rose and a cinquefoil. If it is a ros…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd April 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tarvin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-C18897
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A large medieval gold finger-ring, with a raised oval bezel with four claws, now missing its stone. The shoulders are of stirrup-shape form. The hoop is now bent, and the top of the bezel and the claws are slightly distorted. The finger-ring dates from the 13th to 14th century. Dimensions: diameter 26.5 mm, height 27 mm, width of bezel 11 mm.
Created on: Friday 21st March 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hutton Bonville', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-C9C024
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver finger-ring, probably medieval, now slightly distorted and with some damage. The ring is of D-shaped section and is engraved with a zigzag decoration around the outside surface. This is possibly intended to represent a series of letter Ms, perhaps standing for Maria. The ring probably dates to the 13th to 15th century. Dimensions: maximum diameter 21 mm, width 3 mm.
Created on: Tuesday 26th February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 10th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ormskirk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-E7D362
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late medieval silver-gilt finger-ring of D-shaped section. The ring is broken at the point at which the hoop was soldered and joined, and distorted, but otherwise complete. It is decorated with a series of diagonal lines forming triangular spaces, which are filled in with rows of small circular stamped decoration. The gilding survives mainly within the impressed diagonal lines and on the inside of the hoop. The ring dates from the 15th century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd January 2013
Last updated: Friday 20th February 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-9E5A56
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Silver finger-ring with red semi-precious stone (carnelian?). Complete and in good condition. Henig type II. Sub-circular profile with a wide expanded bezel tapering smoothly at the shoulders to a narrow band, D-shaped in section. Heavily corroded surface with a dark grey, roughened patina. The stone is oval and lies flush with the surface of the bezel. It is incised with a winged figure, possibly Victory or Mercury, facing left with one arm extended forward. Some damage to the surface of the stone is visible around the figure's arm. Date: mid-1st to mid-2nd century AD Weigh…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'knutsford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-9E4C42
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Silver finger-ring with red semi-precious stone (carnelian?). Complete and in good condition. Henig type 11. Oval profile with a wide expanded bezel tapering smoothly at the shoulders to a narrow band, D-shaped in section. Patches of copper alloy corrosion product visible on the surface (before cleaning). The stone is oval, rather small for the size of the bezel and sits within a slight depression. A single incision mark is visible on the top. It appears that it has been filed down in antiquity to remove the design. Date: mid-1st to mid-2nd century AD Weight before cleaning:…
Created on: Thursday 14th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'knutsford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-4ED895
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
A silver finger ring in the form of a strap or miniature belt. It has fractured across the band at one point, no gilding is evident. The hoop, which has a fracture across it, has a band width of 6.3mm, an internal diameter of 22.2 x 19mm and weight of 5.844g. The finger ring has a form typical of a nineteenth century date. The popular form was made by a range of manufacturers, including Spiers (Hart 1978, 133). Details of the strap slide vary, and some have buckle loops. This ring is of nineteenth-century date and therefore as it is not at least 300 years old is not treasure under …
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 8th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hanmer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-6AF8E7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver ring of Henig type X. D-shaped profile with a wide flattened bezel which tapers gently to a D-sectioned band. The ring is set with an oval translucent orange stone (unengraved), probably a carnelian. Good condition with minimal signs of wear and a patchy dark grey patina. There is slight damage just below one shoulder where a small notch is missing from the side of the band. Date: Roman, 3rd century AD Dimensions: width at shoulders: 24.65mm; height (without stone):18.41mm; height (with stone):21.12mm; thickness: 1.37mm Weight: 9.65g. In age and precious metal cont…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 15th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Skirpenbeck', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-A508E6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
An inscribed ring, silver gilt (?). Plain on one side, the other inscribed in relief ONCE MYNE AND EVER THYN with three crosses. The plain surface is very slightly curved, suggesting that the surface with the inscription is inside. The ring has been straightened and appears to have been repaired (repair located between TH and YN of the inscription 'THYN'). This ring does not correspond to any of the posy rings in the British Museum collections, which have exteriors that are either plain or decorated with inscriptions on the inside. This is therefore a puzzling example which ma…
Created on: Monday 21st November 2011
Last updated: Thursday 27th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wincham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-3E45C2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure number 2010 T293. A Roman gold finger-ring, complete and in fine condition. The hexagonal hoop has a flat inner surface, a neatly-faceted external surface and prominent keeled shoulders. The lightly-raised oval box setting contains a banded quartz (nicolo) intaglio - flat, oval, with bevelled edge - finely-engraved with the figure of a swimming dolphin with a three-pronged trident protruding from its jaws (or from behind its head). The image of a dolphin had several possible connotations in antiquity. The marine nature of this example is underlined by the addition of a tr…
Created on: Friday 7th May 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 29th February 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Acton Bridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-714215
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring; slender hoop soldered to bezel; transverse semi-rectangular bezel with pie-dish profile and decorative punched (serrated or beaded) border, set with a semi-rectangular garnet cabochon. The shape of the bezel mirrors that of the stone. Dimensions: external diameter: 19.0mm; internal diameter: 18.2mm; length of bezel: 7.9mm; weight: c. 1g. Stylistically the ring is similar to an example illustrated in Egan & Pritchard (1991, fig 215 No. 1612 & plate 2) recovered during archaeological excavation in London and dated, by ceramic chronology, to the second half of the …
Created on: Monday 3rd August 2009
Last updated: Monday 25th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chester', grid reference and parish protected.