Record ID: BM-E4F9F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver Roman siliqua of Arcadius (AD 383-408), dating to the period AD 395-402 (Reece period 21). VIRTVS ROMANORVM reverse type depicting Roma seated left on cuirass holding Victory and spear. Mint of Milan. cf. Hoxne no. 708; RIC X no. 1227.
Created on: Friday 10th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elstow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-A72F51
Object type: PENCIL
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete lead possible pencil of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1500 - 1800. The object is circular in section with parallel sides tapering to a blunted point at one end.  The metal has a light grey/white patina and is pitted.  Measurements: Length: 44.45 mm; Width: 9.53 mm; Thickness: 5.33 mm; Weight: 11.38 g A stylus is a writing implement used to scratch letters into the wax of a writing tablet while a pencil makes a coloured mark on wood, paper or parchment. Lead is rarely used for objects that appear to be conventional st…
Created on: Thursday 26th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-E31CBE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius of Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), dating to the period c.19-18 BC (Reece period 1). DIVVS IVLIVS reverse type depicting an eight-rayed comet, with tail upward(?). Spain Mint I (Caesaraugusta?). RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 44, cf. no. 38B.  The coin has a pitted and worn surface, with a possible cross-shaped moneyers or bankers mark on the neck of the bust type.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bledlow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-CDF17E
Object type: RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Knaresborough ‘Ring’. This find was discovered and reported before the Treasure Act 1996 abolished Treasure Trove in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Circumstances of Discovery: On 9th June 1994 a gold ring was reported to the coroner for North Yorkshire by the owner who had recently purchased the find believing it to have been found in the Knaresborough area in North Yorkshire. It was said to have been an isolated find. The coroner reported that no information was available regarding the precise location of the find and the circumstances in which it was discove…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2022
Last updated: Friday 19th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Knaresborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-F87E99
Object type: STRAP END
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval silver strap-end and undiagnostic gold ingot The strap-end appears to have terminated in a hook and may have served as a type of chatelaine, not uncommon for key suspension, for example at the end of a belt. The terminal is incomplete and broken. The most closely comparable, base metal example is published in G Egan and F Pritchard, Dress Accessories, London 1991, p. 149, no. 705. Although the published piece is a more elaborate type, the shape and construction are the same. The date, arrived at by ceramic phasing, is 1400–50. Length of strap-end: 55 mm; length of ingo…
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-F84574
Object type: TOILET ARTICLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver ear-scoop, bent, with a twisted shank. The top, which would probably have terminated in a pointed toothpick, has broken off. The ear-scoop weighs 1.65 grams, and analysis at Wiltshire County Council Conservation Centre has shown that it is made of silver.
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-F801A9
Object type: TOILET ARTICLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver ear-scoop, bent, with a twisted shank. The top terminates in a pointed toothpick. The ear-scoop weighs 1.8 grams, the maximum length is 29mm, and analysis at the Department of Scientific Research, British Museum, has shown that it is made of silver.
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-F76F83
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
The find consists of eleven fragments of a medieval, silver spoon.  Four of the fragments constitute the slender stem of the spoon which terminates in a diamond-shaped knop. The remaining seven fragments form part of the bowl.  The largest surviving fragment of the bowl is from the point at which it should meet the stem.  This is engraved with the motif of the ‘Hand of God’, poised in benediction.  A religious motif, however, does not preclude ownership of the spoon by a lay person.  The reverse of this fragment is crudely inscribed with the lett…
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-F73398
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver seal-matrix of diminutive proportions.  Its sealing surface is circular and is engraved with three spheres within a three-pronged division, surrounded by a beaded border but without a legend.  The device is not easy to interpret.  The reverse is a cone-shaped hexagon terminating in a trefoil handle.  This tiny, enigmatic object was undoubtedly used as a personal seal rather in the fashion of a signet ring.
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-F6A73C
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hoard of coins and a finger-ring. The coins are mostly official English issues, but with two coins of the Burgundian Netherlands, double patards, which were legal tender here at a valuation of fourpence, thanks to a convention between Edward IV and Charles the Bold in 1469.  The gold coin is of fine gold, over 94% pure.  The English silver coins are sterling standard, 92.5% fine, and the Burgundian coins are 80% fine silver. The coins range in date from the 14th or early 15th century (a now fragmentary halfpenny and some very worn pennies) to the latest coins in the hoard…
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-78E59D
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt mount, perhaps originally enamelled, engraved with a bird with outstretched wings, probably representing a pelican.
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-785AFD
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Circular medieval silver mount, with four knops around the outside, some damage to the edges. At the centre is an equal-armed cross with rounded ends, enclosed within a filigree circular border, and surrounded by six pairs of sub-square cells with X-shaped motifs incised at centre. Nondestructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of the object conducted at the British Museum show a silver content of approximately 96 per cent.
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-5FCB75
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon hilt fittings: pommel, upper and lower hilt fittings, part of upper guard, part of lower guard Gold sheet, gold filigree wire, cabochon garnets, copper-alloy, lead Early seventh century The pommel is of ‘cocked hat’ form and is made of gold sheet, decorated with filigree wire, over a lead forma.   The two faces of the pommel are filled with zoomorphic interlace in triple strand interlace, made with one broad band of beaded wire flanked by borders of a very fine beaded wire.   Each face is filled with a balanced design of interlacing zoomor…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-D0330C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold Anglo-Saxon finger ring, bezel w. 15 x 16mm; hoop w. 4mm; wt. 5.39g. Ring made in two parts from sheet gold: a plain broad band hoop with a longitudinal row of beaded filigree wire, ending in splayed lozenge-shaped terminals soldered behind the bezel. The bezel is a circular disc with a rim of finer beaded wire framing four collared settings of degraded bi-chrome glass beads. The beads appear to be spherical, one rotates slightly, and their gold collars are composite, each sheet collar carries a ring of beaded wire and an upper ring of plain wire.  The bezel is divided into …
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd June 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-512238
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver Anglo-Saxon hooked tag, complete, l. 33mm, w. 14mm, wt. 1.95g.  This piece has a triangular plate with elegantly scalloped top and two internal holes near the corners for attachment. The field is plain but the long edges are decorated with borders of incised ladders.  There is a slight bulge above the tapering hook.  The back is plain.  This is probably a dress attachment which could have been used for veiling or gartering, probably the former because it is very light-weight. Heavier-duty hooked tags may also have been used to fasten purses.  
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-953304
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold ring, formed of a small thin hoop of circular section, decorated all over with engraved cross-hatching containing traces of black enamel. In the absence of anything comparable in the collections this is a difficult piece to place. It may be a fitting of some kind rather than a finger-ring.
Created on: Thursday 21st July 2022
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-EE16B2
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Oval silver buckle, the tab fitted with a stud for attachment to a leather strap. The reverse stamped with a shield‑shaped maker's mark: WW with two small mullets above and one larger mullet below. 
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-EDC937
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete silver bodkin with knop on the end and eyelet, flattened shaft and tapered point. Entire upper section is engraved. Longitudinal opening surrounded by hatching with two transverse bands of lozenge pattern. Beneath the lower band, a tongue  is engraved which points downwards along the shaft of the bodkin.  Bent below the eyelet. Length: 111 mm. Weight: 7.49g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-D83D1C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver-gilt iconographic finger-ring, with a two-faceted bezel with crudely engraved images of saints. The figure in the panel on the right appears to hold in her right hand a tower, and may represent St Barbara. The figure on the left is unidentified, and may represent a male saint. The hoop is grooved and beaded in diagonal bands, and the shoulders are engraved with flowers. The diameter of the ring measures 24mm. The ring probably dates to the 15th century. Beverley Nenk Curator, Medieval collections, Department of Medieval and Modern Europe British Museum
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2022
Last updated: Saturday 6th January 2024
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Record ID: BM-D744F2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger ring, now badly distorted and measuring 21mm across its greatest diameter.  The ring is engraved with the phrase en bon an (‘in a good year’).    The inscription is punctuated with sprigs of foliage. The ring is silver and was once entirely gilded.  The gilding only survives on the interior of the hoop and in the deepest recesses of the engraved design.  Traces of solder can be seen between the words bon and an on both the interior and exterior surfaces of the ring.  It dates to the fifteenth century.
Created on: Thursday 30th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-C2C76B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval brooch formed from twisted wire crafted to create the impression of plaited ropes.  It measures 18mm x 16mm and is slightly damaged at the top right and at about a quarter down the left side.  It is highly decorative, an impression that is heightened by the random soldering of small spheres upon its surface.  These spheres may once have existed in more profusion and given an original appearance of greater symmetry, but this is by no means certain.
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 14th February 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-9A7DD8
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Crumpled gold foil pommel cap ornamented with C scrolls executed in beaded filigree wire.  The pommel cap is badly damaged with both ends crushed and distorted and the filigree ornament on one face missing.   The surviving filigree is well made filling the surviving panel with a balanced pattern of graded pairs of loops with spiralled ends enclosing a central motif of an inverted ‘C’ scroll lying back to back with a kidney shaped element executed with two beaded filigree wires.   The panel is enclosed by a border of filigree wire, of a heavier weigh…
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: BM-F1D4E7
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold and cloisonné garnet insect pendant with a suspension loop in the form of a biconical spacer bead. The pendant consists of a flaring bifurcated backplate cut with a triangular head which wraps around the back of the suspension bead which is soldered to it. The back-plate supports a single gold strip, soldered flush to its edges, whose ends form a poor butt join beneath the suspension loop. This frames the cloisonné cell-work which is made with thicker strips of gold sheet and laid out in a complex design which can be read …
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd June 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-4D391D
Object type: WIRE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A small fragment from a thin gold wire strip 12.5 mm long, 2.0 mm wide and c. 0.25mm thick, was recovered from peaty marsh deposits that pre-date the construction of a Roman timber building on the site in the middle of the 1st Century BC.
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-4C556F
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A ribbon or thin bar of gold 73 mm long, 9 mm wide and 1.25 mm thick with originally a curved profile on an arch of an approximate diameter of 80-90 mm, but sharply bent 43 mm from the squared off end. The object appears to have been cut from of a larger object. The squared off end is probably the original end of the end, the other is less regularly finished off.  The object is relatively poorly finished compared to other prehistoric gold objects and has ample evidence for hammering and working across all surfaces.  Scientific analysis across the surface of the object suggest…
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-4B9175
Object type: TORC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
The find consists of a single Iron Age twisted multi-strand style torc with ring terminals similar to others found in Norfolk over the last 60 years.  The torc has an internal diameter of approximately 20 cm.  It is made of predominantly gold and silver. It is made from four strands of wires twisted around each other two and a half times. Each of the 4 strands is made from 6 wires (c. 3 mm thick).  The strands are alternately twisted one clockwise and the next counter clockwise.  The strands were cast on to the terminals.  Evidence for this is clearly visible …
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2024
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-4AFCEA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a gold version of a fibula or ‘safety pin’ type brooch commonly known as a Birdlip Type Brooch or Beaked Bow Brooch. The brooch is bent and buckled, probably in recent times by agricultural machinery.  The spring and pin are missing. The brooch was originally made in at least three pieces: the body of the brooch; the spring and pin; and a small roughly triangular plate across the rear of the catch plate.   The spring was probably fixed to body of the bow with resin or glue.  Traces of a black residue are present where the spring was attac…
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th March 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-3BEA83
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Near complete Late Iron Age silver La Tene III bow brooch of 1st Century BC date. The brooch is missing the pin, but otherwise is in good condition. The spring stems from the rear of the head in a right angle and coils twice before the chord is anchored beneath the spring. The spring is broken as it rises, probably to coil for another turn before the pin. The head of the bow is unusual, consisting of a domed semi-circular plate with raised ribs at the base, which continue along the sides of the bow to the foot. The bow is sub-rectangular in profile and is decorated with a central rib, …
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th March 2023
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Record ID: BM-38312B
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Catalogue: SF No. Description BAG1-0001 Cu-alloy socketed mortising chisel (lower section only). 28.97g. 64mm. Cf Davey 1973 no. 416. and Cheetham 1977 Pl. 6 no. 17. 24.09.03 BAG1-0002 Cu-alloy socketed axehead (looped rim section only). Loop is sealed by casting flash still in situ. 8.83g. 38mm 24.09.03 BAG1-0003 Cu-alloy ingot section. 290g.* 70mm. 2…
Created on: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-BE273B
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small peltate silver mount. The simply moulded outer face is worn. The unworn inner face preserves two rivets, one retaining a tiny circular silver washer. The very short rivets indicate that the mount was secured to something very thin, perhaps to a thin-walled vessel.
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-BDCE01
Object type: AMULET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A folded, crushed and crumpled fragment of very thin gold sheet or foil. It is difficult to identify definite original edges, but it appears to be a comparatively narrow incomplete strip. On the largest surviving visible, relatively un-crumpled, roughly rectangular part of the sheet there appear to be three or four lines of lettering, c. 1mm in height, and possibly in Latin.
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Torksey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-BD324E
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman silver spoon with bent handle and broken and damaged bowl. The short, plain, tapered rod handle was seemingly broken and re-pointed in antiquity. There is a simple offset at the junction with the oval bowl, the distal end of which is broken short of the point of its maximum width. An inscription is very lightly incised along the central axis of the inner face of the bowl and truncated at its fractured edge. Starting at the end adjacent to the handle offset are the Latin letters MODE(or I)SIIAN(or NA) - perhaps the cognomen Modestianus or Modestinus. The underside of the bowl …
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Baldock', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: BM-BCBE06
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Swindon
Workflow stage: Published
The grave (5119) contained the coffined remains of a 25-30 year old woman. Placed at her feet, within the coffin, was a well-preserved ornate jewellery box, constructed of yew with copper alloy and iron fittings. This box held many items including copper alloy bracelets, bone bracelets with copper alloy sleeving, a bone comb, a brooch and the remains of at least one necklace consisting of two copper alloy clasps and in excess of 180 beads, made variously of amber, glass, and coral. Three silver finger rings were threaded onto one of the copper alloy bracelets. Elsewhere within t…
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-BC26E7
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Oxford Archaeology carried out a programme of work during 2000, and again in 2003-4 prior to redevelopment of the site of the well-known late Roman cemetery, which lies to the north of Winchester on the Cirencester Road. Excavations by Giles Clarke in the 1960s had identified 451 graves. The recent work resulted in the discovery of a further 343 graves, 24 of which were cremation burials. Two of the graves from the recent work, both excavated in 2004, produced silver objects. These graves and their entire contents are summarised here. Both are dated to the 4th century AD and …
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-BB9005
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
1. Silver ring. Dimensions: Diameter: 11.5 mm; weight: 0.42g. 2. Silver lunula pendant. Length: 27 mm; width: 22.5 mm; weight: 3.36g. 3. Jet figurine of a standing bear. Length: 35 mm; height: 19 mm; weight: 3.59g. 4. Ivory(?) finger-ring fragments. Diameter: 25 mm; width: 4.5 mm; weight: 1.52g. 5. Two complete melon beads of turquoise frit, one with small silver ring fragment in close association. Diameters: 13 mm & 14.5 mm; weights: 1.73g & 2.11g. 6. Silver finger-ring with a red stone intaglio of a ?stag (N.Crummy). Diameter: 19.5 mm; intaglio length: 8 mm;…
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-BB3FD8
Object type: EAR RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Two Roman gold ear-rings, one (A) a hook ear-ring, the other (B) a hoop ear-ring. A) Gold ear-ring of disc, bar and pendant type, its hook slightly distorted, the disc dented and damaged at one side, and one of the two pendants lacking. The embossed disc and double-ridged trapezoidal crossbar are fastened to an integral plain back-plate. The disc conceals the lower part of the hook, which is fastened to its back-plate. Similarly, the fastening of the two pendant hooks at the lower part of the back-plate is concealed behind the crossbar. The surviving pendant, undoubtedly orig…
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-BAC2ED
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Roman silver trumpet brooch, of Collingwood’s group R (ii). The top of the head consists of a thick oval hoop decorated with incised lines, sat on top of a thick decorative rectangular plate, with further decoration of lateral ribs. The whole scheme is unusually finely detailed. The bow has a fully developed acanthus flower extending all the way around the bow with a total of 8 ‘leaves’, set between two lateral ribs. The rest of the brooch is missing, with a break below the ancanthus flower on the bow. The pin is also missing. The brooch has been heavily cle…
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Ormsby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-BA087F
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a silver-gilt sprung bow brooch, of Polden Hill type, comprising the wings, top of the bow and part of the covered spring. The side-wings, of semi-circular cross-section, have three milled ribs with intervening cavetto mouldings. At the back only the very stub of the rearward hook survives, together with eight turns of the spring and a fragment of the chord. On the D-sectioned bow two lines of a fine, lightly-recessed, wavy line motif, which starts at each side of the head, converge to form a single decorative mid-rib. All of the mouldings show signs of wear. Gilding rem…
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bungay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-B96C16
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring, now distorted to 27 x (max) 12mm. Flat band, less than 1mm thick comprising six slightly irregular lozenges, each 6mm wide at maximum, narrowing to 2.5mm at the constriction between each lozenge. It is impossible to tell whether the ring was originally spherical or hexagonal. On the outside at each constriction is a slight pyramid shaped rise. The internal surface is rough or unfinished. Weighing 4.20g. Similar examples, although all octagonal and none made of gold were dated to the 3rd or 4th century in Waugh and Goodburn (in S. Frere) 1972, p119, no.27; Crummy, 198…
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-B7E323
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of Roman silver finger ring, wide plain hoop set with a undecorated circular orangey-pink carnelian. Most of the hoop is missing.
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-A8E72D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A gilded silver one-piece brooch dating to the Late Iron Age or Roman Conquest period. The brooch is slightly bent and is missing its spring and pin. The catch plate is bent over, is 17mm long and has a single simple perforation. The strip shaped bow is divided into three zones running lengthwise; both outer zones are gilded, leaving the silver from which the brooch is made exposed in the centre zone.  The wings of the brooch over the missing spring are also divided into zones, with the innermost zones both gilded. Dimensions: Overall&nb…
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-A8B3BF
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Two objects found while metal detecting in the area near Snettisham and Sedgeford, an area well known for discoveries of Iron Age gold and silver torcs, coins, other objects and metalworking debris. Fragment cut from a sub-triangular ingot or bar (section 16mm x 10 mm; weight 11.42g). Scientific analysis of the surface indicates a metal content of 95% silver. Irregular plano-convex ‘bun-shaped’ ingot (Diam. 24 mm, height 11 mm; weight 27.03g). Scientific analysis of the surface indicates a metal content of leaded bronze. Object 1 is similar to several fragments from b…
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-A7BA94
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
1. Platform Decorated Terret Large, complete platform-decorated terret (rein ring). The terret comprises an inset rectangular-sectioned attachment bar, which is flanked on either side with vertical collars. The ring itself, which is in remarkable condition, is decorated with three circular disc-like platforms, one on each side and one at the top. Each platform is decorated with a simple, geometric flower design consisting of four petals situated around a central circle. The petal-shaped cells on the platforms located on either side of the ring are filled with blue enamel. The colour u…
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
No spatial data available.

Record ID: BM-A530B3
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Two objects from a Late Bronze Age hoard; according to TAR 2004, p. 40, no. 28, these are additional to a hoard first discovered in 2001.    Catalogue 1. Bronze Age copper alloy spear head. Leaf shaped blade with bevelled edges, rounded socket continuing smoothly as rounded central rib to the tip. Brown patina with patches of thick, orange ?iron deposit along the join between the mid rib and blade and inside the socket. Side holes on socket 6mm diameter. Slight damage on the edge of the blade. Part of the socket is squashed. External diameter of socket 26mm. Length of blade…
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2022
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Record ID: BM-297D6C
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances of discovery: Four Bronze Age bronze implements were found during a metal-detecting rally. Three have been reported as potential Treasure; the fourth, made by a different finder, should also be submitted for consideration. The three submitted were located at depths between 1 and 4 inches (2.5 – 10 cm) on cultivated land. They were found in an approximate line at intervals of about 25 feet (8 m) – hence 50 feet overall. The alignment was noted to be that of the direction of ploughing. Descriptions: Condition of the palstaves (nos 1 & 2) is good, the socket…
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
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Record ID: BM-28B710
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances of discovery The large group of gold and bronze artefacts described here were found between September 2004 and December 2005, initially by metal detecting, later by a combination of excavation and metal-detector survey. Most finds were made within a zone 25 x 10 metres in extent with just a few further away, up to 40 m. The finds circumstances are fully dealt with in Gloucestershire County Council’s preliminary report (Barrett & Vallender 2005); in summary they can be broken down into six groups: Thirty-five objects were initially found before any archa…
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cirencester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-284683
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small penannular gold ring with decorative narrow banding in yellow and paler gold. The external surfaces are very worn. Visual inspection suggested that the piece consists of a gold covering over a base metal core; this was confirmed by scientific analysis. This is a well known Late Bronze Age type, decorative in character, dating to circa 1150-750 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2022
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Record ID: BM-27DFCC
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Bracelet 1 A complete and well crafted penannular bracelet with a band of thin, ‘C’ section. The section is, however, thickest at the centre, thinner, rounded and highly polished along the edges. The band tapers gently towards the squared off terminals, which are defined by a narrow beading created by turning the metal outward slightly. The bracelet has many dents and scratches visible under magnification. Slight compression of the band around the middle has caused limited distortion and misalignment of the terminals. One of the latter is damaged by a small nick. D…
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-275770
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Small penannular ring comprising a plain round to oval-sectioned hoop with flat terminals. The interior of the hoop and the flat terminal surfaces have not been polished. Gold content approximately 82%. The specific gravity at 16 is not low enough to indicate that the ring has a base metal core.
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-261FA2
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
The find comprises a loop of thick gold wire of roughly circular cross-section, the ends overlapping. Onto this are threaded nine rings, seven of which are of the type known as composite; two are simple rings. One of the latter (i) is a loop of gold wire with overlapping ends; the wire tapers from one end to the other. The other (ii) is a penannular ring of round-sectioned wire, the terminals close together. Of the composites: (iii) is a triple ring of three lightly C-sectioned strips probably soldered together. The terminals of one meet; the other two display a narrow gap. (iv) is a…
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North East Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-25EFE8
Object type: ROD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A contorted fragment of rod of triangular section; the faces are concave and the flanges formed at their junctions are therefore acute. A moderate double twist at a point where the rod is bent appears to be a deliberate feature, but elsewhere very slight twists are likely to be due to distortion. There are no cut-marks, nor any crushing at the breaks. Maximum dimension (in contorted state) 55 mm; approximate extended length 200 mm; thickness 2.5 – 3.1 mm; weight 14.4 g
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-257960
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small fragment of gold sheet was discovered. The fragment clearly is part of a larger object, but unfortunately close examination has proved unable to establish from what object the fragment came. It is impossible to establish the date of the object from which the fragment came. Analysis of the metal content of the fragment was also unable to provide further help in dating the piece. The fragment was found to contain 91% gold. Dr JD Hill Department of Prehistory and Early Europe The British Museum London
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-2523A3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger-ring, the hoop is rectangular in section and extends into a flat, oval bezel, the shoulders decorated with marginal notches and incised lines. due to a lack of recognised features, this object cannot be securely dated pre-1704.
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
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Record ID: BM-24E232
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A fitting or mount, undecorated, and unlikely to be a finger-ring.
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-24C88E
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
This is a puzzling piece which has some similarity with 16th century dress fittings, but does not correspond precisely with examples so far recorded in that it is very thin and lightweight. It has a heart‑shaped stamp on the back which may possibly be a maker's mark, but is not one that we have been able to identify. It also has some affinity with traditional ornaments from Continental Europe.
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-23D9C9
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
This molten droplet of heavy yellow metal was reported as possible Treasure, because it was found in the vicinity of other finds of molten gold/electrum which might be connected with the production of Iron Age gold torcs or other objects. It was sent to the British Museum for scientific analysis which demonstrated the droplet was made of copper alloy. 
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
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Record ID: BM-23B1B2
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
14 droplets and fragments of gold and silver This interesting collection of material includes 9 molten droplets, 2 fragments that have been cut from ingots and 3 fragments of twisted wire. The objects in the collection are made from both gold (of different colours), silver and in one case lead with tin. One molten droplet clearly contains a partially melted piece of gold wire fused within it. Initially it was considered that these objects might have come from the manufacture of Iron Age gold and silver objects. Analysis of the metal content of the droplets and other pieces, …
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-239133
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of square-sectioned rod which is fairly evenly twisted, but with tighter twisting towards the torn ends. The flange-crests are rather rounded and in places flattened due to damage.
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-237231
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small gold sub-circular disc, of irregular shape and appearance, probably a small ingot.
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-15AE47
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A crushed and distorted roll (apparently rolled six times) of very thin sheet-gold strip, narrow, and seemingly parallel-sided, the free (outer) end slightly damaged. No markings are visible.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-14F456
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger-ring formed from a sheet strip with ends overlapped by 0.5mm. There is no decoration, but a median crease runs around the circumference. Interior diameter 20 – 20.5 mm, width of strip 5 – 5.5 mm, thickness c.0.25mm. There are many scratch marks on both the inner & outer surfaces. Weight 2.65g. The ring is probably over 300 years old, and has a gold content of over 10%. This is the second object of this type from this location. Alan E West, Curator of Archaeology, Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2022
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Record ID: BM-14638B
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of jewellery, perhaps from a mount or pendant, incorporating motifs of a cross with flowers. From the photograph, this appears to be made from silver.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
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Record ID: BM-144E9B
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a pendant with female figure, the second figure missing.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-141CE9
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: MODERN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A thin silver snake-band, unlikely to be earlier than the late 19th or 20th century.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-13B513
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
The frame of a gold ornament of around 1830, possibly a brooch but there are no traces of any fitting so it may be the lower part of an earring. It has lost its central element.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-136139
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gilded silver dress fastener with a finely cast oval cartouche, with relief decoration of an elongated renaissance style female head with unusual headdress. This has an elaborate border with fleur-de-lis at the top and bottom, and a trefoil on both sides. The reverse displays file marks, a slightly sunken circular centre, and a broken double-strand wire hook attached by solder. A loop or hook is missing, where it projected from the side of the plate. This item is not similar to other examples dated to the 16th or 17th century, and so with no comparable material…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
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Record ID: BM-120F32
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A sub-rectangular gold binding, not a finger-ring, comprising a flat strip, 4 mm. wide and 0.77 mm. thick, decorated externally with a five-ribbed linear reeding. A butt join on one of the long sides is secured on the inner face by a small ?soldered strip (length 9 mm.).
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2022
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Record ID: BM-11A5EC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver ring, the bezel set with a turquoise-coloured stone in a lozenge-shaped collet setting.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-115375
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A thin gold hoop, plain on both exterior and interior, except for the remains of very worn and illegible hallmarks inside, suggesting a date in the 19th or 20th century.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-112FD5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Reading
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger-ring, with a faceted red stone set in a plain round setting, unlikely to be earlier than the 19th century.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-110BD3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A characteristic Victorian snake ring.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-109438
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
This gold ring has a thin hoop engraved on the exterior with a foliate scroll. The background would have been originally enamelled, but no traces of enamel remain.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-107E5B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
This small ring has a flat section hoop expanding to the front, which is punched with the letters AH flanked by a stylised flower on each side.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-10265A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Small ring, a thin hoop expanding slightly towards a narrow bezel, which has settings for 5 stones: a central red stone flanked by two smaller stones, one red, one colourless. One of the smaller red stones is missing. The sides of the settings contain traces of enamel indicating that they were once enamelled in white, green and a third colour, possibly red or black. The shoulders are engraved with a herringbone pattern and contain traces of white enamel. Metal content: X‑Ray fluorescence analysis at the British Museum indicates a gold content of 83%; Raman microscopy has iden…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-0FEEE1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
This gold ring has a thin flat hoop of even width, inscribed When + this + you + see + remember + mee This is a popular inscription recorded by Joan Evans, in English Posies and Posy Rings (Oxford 1931) in various versions from the late 16th century onwards. The lettering could be late 17th or 18th century, but in the absence of any other identifying features there is not enough evidence to date it pre 1704.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2022
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Record ID: BM-0FA2A5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Plain gold band, scratched and worn, with the inscription: true love is the bond of peace. The inscription is recorded by Joan Evans (1931) in a late 16th century manuscript and the lettering is consistent with a 17th century date, but we know that 17th century lettering style continued well into the 18th century from the British Museum's dated sequence of mourning rings. In the absence of marks or any distinguishing decorative feature there is no firm evidence to date this pre 1704.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2023
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Record ID: BM-0F7F58
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold enamelled and jewelled object of yet to be determined use, possibly a pendant, dress-ornament or belt-fitting. Openwork cartouche, central white enamelled square setting containing a cut garnet, on cruciform with short arms within elaborate blue and white enamelled foliate frame. Triple-ribbed suspension loop, small pierced trefoil at foot. The back of the setting stands slightly proud within incised cruciform marking-out lines. A ‘6’ or ‘9’ incised on the back of the setting. The gold content was found to be approximately 92%, the inset stone is a garnet.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
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Record ID: BM-805ADE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman radiate of Carausius (AD 286-293), dating to the period c.AD 286-293 (Reece period 14). PAX AVG reverse type depicting Pax standing left, holding branch and vertical sceptre. Unattributed mint. RIC V, pt 2, p. 535, cf. nos. 880-3
Created on: Thursday 14th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 14th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Nicholas and Bonvilston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-6F5EB6
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Silver thimble, the main body decorated with a geometric loop ornament and irregular indentations, some of which have pierced the metal. The body is squashed and split lengthwise, where the sheet would have been joined to form a ring. There is no top. A similar piece was recorded in Annual Treasure Report 2000, no. 208.
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-6E76F4
Object type: THIMBLE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Silver thimble, torn around circumference of dome. The body decorated with lozenges centred with squares of waffle-type indentations; the triangles between the lozenges also with indentations, plain border between engraved lines. Lathe centring mark on dome. Length: 2.2 cm. 17th Century. The precious metal content of the thimble is greater than 10%.
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-6E490B
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Silver slip-top spoon. Broken into two pieces part way along the stem. The stem is hexagonal in section and flares out slightly at the distal end where it terminates in an angled slip-top. The stub remaining at the proximal end is joined to the back of the bowl with a v-shaped terminus. Both sections of the stem are bent around the break point. The bowl is bent and distorted. It was originally an oval shape. There are several stamps on the spoon. On the front of the bowl, below where the stem joins is a stamp of a crowned X. On the back, also below the stem, are the initials AB (with …
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-6D9E6C
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete post-medieval silver seal matrix. The die is oval and shows the negative design of a galleon with three masts and front and rear castles. This is surrounded by a beaded border. There is no lettered inscription. The shaft is six sided and would have terminated in a loop, which is now missing. The break edges are worn smooth and similarly patinated to the rest of the object suggesting this damage occurred in antiquity. Directly below the position of the loop is a moulded hexagonal collar, which mirrors the six sides of the shaft, and below this is a grooved line.
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-694AAC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold posy ring, shallow D-sectioned hoop of constant 2.5-3mm width, with a groove running around each edge on the exterior. There are inscriptions on both exterior (relief lettering) and interior (engraved and enamelled lettering). 17mm diameter, 1.67g. The exterior inscription reads + I LOVE TO FYNDE + in raised but worn letters , starting and finishing with a cross. There is a pellet between the 'I' and 'LOVE', a quatrefoil with central dot between 'LOVE' and 'TO' and again between 'TO' and 'FYNDE'. Traces of b…
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
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Record ID: BM-59D5F2
Object type: DRESS PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt hollow pin head with an incomplete silver pin protruding from the head. The pin head has been cast, hollow, from silver gilt. It is spherical with two horizontal bands dividing the head into two hemispheres. Each hemisphere is decorated with filigree ornament, which forms three circles. Within each circle there is a further three circles within, forming a trefoil. At the centre of each trefoil is a knop. More of these knops decorate the fields surrounding the exterior of the larger circles. The silver pin protrudes from a hole at the base of the pin head. The upper po…
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-5974EC
Object type: DRESS PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy spherical headed pin, with evidence of gilding surviving. Surface analysis conducted at the British Museum confirmed the non-precious metal content.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-5943B0
Object type: DRESS PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval silver-gilt dress pin; long shaft originally bent, since straightened; hemispherical head with central lateral line dividing it into two equal sections, each section with applied filigree ornament in spirals. English, 16th C, of a type frequently reported through the Treasure Act.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2022
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Record ID: BM-58888C
Object type: DRESS PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Dress pin in silver-gilt with large and elaborate head. Heavy spherical head with applied filigree ornament on two hemispheres joined by a plain band. On each hemisphere, four circlets each containing four-petalled flowers and knops around the circles, a knop at the top of the pin. The drawn shaft is broken off near the head. Length approx 2cm.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-580595
Object type: DRESS PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt dress pin with spherical head divided in half by transverse band; each hemisphere decorated with applied filigree in the shape of circlets and knops. Recurving pin. The find has been analysed and has been found to have a silver content of approximately 98%.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-567C35
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Dress fitting assembled from elements of silver sheet. Cylindrical backplate, pinked edges, with cut out at the base, with remains of recurving hook soldered at the top. The front made in four sections, the three lower panels decorated with filigree spirals and knops, divided by cable ornament. Traces of gilding. Approx. 2 cm long. 16th Century.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-5635C5
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt dress hook, book-shaped backplate with three projecting knops along each side, one of which has broken off. Central plate with four indentations. Recurving hook soldered onto backplate; original bar attachment on backplate now missing. L; 22mm; w: 3.6g.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-558902
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval silver hooked tag, with a trefoil back plate. The edges are notched and leaf-like, with a dome-headed split rivet with an angled circular rove between three separate attached bosses, each decorated with three scrolls of twisted wire with six pellets between (two pellets missing from one boss) and plain wire around the base. The circular-sectioned hook is attached with solder, and there are scars from a separate horizontal bar on the reverse, now missing.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2022
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Record ID: BM-554F41
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt hooked tag, cast flower-shaped backplate with upper and inner rows of petals; hook soldered onto back at top; attachment bar below. 15 by 27mm, weight 3.94g. Related to a dress hook from Wymondham, Norfolk,  (BM MME 2002, 2-2,1) for which see Dora Thornton and David Mitchell, “Three Tudor silver dress-hooks”, The Antiquaries Journal, 83, 2003, pp.486-491, p.488, fig.2. The difference between the hooks lies in the fact that this example is cast with applied hook and bar, whereas the BM example is assembled from pieces of sheet with central pin, in the more …
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2022
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Record ID: BM-54A7BA
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Triangular dress-hook; cusped backplate applied with recurving hook (broken) , attachment bar missing. On the front three hemispheres with filigree roundels and central knops; at the centre a pin with shank attaching it to the backplate, with small pierced circle of silver in form of a flowerhead which fits in middle of the dress fitting. The shank is damaged and the flower-head element is loose; it would originally have been attached to the shank by a domed-headed pin. Approx. 2.9 cm in length. 16th Century, English.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-548A08
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt dress hook in the form of a book, rectangular backplate with seven projecting knops along the sides; fleur-de-lis at the point where the recurving hook is soldered onto the backplate. On the front, within a rectangular frame, an impressed heart and 3 indentations above. Front gilded. Bar attachment on reverse now missing; solderb marks show its original position. Length: 1.5 cm. 16th Century.
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-540D5C
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver 16th Century silver hooked tag with recurving hook. The trefoil plate is solid (L. 11.7mm. W. 11.5mm). The upper surface has a plain raised border, and there are three slightly domed circular bosses, one within each lobe of the trefoil. There is a small, raised pellet in the centre of the plate, with three further small, raised pellets on the outside edge, one in each angle between the lobes. The reverse of the plate is flat. There are two circular attachment scars in each of the upper two lobes indicating where the rectangular loop, now missing, was originally attached…
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-0443D7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Roman solidus of Constantius II (AD 323-361), dating to the period c.AD 347-348 (Reece period 18). VICTORIAE DD NN AVGG reverse type depicting Two Victories standing facing one another holding a wreath inscribed VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX. Mint of Trier. RIC VIII, p. 147, no. 132. This type is not recorded in Bland and Loriot (2010) amongst the 19 British finds of solidi noted by them for Constantius II.
Created on: Friday 8th April 2022
Last updated: Friday 8th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stiffkey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-DA3617
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval fragment of a dress hook or fitting, in the form of a bent and broken flat backed bar with elaborate cast decoration comprising curled mouldings on upper part of the torso of a herm, head missing, breasts and stomach with navel above draped loin-cloth and short length of broken plain D-sectioned bar. There are worn traces of short, evenly spaced transverse lines on reverse.
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2022
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Record ID: BM-AFBF3E
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a silver bodkin with a cross-shaped terminal and a bent, rounded scoop at the upper arm. Oblique notches form very short horizontal arms and a perforated rounded lower arm. The shank is rectangular, with five vertical and two horizontal engraved lines on both faces. The break runs across a longitudinal rectangular perforation. A similar example can be seen in Margeson (1993), pp. 8–9, plates I and II and fig. 4, no. 21.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
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Record ID: BM-AECA52
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver bodkin, approximately 5 cm long from ear scoop on one end to the point where the bodkin is bent back on itself. Complete, tapering at one end, engraved along its length on both sides, with flowerheads on either side of the rectangular opening. Beyond this, a threading hole, then the ear scoop which is also bent back on itself. No marks. 17th Century. Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of Renaissance Collections Prehistory and Europe The British Museum
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Last updated: Monday 19th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chilcomb Civil Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-AE9FBC
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
This head-dress pin is of a type described as a ‘bodkin’. It has a flattened section with a rectangular eye. On both sides there is a serrated leaf motif below the eye, with on one side the inscribed letters M. C. and on the other a single inscribed F. It is broken through the eye and the terminal is missing. The pin has a more sinuous form than is commonly seen. It is a relatively plain example of its type. The pin is of silver, and contains at least 10 per cent by weight of metal as precious metal. It measures 83.3mm long and weighs 3.93 grammes. It is in fair co…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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