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Record ID: PAS-755C62
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval finger ring, of stirrup shape. The hoop is slightly distorted and abraded along its edges. The ring is set with a roughly rectangular stone, which is held in place by two claws. The ring is gold, and dates from the 13th century. The stone is blue, and is a sapphire. Surface analysis indicated gold and silver contents of approximately 73–76% and 16–18% respectively, and confirmed the gemstone Dimensions: length 25 mm, width 20 mm It has been published in the Treasure Annual Report 2005/6 (p. 115, no. 403)
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 10th February 2024
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Record ID: PAS-7555B5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval finger ring of iconographic type.  The bezel is hexagonal and contains a depiction of God the Father holding the figure of Christ on the Cross.  This was the conventional way to portray the Trinity in the late medieval period, though the dove representing the Holy Spirit seems to be absent. The hoop of the ring is twisted.  The twists closest to the bezel are engraved with seven five-petalled flowers and a lupin (?).  The five-petalled flower is a recognised reference to the five wounds of Christ and the number seven may be an allusion to the seven sorro…
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 10th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North of Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-751353
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval finger-ring in three fragments, formed of a flat hoop terminating in two clasped hands with scalloped cuffs. The ring carried a rudimentary engraving, which consists of an inscription punctuated by simple stars, circles and foliate motifs. The inscription reads: 'de don co . . '. The inscription is either a corruption of the popular medieval sentiment 'de bon coer' ('of/from good heart') or it signifies the gift of/from a heart (using the noun 'don' meaning 'gift'). The finger-ring is silver-gilt, and dates from the la…
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 10th February 2024
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Record ID: PAS-E55AC1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver-gilt finger-ring imitating the form of a miniature strap or belt, with a bezel in the shape of a buckle. The hoop, which is rectangular in section, is now slightly squashed into an oval shape. The hoop is engraved with a black letter inscription, * iesus * nazerenus. The ring probably dates to the late 14th or 15th century. Compare BM BEP OA.7468 for a similar example. Dimensions: max. external diameter of distorted hoop 29.3mm min. external diameter of distorted hoop 19.1mm width band 3.3mm thickness band 1.4mm length (curved) belt motif 2…
Created on: Friday 13th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2022
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Record ID: PAS-425D07
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A late medieval or early post-medieval silver signet ring, with a circular bezel engraved with a Lombardic letter E. The bezel is engraved with sprigs above and below, and to the right of, the initial, all within a border of punched pellets. The hoop is of D-section, with rounded raised edges to the hoop which extend from each shoulder. A small piece of the edge of the hoop is missing towards the back.  The ring probably dates to the 15th or 16th century. Dimensions: Diameter: 24.7mm, width: 12.9mm, thickness: 1.7mm. Weight: 9.23g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
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Record ID: PAS-B995F8
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval cast copper-alloy strap-slide, c.1150-1400 AD. The slide consists of a single, sub-rectangular loop with a pair of opposed internal sub-triangular projections about a third of the way up the sides of the frame. The frame is rectangular in cross-section. The frame is slightly asymmetrical and measures 12.2 mm long, 14.2 mm wide and 1.6 mm thick. It weighs 0.80 g. Egan and Pritchard (1991, 234) illustrate a number of similar examples, including ref. 1256 and ref. 1259 which they assign to a late 12th to late 14th century date. They note that these strap loops are th…
Created on: Friday 13th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddar CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-C43BBB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A twisted, but complete medieval copper-alloy probable buckle plate (c. 13th century). The plate is sub-rectangular, and terminates in a protruding zoomorphic head. It is folded at the frame end; the frame is missing. There is a central cut out for the pin. The fold is short to the reverse, truncated at the first of two rivet holes; it also tapers to its end on that face, giving it a trapezoidal shape. The second central rivet hole on the plate is located towards the terminal. While the rivet connecting the folds survives in situ, the second is missing. At the terminal the plate narro…
Created on: Friday 1st November 2019
Last updated: Saturday 23rd November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-2F9CAB
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and damaged cast copper-alloy single-looped buckle frame of medieval date. The artefact is an irregular D-shape with prominent protruding outer edge such that it tends towards the sub-trapezoidal. The sides of the frame have been bent; one is truncated, a loss that extends to the bar. The surviving bar, consisting of the majority of the original bar, has been bent back on itself; the pin is missing. The bar is narrowed and offset. The protrusion forms the pin rest and features a shallow central pin groove along its width. It terminates with truncated, straightened cur…
Created on: Friday 25th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 29th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sixpenny Handley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-2F7696
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy swivel strap fitting of medieval date c. 1200-1400. The fitting comprises a pair of D-shaped loops which are connected in such a way that they can each swivel. Each loop has with zoomorphic heads biting a central internal boss. The heads have prominent brows and expanded jaws. One of the bosses has an integral bolt that emerges from the centre of its base, the bolt narrower than the base of the boss. The bolt fits into a large circular perforation which almost fills the boss on the other loop. The metal has a variable mid-green patina and is worn. Similar…
Created on: Friday 25th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 12th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sixpenny Handley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-F1C5B3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distorted gold finger ring in the form of a plain hoop which is D-shaped in section. The shoulders of the hoop each have four incisions to form three collars on either side of the bezel. The bezel is missing its original setting and is in a form which was probably originally rectangular but has now been distorted. The walls of the cell have been flattened at one side. There are general marks of damage throughout. The lack of diagnostic information on this ring makes dating it difficult. No exact parallels have been found on the PAS database nor in the British Museum's collection, …
Created on: Wednesday 17th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
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Record ID: PAS-2F5E63
Object type: SCABBARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A broken and incomplete copper-alloy scabbard chape of medieval date, missing its side arms which would have been connected to each other via a perforated terminal loop. The fitting is zoomorphic, representing a winged animal in profile, probably a bird, whose head is at the arm end of the base plate. It was formed from a single plate that has been folded in half. The animal's tail is at the bend. The ends of the plate have been riveted together and are in the shape of the animal's head; the rivet survives and appears to have been made of a different alloy. There is a sub-triangular…
Created on: Wednesday 7th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 7th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage St. Michael CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-86BFBD
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy sub-oval buckle frame dating from the 11th or 12th century. The outer edge and sides sub-triangular in cross-section; the latter develop into moulded devolved animal heads at each end of the bar (beast biting bar type). The bevelled front of the outer edge is decorated with engraved lines, transverse towards the centre, tending towards oblique on the sides. The bar is narrower than the frame and is recessed. The pin is missing but there is a groove to act as a pin rest. Iron corrosion product on both surfaces at the end of one of the sides, around the animal head, is …
Created on: Thursday 18th October 2018
Last updated: Thursday 18th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berwick St. John CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-75D66D
Object type: STRAP FITTING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A worn and corroded copper-alloy strap-fitting of medieval date. The artefact has a sub D-shaped frame with central internal projection from its outer edge. The incurved outer edge effectively consists of a pair of semicircles which converge in this projection which terminates in a slightly expanded knob. The front of the object is bevelled slightly both externally and internally on the front; the reverse is flat. Around the bar part of a sheet plate has been retained; since it is partial the artefact can be considered incomplete, although the frame is an intact component. The plate i…
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage St. Michael CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-72DFB6
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval copper-alloy buckle of the 'gaping-mouth beast' type, complete with its pin (c. 12th century). This buckle is moulded in three dimensions and takes the form of a hollow, open-mouthed animal head which is integrally cast with a frame and bar. The head is sub-circular when viewed from above and a three quarters circle in cross-section. The top of the head is decorated with a central nasal ridge which bifurcates about halfway along the head to turn into ears which continue down the sides of the head to the base. Set in front of the ears are moulded elongated oval eyes which st…
Created on: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage All Saints CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-A21B61
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval copper-alloy buckle, probably late 12th to 13th century (c. AD 1150 - c. AD 1300). All elements are present and complete; the frame and pin in articulation with the plate. The frame, of Meols type 4, is oval with an offset and recessed bar with slight knops at either end of the bar. Its outer edge is bevelled externally on the front, which is echoed internally on the reverse. At the centre on the front the angled side is interrupted by a rectangular pin rest with central groove. The pin is formed of a thick strip of copper-alloy sheet, and survives in situ wrapped around…
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gussage St. Michael CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-361A64
Object type: BUCKLE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy pin detached from a medieval buckle described as a 'disc-on-pin' type, and classifiable as Redmayne's Type B. The pin is formed of a large central circular plate with protrusions emerging from opposing points. The first of the protrusions is the pin tip, which gradually tapers to a blunted point. The loop, opposite, is slightly recessed on the front and curves back behind the plate, but does not form a closed loop. The front of the plate is highly decorated. It is moulded, with two main wide borders, that at the circumference lower than that within it. They both surroun…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wimborne St. Giles CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-ADC81F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver-gilt iconographic ring. The bezel is engraved with the figure of a female saint, probably St Barbara, holding a tower in her left hand and possibly a palm branch in her right. The hoop and shoulders are wreathed, forming a ridge along each shoulder. The facetted shoulders are engraved with flowers and leaves, which may originally have been enamelled. The gilding survives inside the hoop and in the recessed areas outside the hoop and on the bezel. The ring dates to the 15th century. Dimensions: height 24 mm, width 21 mm, width of bezel 7 mm. In terms of age a…
Created on: Friday 9th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 19th May 2017
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Record ID: PAS-A9E9AA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A late medieval silver-gilt ring, the hoop of which is decorated with engraved lozenges and half-lozenges creating a criss-cross effect. The spaces are decorated with sub foliate motifs. Gilding remains only in the deepest recesses of the design. The ring dates from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century.
Created on: Friday 9th December 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
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Record ID: PAS-1382E2
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A gold medieval ring brooch of thirteenth-century date. The brooch is annular-shaped with two raised collets, both of which are set with pink gemstones identified by raman spectroscopy as almandine garnets. The pin has a collar and rests against a small foliate quatrefoil at the opposite end. The face of the brooch is bifaceted and inscribed with Lombardic characters: + IESVI ICIE NILV DAMI. The modern French might be: Je suis ici in lieu d'ami which can be translated as 'I am here in place of a friend'. The reverse of the brooch is plain. Lightbown cites a different type of broo…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Last updated: Monday 6th April 2020
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Record ID: PAS-B53756
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
I have examined three coins reported found in the Great Dunmow area, Essex. The coins are all gold quarter-nobles of King Edward III and will therefore be over 23 carats fine, or about 96% good gold. The quarter-noble was the smallest of the three gold denominations of later medieval English currency, worth 1s.8d. (20-pence), so three were worth 60-pence, or five shillings. Their details are as follows: Edward III Third Coinage, second issue (1346-51) Quarter-noble North 1112 2.10g (JL) Quarter-noble North 1112 …
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2015
Last updated: Friday 20th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Dunmow Area', grid reference and parish protected.