Record ID: BERK-9D44CB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold and enamel memento mori (mourning) ring. The ring is a plain band apart from the image of a skull denoted by two eyes, nose and mouth with a circumferential line. The eyes still have traces of black enamel. The mouth is denoted by a series of raised dots representing teeth. The line around the face is misshapen, leaving more blank space inside the line to the left of the face. The inscription inside the ring reads C : Tooker : ob : 23 : July : 1716 : cet : 38 There is also a makers mark of a W before the name. The internal diameter is 19.56mm which equates to a modern U…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 22nd September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-708FAB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete milled gold half guinea of Charles II (AD 1660 to AD 1685), dating to AD 1683. Minted at London. Spink 3348. Diameter: 20.9 mm Thickness: 1.2 mm Weight: 4.0 g (63 gn)
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 6th September 2022
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Record ID: DENO-32D2E3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold posy ring of post medieval date (AD 1654 – 1686). The band is D-shaped in section and decorated with an alternating design of incised ovals containing floral, saltire and ring and dot designs, separated by incised horizontal lines and all contained within an external border. There is still white enamel retained within most of the decoration. The italicised inscription on the inside of the band reads ‘Within thy brest my hart doth rest:’, followed by a maker's mark in block roman capitals within a rectangular punch: ‘TS’. This mark is probably fo…
Created on: Saturday 3rd September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ordsall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-F185EE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A complete but warped cast gold posy ring of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1650 - 1725. The object is a finger ring composed hoop which would have been circular but has now been squashed into an irregular sub-oval shape. The ring has a shallow D-shaped cross-section with a convex outer surface and flat inner surface. The ring is plain barring an inscription on the inner surface of the hoop. This reads “Let virtue still direct thy will”. The finger ring is still a clear gold colour but has several scratches on its outer surface and occasional chips on the edg…
Created on: Wednesday 31st August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ardington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-60B74C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold mourning ring of late 18th century date. The ring comprises a simple hoop, 3.4mm wide and 1.3mm thick with an internal diameter of c. 18mm. The exterior has engraved decoration and an inscription in retained metal which reads: JOHN EDWARDS OB : 1 OCT 1776 Æ 64. There are traces of black enamel around the legend in the incised areas. The margins are beaded on both edges. The interior of the hoop is slightly convex and has two apparently identical maker's marks of JH in rectangular escutcheons.
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-E42E4C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post-Medieval gold inscribed posy finger ring dating c. AD 1550 - 1650. The hoop is complete but crushed with a plano-convex cross-section. The external surface is decorated in a foliate style with a single, incised wavy groove or tendril running the circumference of the hoop with a scroll in each angle, all set within a panel bordered by a single groove on each outside edge. Tiny traces of black enamel survive in the recesses in two areas. The ring is inscribed on the internal surface, rendered in tidy serifed Roman capitals reading: + [c…
Created on: Thursday 18th August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Martinstown', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-0FD991
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold mourning ring with black enamel decoration and internal inscription, of post-medieval date, c. 1600-1750. The ring consists of a triangular sectioned gold hoop, with an exposed median ridge of gold. The exterior surface is decorated with heavy blue-black enamelling, which is lost in places, along with a trace of white enamel (probably from a depiction of a skull). The interior of the hoop is engraved with the inscription ‘Prepare to follow MC', in a curvilinear italic script, followed by a stamped maker’s mark consisting of a letter S inside a pent…
Created on: Monday 8th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 26th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ogwell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-91CAB0
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasue Case 2022 T735: Gold post-medieval stud or mount. Report written by Helen Clarke-Hill (nee Fowler) Finds Liaision Officer (Camb & Peterborough) Description: An early Post-Medieval hat or cap pin, dress hook badge, c. 16th Century AD (c.AD 1500-1600). While no exact example to reference has been found, this is a hat-hook or cap-badge pin (also referred to as a dress hook) of Post-Medieval date evidenced by the presence of the double recurved (S shaped) pin shaft. The artefact weighs 0.87g. When viewed from above the pin head is sub-square. The head is a four-sided pyram…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 19th March 2024
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Record ID: WREX-9007E5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description and identification Decorative gold posy-ring. The hoop is of flattened-D cross-section, and the outer surface is cast with a repeating floral pattern quatrefoils flowers flanked by foliage, inlaid with black enamel. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: If worthy none So happy, in italic script. External hoop diameter 16.1 mm; maximum band width 3mm; maximum band thickness 0.9mm; weight 1.65g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. Conclusions A similar design has been recorded on a posy ring from Llantwit Major, engraved with the m…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-FE5DEB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Post-Medieval guinea of William and Mary dated to AD 1694. Crowned shield reverse. Mint of London. Spink (2013), p.351, no.3426.
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 13th September 2022
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Record ID: OXON-FC03F7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A complete gold finger ring of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1650 - 1725. The object is a finger ring composed of a robust circular hoop. The ring has a D-shaped cross-section with a deep convex outer surface and flat inner surface. The ring is plain barring an inscription on the inner surface of the hoop. This reads “Love is the bond of Pease” in italics. Dimensions: The finger ring has a maximum diameter of 23.2mm, is 4.7mm wide, 2.4mm thick and weighs 7.81 grams. Discussion:   Posey / posie rings are a simple gold band engraved with a brief sen…
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hatford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-FBF56A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A complete cast gold Memento mori finger ring of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1700 - 1750. The object is a finger ring composed of a circular hoop that is warped slightly into an oval shape. The ring has a D-shaped cross-section with a slightly convex outer surface and flat inner surface. The outer surface is engraved with a skull made of two eyes, a nose, and mouth whose edges are defined by bracket shape lines with floral motifs making up the remaining space. This includes a six petalled flower on the opposite side of the ring from the skull. The inner surface of the…
Created on: Tuesday 26th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hatford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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: WAW-6B56B9
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold seal matrix dating to the Post Medieval to Early Modern period (c. AD 1750-1900). The object has a heptagonal handle with an integral suspension loop at the apex. The handle has evenly spaced longitudinal channels running from a collar below the suspension loop down the handle to just above the matrix setting. A rounded knop crowns the suspension loop. The seal matrix itself is made of a black stone with the initials DE in black script in the centre of the matrix. Comparable examples recorded on the PAS database include KENT-D8D25B, WILT-669DA9 and WAW-299C28. …
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 7th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-570639
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval to Post-Medieval gold 10 Cruzados (Português) of Manuel I of Portugal (1495-1521), dating to AD1499-1521 (Gomez 74.05). The coin has a small, round punch mark (located at 3 o'clock on the line of the inner circle on the obverse, and by the top of the central cross at at 1 o'clock on the reverse) which has almost pierced the coin. The punch was made from reverse to obverse. 
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2022
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Record ID: KENT-C48C99
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval - Georgian, steam powered minted 22 carat gold George III (1760-1820) last or new coinage (1816-1820) half-sovereign coin. Obverse: Laureate head right. Inscription: GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA Reverse: Crowned shield of United Kingdom Inscription: REX FID:DEF..BRITANNIARUM. Mint name: Tower Hill London. Die axis: 6 o'clock. Worn or fine condition with a number of scratches especially on the obverse caused by agricultural machinery. This coin dates to 1817. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2017, page 467 No. 3786. The coin is 19.41mm long, 19.40 mm wide, 0.89mm thick,…
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Last updated: Saturday 2nd July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-591F3E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2022 T621. Description:  A complete gold mourning or memento mori finger ring of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1676. The ring is circular in plan with a D-shaped section. The outer surface is decorated with one engraved stylised skull in ¾ profile left. The interior surface of the ring is inscribed with lower case cursive text reading "In remb: of E B 19 Mar, 76.". A sponsor or makers mark is present which appears to include the letters IS. Dimensions: Diameter: 20.5mm; Width: 3.3mm; Thickness: 1.3mm; Weight: 3.3g. Discussion: The inscription on…
Created on: Friday 24th June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GLO-48655F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold finger ring with a D-shape cross-section hoop. The flat inside is engraved with the inscription ‘Hart content will not repeut (Heart content will not repent) written in lowercase letters with the final n engraved upside-down This inscription is seen of three other examples on this database KENT-EC4332 (2022T61) and WILT-AFE9A5 (2012T669). The lettering style is still constant with examples from the mid 17th top mid 18th century Therefore, on balance of probability, it is likely the ring predates 1720 and as it contains a minimum of 10% precious metal, it qualifies as Treas…
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 10th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coberley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-04EA22
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold Post Medieval posie/posey finger ring with inscription dating c 1680-1780. The ring has a D shaped cross section with champfered edges. The external surface is plain and the internal surface has an engraved inscription in lower case with serifs reading: 'Vnited hearts death only parts'. The 'V' is upper case; the left side of which is formed from a double line. The inscription is followed by an engraved makers mark, possibly of a sun or flower formed of an annulet with eleven radiating lines or rays. Inside the annulet are three…
Created on: Monday 20th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 12th September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WAW-04A679
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A complete gold finger ring, posy type, dating to the Post Medieval period. The ring is circular in plan and the hoop is D-shaped in cross-section. The outer face of the band is decorated with a repeating moulded, intricate, geometric design in relief, which may once have been filled with enamel. The inside of the band bears the inscription: * YOVR . FRENDE . IN . DEEDE. With the N and D ligated in FRENDE. No maker’s mark is apparent. This find was recovered in close proximity to 2022 T605 (silver-gilt dress fastening) close to a moated site but not on the Scheduled …
Created on: Monday 20th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 5th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.