Record ID: LIN-A2DFAD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Roman Solidus of Magnus Maximus dating to the period AD 383-388 (Reece period 20). Mint of Treveri, struck A.D. 383-4. RIC IX Trier 76; Cohen 4; Sear 20631. Some damage to the flan. Obverse description: Rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right Obverse inscription: D N MAG MA-XIMVS P F AVG Reverse description: Emperor standing front, head right, holding a labarum and Victory on a globe, a star on left, SMTR in exergue Reverse inscription: RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE Diameter: 21 mm ; Weight: 4.47g; Die Axis: 6 o clock.
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Swayfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-3B727E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2023 T1022 An incomplete gold finger ring, probably late medieval to early post-medieval in date, c.AD 1400-1600. The finger-ring is in a poor condition: missing its central inset, the bezel has been damaged and the loop is slightly squashed, probably as the result of plough damage. It has a narrow hoop with a D-shaped cross-section, and a rectangular central bezel. The central bezel has a gold rectangular baseplate and rectangular walls soldered on to make an open-topped box. The open-topped box is decorated with seven semi-rectangles (rectangles with semi-circula…
Created on: Monday 9th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tydd St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-A27E42
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold crown coin of Henry VIII, ‘crown on the double rose’ type, second coinage, 1526-1544.  It appears slightly blundered. Obv. A crowned double Rose with a crowned initial to either side H/K, Legend HENRIC VIII ROSA SINE SPINA, saltire stops Rev. Crowned Royal Shield,  VY:D' .G'.ANGL:FRA'.Z.HIB'.REX Diameter: 24.99 mm; Weight: 3.03g; DA12
Created on: Monday 14th August 2023
Last updated: Sunday 12th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-D8D40C
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2023 T525 An incomplete gold cross pendant in the form of a crucified Christ probably dating from the medieval to post-medeival period.  Three arms have survived, the lower arm has broken off and is now missing. Both sides of the cross carries the image of Christ on a cross delineated by grooves, with stretched out arms and possibly wearing a belt or traces of a robe around his waist. The torso thickens (thickness is 2.44 mm) and is hollow. The arm terminals finish with three equidistant annulets at the corners, with the central annulet projecting from the ext…
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 16th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Kettlethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-47ABC6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
 Late North Eastern British Iron Age uninscribed gold quarter staters (attributed to the Corieltavi) struck circa 60 -20 BC are varieties of 'Lindsey Scyphate' S quarter staters. ABC 1773 type, BMC 3190. Obverse: highly stylised boar Reverse: S-shaped design with a ring-pellet in each cusp; a pair of anthropomorphic half-faces with curved brows triangular nose and round eyes positioned either side of the S-shape. Pellets fill the remaining space. Diameter: 16.16 mm; Weight: 1.26g
Created on: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-36705A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Edward IV gold rose noble/ryal, Cross reverse mint mark. First reign, 1461-1470. Light coinage, Type VI, 1465-1466. London mint. Seaby 1951. ED/WARD. DI' GRA. REX. AnGL’ S FRAnC/ DnS.IB’ -- Crowned king in medieval ship with rose on hull, holding sword and Royal Arms, flag with Gothic 'E' to right, crown IhC AVT' TRAnSIEnS PER MEDIVM ILLORVM IBAT trefoil stops/  Ornate cross fleur-de-lis, rose on sunburst in centre, crowned lion passant in angles, all within a tressure of eight arcs with trefoils in spandrels. Trefoi…
Created on: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greetham with Somersby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-B60659
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Iron Age North Eastern 'South Ferriby' stater of the Corieltavi dating to the period c. 50-20 BC (Phase 6). ABC 1743; BMC 3148-78. Obverse description: Wreath, cloak and crescents. Reverse description: Lunate horse left, 'anchor' face above, star sun below and below the head. Diameter: 19.09 mm; Weight: 5.87g
Created on: Wednesday 10th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-1DABA5
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Case 2023 T273. Gold and garnet 7th century Anglo-Saxon assemblage consisting of four pendants and one boss, probably from a brooch. 1. One oval gold pendant set with cabochon-cut gem, probably a garnet. The oval pendant comprises a dark, gently convex oval gem, possibly a garnet, set within a gold frame. The frame is composite, made from a sheet gold backplate with a raised border to which has been attached an upright gold strip, surrounding the gold strip is a gold ridge and a beaded border. The suspension loop is formed out of a reeded strip projection w…
Created on: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Donington on Bain', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-562CF6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold posy ring dating to the 17th-18th century. The ring is made from a D-shaped sectioned gold band. The outer face is undecorated. The inner face has an incised italic inscription, most of which is in lower case, reading 'Knitt in one by christ alone'. Measurements:  20.87 mm in diameter; band 5.14 mm width and 1.91 mm thick. Weight: 2.91g The practice of exchanging Posie or Posey rings, made of gold more often than silver, engraved with mottoes were popular for betrothals or weddings in England between the 16th and 18th …
Created on: Monday 16th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-A1099F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-Medieval gold finger-ring PAS Database number: LIN-A1099F Date: c.AD 1700-1800 Discovery: Metal-detecting on cultivated ground. Description: A complete gold 'posey' ring dating to the late Post-Medieval period (c. AD 1700-1800). The ring is made from a D-shaped sectioned gold band. The outer face is undecorated. The inner face has an incised italic inscription, most of which is in lower case, reading 'Content is all I crave'' followed by a rectangular cartouche carrying a raised heart on a ribbon, or the letters AS. The band is battered …
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2022
Last updated: Friday 18th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dembleby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-9A485B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold quarter laurel of James I (1603-25). Trefoil mintmark. Third coinage. Dated to AD 1624. North 2108-2119). Spink 2642. Obverse description: Laureated bust in armour left with V behind Obverse inscription: IACOBVS [D G MA BRI] FRA ET HI REX Reverse description: Long cross fleury over crowned square shield Reverse inscription: HENRIC [ROSAS] RE[GNA] IA[CO'] Diameter: 23 mm; Weight: 2g
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 22nd September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Haconby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-8487BD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Iron Age North Eastern 'South Ferriby' stater of the Corieltavi dating to the period c. 50-20 BC (Phase 6). ABC 1743; BMC 3148-78. Obverse description: Wreath, cloak and crescents. Reverse description: Lunate horse left, 'anchor' face above, star sun below, pellet rosette above head. Diameter: 20 mm; Weight: 6g
Created on: Wednesday 7th September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Firsby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-733E63
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2022 T827 A complete gold ring of uncertain date. An undecorated gold annular band of hexagonal cross-section with a flat internal and external faces, the faces to either side being angled. On the internal angled face there is a sub-triangular silver blob - and there are traces of silver along the same face.  There is little sign of wear, except for some light scratches and scuff marks. Diameter (external): 23.94 mm (internal): 19.72 mm; Thickness: 2.49 mm; Width of band: 2.05 mm; Weight: 4.30g Similar gold rings are thought to possibly f…
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Heckington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-D15269
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very badly damaged gold Iron Age North Eastern 'South Ferriby' stater of the Corieltavi dating to the period c. 50-20 BC (Phase 6).  Obverse description: Wreath, cloak and crescents. Reverse description: Unclear Diameter: 16.56 mm; Thickness: 4.59 mm; Weight: 4.40g
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 9th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Surfleet area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-BDB0B7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete early medieval Merovingian gold tremissis, 'mint and moneyer' or 'National Series' broadly dating c.AD580-670 although this coin may date c.620-640, mint unknown but probably Austrasia/Frisia (roughly encompassing parts of NE France, N Germany and the Low Countries), cf. Belfort nos 3016, 3029-32, MEC1, nos 510-11. Refs: Belfort 1892: 380, 383; Grierson and Blackburn 1986: 125, pl. 24. The coin was struck on a small flan with the inscription only partially visible owing to the die being larger than the flan. Diameter: 11.14 mm; Thickness: 1.37 mm; Weight: 1.22g …
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-FCBDE8
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete medieval cast gold annular brooch dating to c.AD 1200-1350. The brooch has a plain circular band, rounded in cross-section. The cast pin has a moulded collar at the junction of the loop and shaft, decorated with short diagonal grooves. The loop of the pin encloses the brooch frame. The pin tapers from the collar towards the pointed tip. This brooch is particularly small. Measurements Diameter: 7.57 mm; Thickness: 1.29 mm; Weight: 0.69g. Length of pin: 8.65 mm. Discussion This miniature gold brooch forms part of a small number of similarly sized …
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 26th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Bolingbroke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-84E855
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold post-medieval finger-ring with bezel in the form of a bourchier knot, the band worked as if ropes wreathed with ribbons. Traces of white enamel survive on what appears to be one of the ribbons, and it is possible – although no other traces survive – that the ring was once extensively enamelled in two or more tones. The motto ‘usque ad finem’ – meaning ‘to the very end’. Though the motto is often discussed in terms of death in texts of the 16th and 17th century, its combination with a knot – echoing the ‘fede’ form &ndas…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Thimbleby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-376292
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Iron Age North Eastern 'South Ferriby' stater of the Corieltavi dating to the period c. 50-20 BC (Phase 6). ABC 1743; BMC 3148-78. Obverse description: Wreath, cloak and crescents. Reverse description: Lunate horse left, 'anchor' face above (mostly off the edge), star sun below, pellet rosette above head. Diameter: 18.32 mm; Thickness: 2.38 mm; Weight: 5.87g
Created on: Friday 10th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 13th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-CCA6D4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gold gem-set finger ring, probably late medieval to early post-medieval in date, c.AD 1400-1600. The finger-ring is in good condition with a narrow hoop with a D-shaped cross-section, and a rectangular central bezel with a transparent, facetted gemstone (perhaps quartz crystal). The central bezel has a gold rectangular baseplate and rectangular walls soldered on to make an open-topped box. The open-topped box is decorated with four semirectangles (rectangles with semi-circular tops) recesses along the longer sides and three across …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-504982
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval gold tremissis of the Merovingian 'mint and moneyer' or 'national' series dating to c.AD580-670, mint: Coriallum (modern Cherbourg, France), moneyer: Rignicharius (Belfort 1639, Prou 302). Ref: Belfort 1982, vol 1: 467; Prous 1892: 71. Diameter: 12.29 mm; Thickness: 0.95 mm; Weight: 1.39g This is the first Merovingian tremissis of this type recorded on the PAS database. 18.11.2021
Created on: Friday 5th November 2021
Last updated: Friday 10th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horncastle area', grid reference and parish protected.