Record ID: CAM-5E4296
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval gold mourning finger-ring. The finger-ring is a circular loop with 'D' shaped cross-section the inner surface being flat and the external surface convexly curved. The loop has an internal diameter of c.15.7mm and external diameter of c.17.8mm. The band has a width of 3.0mm and thickness of c.2.0mm as evidenced by the variation of internal and external loop diameter. The internal surface is smooth and undecorated with the exception of an incised inscription and maker's mark. The punch-stamped maker's mark consists of a depressed (or sunken) rectangular fi…
Created on: Thursday 1st October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 21st September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pinchbeck parish area.', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-59A99B
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold penannular ring. A cast coiled round-section rod with 23 silver-grey bands around its outer surface, and with flat rounded opposed ends. A base metal core may be incorporated into the object, though is not visible to the naked eye. The banding confers a vermiform or grub-like appearance, but is worn from one side, and rendered indistinct on the other. Suggested date: late Bronze Age, 1000-800 BC. Submitted to the Treasure process: ref. 2020 T780. Diameter (of rod): 7.5mm, Length: 20.8mm, Height: 18.9mm, Thickness: 7.8mm, Weight: 15.27gms
Created on: Thursday 1st October 2020
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Kelstern', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-4FB56B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold North Eastern 'South Ferriby' stater of the Corieltavi dating to the period c. 50-20 BC (Phase 6). Obverse description: Wreath, cloak and crescents. No inscription Reverse description: Lunate horse left, 'anchor' face above (mostly off the edge),six pointed star sun below. No inscription Diameter: 18.5 mm; Thickness: 3.0 mm; Weight: 5.57g See LIN-DA645D
Created on: Friday 18th September 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 8th June 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Centre of Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-9DC2D1
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle to Late Bronze Age gold penannular ring dating to c. 1300 - 750BC. A complete gold bi-partite penannular ring comprising of two bands of gold stacked one on top of the other, and apparently soldered together. Each band is sub-circular (oval) in cross-section and the ring is sub-circular (oval) when viewed in plan. The terminals are flat and meet in the centre. There are scuff marks located near the terminal on the outer side. In the soldered recess on either side of the terminals, there is slight cracking which can be seen under a microscope. No decoration. The rin…
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2020
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sotby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-9D1C12
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gold Roman (AD 43-410) finger ring dating, probably dating to the first century. The ring is crushed and distorted. It has a distinctive construction using a thin sheet of gold. It has a simple D-shaped hoop widening at the shoulders to the bezel. The hoop is faceted, with a central transverse ridge and slightly angled sides, perhaps gently hammered to create sloping slides. The bezel comprises a central lozenge motif delineated by grooves with a central opening that would have originally contained the setting, perhaps a stone or intaglio, which are now lost. The se…
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2020
Last updated: Friday 21st May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Scampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-3B8EF7
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undiagnostic and unformed blob or droplet of gold, probably evidence of gold working, dating from the Bronze Age to the Post medieval period, 1900 BC - 1900. The piece is roughly oval in plan and rounded in cross-section, like a bean, but irregular with a smaller rounded element connected by a thin strip to one end. It is a dark golden yellow colour with some areas of dark grey on the surface. Length: 15.79mm Width: 11.08mm Thickness: 4.95mm Weight: 3.98g
Created on: Wednesday 12th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 10th November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-13A4DE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold coin. Uninscribed Lindsey Scyphate quarter stater, ABC no. 1770, Later Iron Age issue of Haselgrove Period 2 Phase 6, 50-20 BC. Considered as 'rare' by Rudd et al. 2010. Obverse description: Stylised boar right, with a double line of pellets for its bristling back, a pair of curved ladders for its body, and with a pellet-ended X below its body. Further pellets, similar to those considered as bristles, recur below the X. Reverse description: An S-shaped scroll enclosing a ring in each of its loops, an X with pellet ends joined by lines to right and three pellets to the l…
Created on: Monday 10th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mumby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-277F2D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval gold half-noble of Edward III, Treaty period (1363-1369), Mint: London, N 1238. Obverse description: Forward facing crowned and armoured king in ship with sword in right hand and quartered shield of England and France in left Obverse inscription: XEDW[ARD]xDEIxGxR[EXxAnGLxDxhYBxZxAQT] with double saltire stops Reverse description: Cross Fluery, crown and lion in each angle; small 'E' at the centre Reverse inscription: +DO[MINExM]ExINxFVRORExTVOxARGVASxME with double saltire stops Diameter: c.27 mm; Weight: 3.96g
Created on: Thursday 30th July 2020
Last updated: Thursday 30th July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-9EBDCB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold Iron Age stater. Early Uninscribed 'I' gold. North East Coast uninscribed gold stater of the Corieltauvi, left type. 50-20 BC, Haselgrove Period 2 Phase 6. BMC 193, ABC 1722, VA 804. Obverse: Wreath, cloak, and crescents. Reverse: Disarticulated sinuous horse left, many pellets and charioteer's arms above, solar pellets below, zigzag in exergue. Diameter: 20 mm; Weight: 6g
Created on: Wednesday 17th June 2020
Last updated: Friday 10th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lenton Keisby and Osgodby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-B0B1D0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold coin. Lindsey scyphate gold quarter stater of the Corieltauvi. Reversed type. Uninscribed North-Eastern gold 'North Lincolnshire' type NE5-6. BMC 3193. Dating to c.60-20 BC Obverse: Stylised boar right with pin-cushion bristles on back. Reverse: Reversed plain s-shape, stylised eyebrow and eyes (pellets in crescents) Diameter: 13.03 mm, Weight: 1.40g
Created on: Monday 6th April 2020
Last updated: Thursday 17th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Keal', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-1B904C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete medieval gold finger ring dating to c.AD 1250-1400 The hoop is a simple band made from an oval section of gold wire. The hoop is even in thickness until reaching the bezel where it thickens and widens slightly at either side. The ring has a central bezel with a shoulder ridge upon either side. The bezel is lozenge in form and tapers to the top. The centre of the bezel has a lozenge recess. The gem is missing, but the white adhesive paste is still visible. The setting stands above the band, flaring outwards slightly. Measurements: Outer diameter: 19.51 mm; inner…
Created on: Monday 30th March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 15th September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hanby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-CD7291
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval gold quarter-noble: Edward III, 4th coinage, pre-treaty (N 1141; 1146; 1162; 1189-1192). The coin has been lightly clipped removing parts of the outer edge and its inscription although this is not entirely clipped away. Dating to AD 1356-61 Obverse description: Royal shield quartered with the arms of England and France within a tressure of eight arches Obverse inscription: EDWAR R AIIGL Z FRAIIC D hy Reverse description: Small cross potent with large pellet in centre, annulets in each angle. Reverse inscription: EXALTABITVR.IN.GLORIA Diameter: mm; Thickness:…
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2020
Last updated: Monday 4th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wainfleet St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-07007A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold finger ring of unknown date. Cast D-section band, plain on its outer side, but the bezel comprises of a small triangular ridge with a short, abrupt longitudinal groove on the outer surface. On the opposite surface to the bezel there are two breaks or grooves. Length: 21.30 mm x width: 18.98 mm; Thickness: 1.04 mm; Weight: 0.93g
Created on: Thursday 16th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 25th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Outskirts of Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-712D2E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold and gem finger ring of Medieval date, about AD 1150 - 1500, but most likely to be AD 1200 - 1300. It is a slender stirrup shaped ring, of oval cross-section on the hoop, with the sides rising up to a narrow upright bezel which is triangular in profile. There is a setting at the apex. This holds a small turquoise cabochon opaque semi-precious or glass gem. There is a scratch on one face of the bezel, but no other decoration, markings or inscription. The ring is 20mm external diameter, 22.8mm long from the top of the bezel to the back of the hoop, and 2.2mm thick from face to fac…
Created on: Thursday 9th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 20th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Steeping', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-CCB708
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age gold stater of the East Anglian region / Iceni, dating to the period c.20 BC-AD 40, Freckenham Crescents Ring and Star type. Obverse: Solid back-to-back crescents, row of pellets projecting from each concave side, V-shape at each point of the crescents, pellet triad above and below. Reverse: Horse right, large round head with closed mouth, star below, solar ring above with pellet triad at each side. As ABC, p. 80, no. 1447.
Created on: Friday 20th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 21st January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Holland District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-A0EDEA
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late Bronze Age gold and copper penannular ring from 1300-800 BC. The ring is oval in shape and cross-section with a narrow gap between the terminals which are flat-ended. The surface comprises of a bright gold colour. A base metal core is covered by a sheath of gold. Striped bands of a rose-tinted hue decorate the entire surface area of the ring, each band being c.1.08mm wide, with the divisions appearing to radiate from the empty centre. There is noticeable wear to the inner edge of the object as the surface is slightly pitted. Length: 17.58 mm; Width: 15.81 mm; Thickness: 7.10…
Created on: Wednesday 18th December 2019
Last updated: Monday 26th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Outskirts of Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A07AF7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold coin. Lindsey scyphate quarter stater, uninscribed issue of Haselgrove Period 2 Phase 6, 50-20BC, ABC 1773. Chipped. Obverse description: Boar, body of two lines with strokes between them; a rod with branches at right angles to it on either side below boar, other curls. Reverse description: S-shaped curl enclosing ring and pellet in each loop, two crescents to one side, a scatter of pellets between these major features. Diameter: 16.7mm, Weight: 1.10gms, die axis: possibly 6
Created on: Wednesday 18th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 18th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-3AA228
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn golden guinea of James II, AD 1685-1688, dating to AD 1685. The flan has a milled edge. Obverse shows a laureate head left. Obverse legend reads IACOBVS. II. DEI. GRATIA. Reverse shows a cruciform, which consists of four crowned shields with sceptres in the angles. Reverse legend reads 16-85. MAG-ER. FRA- ET. HIB- REX. Die axis is 6 o'clock. Weight: 8.16g, Diameter: 25.23mm, Thickness: 1.03mm.
Created on: Friday 13th December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 17th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Kesteven District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-EB2C92
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Modern gold third guinea of George III (AD 1760-1820), dating AD 1798. The obverse depicts the bust of George III facing right. The inscription reads GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA. The reverse depicts a crown. The inscription reads MAG . BRI . FR . ET . HIB . REX . 1798. Dimensions: diameter: 17.3mm; thickness: 0.94mm; weight: 2.73g. See ESS-0B0497
Created on: Friday 15th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Canwick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-DA645D
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: 18.65 mm; Thickness: 3.26 mm; Weight: 5.94g
Created on: Monday 21st October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 14th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burgh Le Marsh', grid reference and parish protected.