Record ID: WILT-47E34E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age gold quarter stater of the East Wiltshire region, dating to c. 50-35 BC. Savernake Wheel type. Obverse: wreath, crescents below, pelleted spike. Reverse: horse, wheel below, solar spiral above. As ABC p.107, no.2101; BMC 546. 
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Royal Wootton Bassett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-6D9F1B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Late Post Medieval gold finger ring, dating to c. AD 1800-1850. The hoop of the ring is slightly sub-circular in plan. The bezel has an orange/red glass sub-circular setting, with a slight blemish within the glass. The shoulders of the ring are decorated with a possible foliate design, but this is difficult to distinguish. The hoop has some old damage and there is a seam showing on the exterior of the hoop, caused during the manufacturing process. The interior of the hoop has a folded seam which is particularly in evidence at the base of the hoop, plus there are striati…
Created on: Friday 29th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-9A20D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age gold stater of of the Catuvellauni, attributed to Addedomaros, struck between 50 BC-AD 10. Addedomaros Spiral type.  Obverse: Six-armed wreath spiral, three crescents at centre. Reverse:  Horse right, possible cornucopia motif below (but this is unclear) and inscription [ADDIIDOM] above. ABC Type 2517.
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-245BDA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval gold half noble of Edward III dating to AD 1356-1361 (Series G Fourth coinage Pre-Treaty Period).  EDWAR DEI G REX ANGL [ .. ] obverse depicting the king standing facing in a ship.  He is crowned and wearing armour, and holds in his right hand a sword and in his left a shield quartered with the arms of England and France.  DOMINE [NE IN FV]RORE TVO ARGVAS ME reverse depicting a floriated cross with a lis at the end of each limb and an ornamented compartment (containing the king's initial) in the centre; in each angle, a lion passant, guardant, with a …
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-AD7ED8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete uninscribed Iron Age base gold stater of East Wiltshire, dating to 50-20 BC. Savernake Forest  type. Obverse: plain. Reverse: skinny horse right, pellet mane, possible solar spiral above, large wheel below, torc-like motif in front, various pellets around. ABC, p. 107, no. 2091. Coin is slightly chipped around the edge.
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: WILT-830027
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Bronze Age, gold, square-sectioned, penannular bar-bracelet, dating to c.1300-800 cal BC. The body of the bracelet is solid, extended out and slightly twisted, flaring out at each terminal to a flattened off circle 5.5mm in diameter. Both termini are bent upwards, one at 90˚, the other at 45˚. The surfaces are scratched and abraded, but otherwise undecorated and smoothly finished. Dimensions: Bent length: 109.2mm Extended length: 165.0mm Diameter: 2.6mm x 3.4mm Weight: 22.19g Discussion: The gold penannular bracelet is characteristic of British Bronze Age ornamentation. …
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 28th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-39B67B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A clipped imitation of a medieval gold quarter noble of Edward III (1327-1377). The obverse shows annulets on the cusps of the tressure and a lis in the centre of the reverse suggesting the prototype was a quarter noble of Edward III's Treaty Period, the annulets seen in the 'Transitional Series' of 1361-3 (North 1224), the lis seen in the Treaty Series of 1363-9 (North 1243-4). However, there are a number of differences: the inscriptions on both obverse and reverse vary from the standard legends although are both legible and literate, e.g. GRACIA is spelt in full…
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th March 2023
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Record ID: WILT-7BEB48
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold quarter stater dating to c 65-40 BC.  The coin is a Hampshire Thunderbolt and is attributed to the Belgae.  The obverse depicts a stylised boat possibly with two standing figures.  The reverse depicts a cruciform thunderbolt motif, various objects in angles.  Rudd (2010) ABC 767.  
Created on: Monday 30th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2023
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Record ID: WILT-17362B
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Early Medieval gold and garnet pendant, dating to c. AD 600-650. Drop-shaped in plan, comprising a dark red cabochon gemstone, probably a re-used Roman garnet (M. Henig, pers. comm.), set within a composite gold frame surrounded by a single strand of beaded wire with a serrated setting. At the top of the pendant is a suspension loop made from a strip of gold sheet decorated with four parallel ridges, bent into a loop and soldered onto the pendant's frame. The find is in fairly good condition, although one of the serrated teeth has been bent backwards, the garnet ha…
Created on: Friday 15th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Hullavington CP'', grid reference and parish protected.

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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-54BBAA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman gold finger ring dating to c. AD 1-200. The find is much bent and distorted, with a circular hoop of circular cross-section and what appear to be a pair of opposed possible snake heads forming the bezel. max. length of distorted hoop 25.0mm thickness wire hoop (circular sectioned) 1.3mm max setting length 8.5mm (right angles to hoop) max setting width 6.8mm depth setting 2.6mm weight 1.95g Discussion: snake rings are common finds from the early Roman period. This ring appears to broadly conform with the type and would be classified as Johns t…
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
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Record ID: WILT-CAC7DF
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold cross, of Post Medieval to Modern date. It is completely plain except for an incised marginal line which continues around the whole item. Each arm of the cross ends in a trefoil shape - bifurcated with a central lobe. The uppermost arm has an integral flat circular extension which is pierced and holds a split gold ring for attachment to a chain. There is a worn, indecipherable maker's mark near the lower end of the long arm Dimensions: length 27.34mm; width 16.9mm; 1.23mm thick; 0.81g in weight
Created on: Monday 28th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2023
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Record ID: WILT-47EA19
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval gold annular brooch, dating to c. AD 1200-1400, with constriction for the pin. The band is wedge-shaped in section with a ring of small conjoined pellets on the upper surface and a legend on the outer face which reads, ‘IE SVI FLVR D[E] BO[N]’, meaning “I am a flower of good”. This is possibly a message from the giver of the brooch to its wearer. The find is in fine condition and the pin still moves freely within the constriction. Dimensions: Diameter: 13.1mm; width of band 1.2mm; thickness 1.3mm; weight: 1g. Discussion: There are a nu…
Created on: Thursday 23rd December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Westbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-47BD2F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Post-Medieval gold mourning ring, dating to AD 1708. The find is slightly convex on both the inner and outer edges. The hoop is plain, except for a Death’s Head engraved into the outer surface. The eye sockets and the upper row of teeth are portrayed along the length of the hoop, with traces of black enamel remaining in the grooves. On the inner surface is stamped a maker's mark in Roman capitals ‘WC’ within a shield, followed by an inscription in italic Latin: ‘MB obt 29 June 1708 Æt: 31’, meaning ‘MB died 29 June 1708 aged 31&r…
Created on: Thursday 23rd December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton Rivers CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-1EF523
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman sheet gold leaf ornament, dating to c. AD 300-400. The object comprises a single thin sheet of gold cut into the form of a leaf with a midrib and the remains of six pairs of radiating veins. The veins are also incised though on alternating sides with the first pair being on the same side as the rib, the second pair on the opposite side, and so on. The gold sheet has been torn at the base, probably due to an old break. The gold sheet has been folded back on itself from the base on one side of the reverse. Dimensions:  Length: 12.2mm, width: 11.1mm; thick…
Created on: Tuesday 21st December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 8th March 2023
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Record ID: WILT-23A52E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval gold finger-ring of the type known as a puzzle ring, dating to c. AD1700-1900 . It consists of three interlinking gold hoops, each with a sub-square cross-section with rounded angles. The hoops are now bent and slightly mis-shapen, the grooved hoop in particular. This one has tightly spaced transverse grooves around all faces; the other two are undecorated. Each hoop was originally 20.0mm in diameter; total weight: 4.42g Similar puzzle-rings have been recorded on the PAS database, e.g. NMS-8BC638; BH-DCD252 (both with one ring decorated); WMID-68CAA3 and NAR…
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yatton Keynell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-5D350B
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Found whilst metal detecting on cultivated land at a depth of 3 inches. Gold ingot of probable Bronze Age date. The find is a slightly bent cylindrical length of gold. One end is complete and flat, the other is slightly twisted and was probably broken by hammering a dent and breaking it across the thinnest place. Hammer marks are still evident.  Dimensions: Dimensions: 56.0mm in length; 3.8mm in diameter or thickness, 9.65g in weight. Discussion: A similar ingot was found in Horsham, West Sussex and is recorded on the PAS database as SUSS-66EEF6 (2008 T329), which was…
Created on: Monday 6th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-0D9491
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but crushed Early Medieval gold bead dating to c. AD 600-700. The find is made from a sheet of gold formed into an almond shape. It is hollow, with a simple longitudinal butt joint. The ends of the bead are constricted. Although it has been crushed, part of the surface bears marks which may have been decorative. Small longitudinal lines can be seen with possibly repousse motifs.  Dimensions: Length: 12.9mm; width: 8.3mm; thickness: 3.6mm; weight: 0.57g Discussion: The find would fit into Hines and Bayliss Type BE3-b ‘Almond-shaped, biconical …
Created on: Thursday 2nd September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 18th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-981B2F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval gold posy ring dating to c. AD 1750 onwards. It is plain and undecorated on the external surface. The inside surface is flat with an engraved inscription reading Deny not he who loveth thee in italic cursive writing. It is stamped IM in a punched rectangular recess which may have been engraved over (R. King pers. comm.)  Diameter: 21.8mm; thickness: 1.22mm; weight: 2.45g Rachel King (British Museum) comments: ‘Deny not he that loveth thee’ may refer to a spouse, but also to God/Christ, and thus this ring may as much …
Created on: Thursday 22nd July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Calne Without CP'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-299199
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold and copper-alloy penannular ring dating to the Bronze Age (1150-800 BC). The ring is circular in cross-section and tapers slightly at the terminals. One terminal is slightly wider than the other and the thinner is now exposed, revealing the copper-alloy core. The surface is undecorated. Dimensions: Diameter 15.22mm, weight 2.95g. Discussion: “The penannular ring belongs to a class of artefact which has been termed 'hair-rings' and 'ring-money' (Taylor 1980; Green 1988; Eogan 1994; 1997; Varndell 2001; Hobbs 2003; Meeks et al 2008; O'Connor e…
Created on: Monday 17th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Kingston Deverill'', grid reference and parish protected.