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Record ID: WMID6014
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The bezel is hexagonal in plan. There is a hexagonal piece of mottled blue coloured glass in the centre forming a raised platform framed by an obliquely angled border which has been moulded to hold the glass, thus forming a 'pie-dish' profile. There are slight shoulders with are rectangular in plan from which the hoop extends. The hoop is a narrow 'D' shape in section. The hoop has been distorted in shape and is broken opposite the bezel.
Created on: Monday 10th March 2003
Last updated: Saturday 11th January 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PAS-388046
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Enamelled gold signet ring engraved with a crest in the form of a mermaid holding a comb and mirror, surrounded by scrolls, within a beaded border. The shoulders with female figures in relief, the hoop with foliate scrolls. Traces of coloured enamels B blue, pale blue, white and translucent green B remain in the relief decoration. Dimensions and metal content: X-ray fluorescence analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated a gold content of approximately 93.5 per cent. Weight: 42.9 g. The listing on the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery website can be found here. Note: T…
Created on: Friday 8th August 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 29th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fisherwick', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: PAS-BA27A7
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: 92 silver denarii and 2 gold aurei. Aurei: Tiberius (AD 14-37), 1 Titus under Vespasian (AD 75), 1 Denarii: Republic, 44 Mark Antony (41-31 BC), 15 Octavian (34-28 BC), 2 Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), 4 Tiberius (AD 14-37), 5 Gaius (AD 37-42), 1 Galba (AD 68-9), 1 Otho (AD 69), 2 Vitellius (AD 69), 1 Vespasian (AD 69-79), 12 Titus under Vespasian, 1 Domitian (AD 81-96), 1 Unidentifiable, 3 Note: To be published in Coin Hoards from Roman Britain XIII.
Created on: Thursday 14th August 2003
Last updated: Tuesday 12th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tamworth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-7698B8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck/ hammered gold half noble of Edward III, minted between AD 1356-1361 (diameter: 27mm; thickness: 0.3mm; weight: 3.74g). The coin is part of the Fourth Coinage [Pre-Treaty Series, Series G, type (a), (b) or (f)] and is slightly double-struck. The coin is slightly worn but in a good condition.
Created on: Tuesday 1st November 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Forton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-FFF874
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly incomplete struck/ hammered gold quarter noble of Edward III, minted in London during the Treaty Period between AD 1363-9 (diameter: 19mm; thickness: 0.5mm; weight: 1.8g). The coin is in a slightly worn but good condition. North, J, J, 1991, 'English Hammered Coinage Volume 2: Edward I to Charles II 1272 - 1662', pages 41 & 56, ref no 1244.
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shenstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-006112
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck/ hammered North-Eastern Gold Inscribed Iron Age stater 'VOLISIOS DUMNOCOVEROS' and minted between AD 20 - 35 (diameter: 20mm; thickness: 1.8mm; weight: 5.3g). The coin is in a slightly worn but good condition. Ref: Hobbs, R, 1996, 'British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum', page 185, ref nos 3330-6 (Van Arsdell, R, D, 1989, 'Celtic Coinage of Britain', ref no 978).
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shenstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-196526
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold signet ring. The hoop expands at the shoulders to the oval bezel, which is set vertically. The bezel is engraved with a coat of arms. The shield is divided down the centre with a vertical line. To the left side is a tower with three turrets sitting on rocks. There are two diamond shapes on either side of the tower. The right half of the shield is filled with a lion rampant (on one hind leg, with its other legs raised). The bezel is edged by a beaded border.
Created on: Thursday 2nd August 2007
Last updated: Saturday 18th March 2017
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Record ID: WMID-F4CF43
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval finger ring, the hoop of D section. This is decorated on the internal and external surfaces with flowers and leaves, interspersed with the words of an inscription in French in black-letter lower-case letters. On the outside this reads + tant que murai and on the inside + vouz ceroire. This is likely to mean "Until I die I will be yours". This sentiment suggests that the ring may originally have served as a marriage ring. The finger ring is gold and dates from the late fourteenth or the fifteenth century. Update, August 2016: Malcolm Jones adds "The word read as murai …
Created on: Monday 5th November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 17th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harlaston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-67C350
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold quarter noble of Edward III (1327-1377), treaty period (1361-1369), transitional series (1361-1363). 1.88g, 19.5mm diameter. The quarter noble is as coin reference 1224 identified by North, volume II, 3rd edition, p54 (with reverse variation ii with voided quatrefoil in the centre of a small cross potent with annulets at its angles). However, the coin described in this record has an obverse inscription of EDWAR DEI GRAC REX ANGL (D). North (ibid) coin reference 1224 is described with obverse legend EDWAR DEI GRAC ANGL (D), or rarely EDWR R ANGLIE Z DNUS HY. The coin describe…
Created on: Thursday 28th February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hamstall Ridware CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-83D4C4
Object type: ROD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Length of gold rod with octagonal cross-section, bifacially cut at one end, the other end having a plain terminal. The piece is bent. Length 85mm; thickness 5mm; weight 2.7 grams. Identification: Analogies occur in the Bronze Age hoard of 42 gold pieces from Fitzleroi Farm, W. Sussex which included a number of elements including small complete rings and fragments of other ornament types. Octagonal- section rods were present. The analysis would be acceptable for a Bronze Age date with the proviso that the silver content is rather high. Given the lack of any datable association it is no…
Created on: Wednesday 12th March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 24th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lichfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-626B77
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete gold aureus of Claudius (AD41-AD54). Obverse description: Bust, laureate, right. Obverse incription: TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VI IMP XI. Reverse description: SPQR/PP/OB C S in three lines in oak wreath. Coin reference: RIC 40 , BMC 42 (AD46-AD47), Mint of Rome. Mass: 7.56g. Diameter: 19.0mm
Created on: Friday 4th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shenstone CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-8DBA13
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold milled half guinea of Charles I (1660-85). Dated 1684. Coin reference: Coincraft's English and UK Coins 1066 to date, Lobel et al. 1995, C2HGM-130, p147.
Created on: Friday 18th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Waterhouses CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-B6A247
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
This gold ring is formed of a heavy band which has been highly polished, especially on the exterior. The interior is inscribed in upper case: ADVISED CHOYCE ADMITS NO CHAINGE. According to Joan Evans (English Posies and Posy Rings, Oxford 1931), this inscription is recorded in 1674. However the placing of the letters within the field is unusual as is the appearance of some of the letters and the scrape marks on the interior surface. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface indicates a composition consistent with a pre-19th century date; the soft dark material found i…
Created on: Sunday 20th April 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Church Eaton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-DD75F1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold ornamental finger-ring formed of a double strand of round-section wire worked into a knot at the front. There is nothing closely comparable in the collections of the BM, but this is most likely to be late 19th or early 20th century in date.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Friday 7th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-D6D2F7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age uninscribed Western (Dobunni) gold quarter-stater. VA 1010-3, BMC 2942-2946. Mass: 1.19g. Diameter: 13.4mm. Date c. late 1st century BC -c. early 1st century AD.
Created on: Wednesday 26th November 2008
Last updated: Monday 12th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bradley CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-F6E7A2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2008 T778: Gold posy ring A thin gold band, rounded on exterior, inscribed inside in lower case: 'When this you see remember mee'. The lettering style is one that continues into the 18th century and in the absence of a maker's mark there is not enough evidence to confirm that this is more than 300 years old. As the ring can not be securely dated to pre-1709 it falls outside the provisions of the Treasure Act 1996. Judy Rudoe Curator of Renaissance & Later Collections Department of Prehistory & Europe The British Museum
Created on: Monday 22nd December 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-BCA708
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
2009 T97. Description: A gold, circular-sectioned wire ring, now bent out of shape. When placed on a surface it is slightly undulating but essentially flat. Discussion: This object could represent the misshapen remains of a bent, V-shaped finger ring of a type which is rare but known from the Iron Age. The closest parallel would be a ring from Park Brow, Sompting, West Sussex, dating from 400-200 BC. However, because of the distorted nature of the object it is impossible to be certain of this identification. Compare two certain examples of V-shaped middle Iron Age finger-rings a…
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2009
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yoxall CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-3DDE65
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Norbury, Staffordshire: gold signet ring (2007 T385) Date: 16th - 17th century Description: Gold signet ring. The hoop expands at the shoulders to the oval bezel, which is set vertically. The bezel is engraved with a coat of arms. The shield is divided down the centre with a vertical line. To the left side is a tower with three turrets sitting on rocks. There are two diamond shapes on either side of the tower. The right half of the shield is filled with a lion rampant (on one hind leg, with its other legs raised). The bezel is edged by a beaded border.
Created on: Friday 20th March 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 7th August 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-6A0FF3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold, stater, Gallo-Belgic E (cf. Van Arsdell 52-1), mid-1st century BC, mass: 6.1g, diameter: 17.7mm.
Created on: Saturday 4th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 13th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lichfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-7D98A1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Date: 13th century Description: A medieval gold stirrup-shaped finger-ring, the hoop of D-shaped section, with an oval bezel from which the stone is now missing. Dimensions: Diameter: 18.8mm. Diameter incl bezel 19mm. The find therefore qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 in terms of both age and precious metal content and should go forward to inquest.
Created on: Sunday 5th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Checkley CP', grid reference and parish protected.