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Record ID: HAMP-4704C9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval gold half-guinea of George I (1714-1727), minted in London in 1719. Obverse: Laureate head right. Legend: GEORGIVS DG M BR FR ET HIB REX F D. Reverse: Crowned cruciform shields with sceptres in angles. Legend: 1719 BRVN ET L DVX SR IA TH ET EL. Milled edge. In good condition, with some minor wear and blemishes. As Spink no: 3635.
Created on: Friday 17th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
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Record ID: SUR-41E30E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold posey (or posy / posie) ring of late 17th to later 18th century date. The hoop has an internal diameter of 19.7mm, and a D-shaped plano-convex cross section, 5.6mm wide and 2mm thick, with an undecorated exterior. The inscription on the inside of the hoop reads As I love thee God prosper me, in italicised lettering with curlicued serifs and a long s. Just before the inscription is a worn partial maker's mark of [...].L (possibly E.L or G.L) within a rectangular escutcheon (2nd image). The incomplete nature of the mark means that a dateable attribution to a known maker is not…
Created on: Friday 17th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: ESS-2F60F2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A near complete gold finger ring (mourning) of post-medieval date (c.1650-1720).
Description: The ring is circular in plan, although now slightly bent out of shape, and broadly D-shped in cross-section with a prominent central ridge across the circumference. The top and bottom edges of the band are also raised, creating grooves between these and the central ridge. These grooves have traces of or black enamel inlay. The interior surface is smooth.
Measurements: length: 20.5mm; width: 2.2mm; thickness: 1.3mm; weight: 2.06g
Discussion: Finger rings with raised ridges an…
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Great Oakley', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUR-057600
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold posy/posey/posie ring of late 17th to 18th century date. The hoop is 17.7mm in external diameter with an internal diameter around 15.8mm. The hoop has a shallow D-shaped cross section, 0.9mm thick by 2.1mm wide, with plain exterior; the interior has the inscription A token of good will. At the end of the inscription is a stamped maker's mark within a sub rectangular escutcheon (second image); this appears to be a conjoined monogram GI / GH or possibly CH with the second letter being smaller and unclear.
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: NLM-03B1F4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold finger ring. Cast D-section band with a small [length 8mm] incised ‘bezel’ which comprises two dots between curved brackets. The inner side of the band bears a legend in a flowing curvilinear script: LIVE FITT TO DYE D:B., which might be a personal or amatory message, or perhaps a pun. Suggested date: Post-Medieval, 1650-1750
In view of its material and possible date this object is to be submitted to the Treasure process, ref. 2023 T311. The age and legal status of this object may be established by reference to the existing corpus of fede/posy ring legends.
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Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th March 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Laceby', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: OXON-B52F87
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval gold third orquarter guinea of George III (AD 1760-1820) dated 1762 minted in London. The coin is damaged with two sides bent over creating an elongated S shape in side profile.
Obverse: laureate bust right GEORGIVS . III DEI. GRATIA.
Reverse: crowned royal shield 62. M.B.F.ET.H.REX.F.D.B.ET.L.D.S.R.I.A.T.ET.E 17. Spink 13741
The diameter of the coin is 17mm, it is 0.4mm thick and it weighs 2.03 grams.
Created on: Friday 10th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2023
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Record ID: GLO-8B1564
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A narrow gold finger ring with a D-shape cross-section hoop. The flat inside is engraved with the inscription reading “patience is a vertue”. At the end of the posy is a stamped makers mar SW. The outside of the ring has a series of heavily worn engraved lines that forms the triangular tip of a belt with a buckle behind.
A ringer ring that bares the exact same inscription has been recorded on the PAS database at YORYM-8970C6 (2012T167). Unfortunately this example did not benefit from a makes mark, but the ring recorded at LVPL-9EBA23 (2014T533) with the posy 'If love c…
Created on: Wednesday 8th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-74C083
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2023 T223
Description: A complete gold posy finger ring dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1650-1720).
The ring is comprised of a circular band with a D-shaped section. The outer edge is plain and the interior bears the inscription: The gift of a real friend in lower case italics. The maker’s marks or further decoration is visible.
Dimensions: Diameter 19mm; thickness 0.8mm; weight 1g
Discussion: Posy rings of this period comprise a simple gold band engraved with a brief sentiment or poem inside. They were given by men and women as an expression of love, a…
Created on: Tuesday 7th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 7th November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-5CB80E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but slightly warped Post-Medieval gold double crown of James I (AD1603-1625), minted at London. Initial mark: book on lecturn dating to AD 1616-1617. North (1991: 145) No. 2088.
Created on: Monday 6th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th March 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Leafield CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-1CE4E4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold posy ring. The ring is of D section. The exterior has a floral decoration with curved arc and patterns resembling foilage, and frame around the diameter top and bottom.. The interior is inscribed 'prefent my affection' in lower case italic script. There is possibly some black enamel present in the lettering.
Posy rings were used as love tokens, with the inscription remaining secret to all but the wearer. Possible parallels for the intricate exterior decoration with top and bottom frame are seen in OXON-FBF56A and LEIC-1ADEDD. There is no record …
Created on: Friday 3rd March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Near Whittington', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: CORN-F80AD8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly worn gold guinea of Queen Anne (AD 1702-1714). Third bust, dated to AD 1713 on the coin.
Ref: Spink (2014) p. 381, no. 3574.
Obverse description: Draped bust facing left, ANNA∙DEI∙/GRATIA∙
Reverse description: Crowned royal shields arranged in a cross with a garter star in the centre and a sceptre in each angle, 13 . MAG - BRI .FR - ET. HIB - REG. 17
Measurements: Diameter (Maximum), 26.30mm; Diameter (Minimum), 25.40mm; Thickness, 1.19mm; Weight, 8.18g.
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Last updated: Friday 17th March 2023
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Record ID: DOR-E055D3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger ring with internal inscription. The band is D-shaped in cross section. The internal inscription on crude upper and lower case lettering reads: Yours in (heart). The heart is a symbol for love. There is a split in the band where it has posiibly been cut to resize it. The exterior is undecorated.
Date: Post Medieval
Dimensions: 3 mm width
Weight.: 2 g
Rachel King of the British Musaum has kindly commented:
"I would place this ring as 17th or 18th century on comparison with BM examples. Thinner hoops tend to suggest a date of this range. I can’t see anything…
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th March 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Burton & Winkton', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-6359F8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold posy ring, 12.5mm diameter, some distortion to circular form. Flat face interior and slight D section exterior form. Decorated with floral and circular motifs around the exterior, with a frame at the top and bottom edge. Inside is inscribed 'ALL FOR LOVE' in capital letters , the two L's being conflated, with motifs between the words. The ring is exceptionally small and may have been worn by a child.
Finder reported inside 14 day limit. As it is >10% precious metal and probably over 300 years old, it is submitted for consideration as Treasu…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
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This findspot is known as 'Over Kellet', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DOR-CA338D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval gold finger ring. A posy ring with the internal inscription Let vertue be thy guide in italic lettering. There is no maker’s or other mark. The hoop has a D-shaped cross section and is slightly distorted into an oval shape.
Dimensions: 21.70 mm x 2.25 mm x 0.80 mm
Weight: 1.78 g
This inscription is common on rings from the later 17th to mid-18th century. Judy Rudoe of the British Museum has noted that in the absence of a makers mark there is insufficient evidence to confirm that the ring was over 300 years old when fond in 2021 (pers comm 18/11/2022).
Created on: Wednesday 15th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st February 2023
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This findspot is known as 'Gillingham', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUR-B9CD47
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small gold button with a convex facing, 7mm in diameter, which appears to be die-stamped or pressed and has a cable style border around a domed boss decorated scored with a faint hand-incised cross hatching, probably keying to hold (now lost) applied enamel. The reverse is concave and has a round loop shank soldered to it. Circa 18th or 19th century.
Created on: Thursday 2nd February 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th February 2023
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Record ID: DENO-FBA6B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Nottingham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Guinea of Charles II (AD 1660 - 1685) in excellent condition, dated 1664, second bust with elephant below.
As Spink 3341.
Diameter 30.4 mm, thickness 1.5 mm and weight 16.7 g.
Created on: Tuesday 24th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd February 2023
Spatial data recorded.
Record ID: YORYM-7CD0D7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2023 T41.
Description:
A complete gold posy finger ring of Post-Medieval date, c. AD 1550 – 1725.
The posy ring is circular, though now slightly distorted, with a D-shaped section. The outer surface bears moulded decoration comprising five rectangular panels of curvilinear scrollwork and one square panel with comma-like scrollwork.
The interior surface of the ring is inscribed with two lines of capitalised Roman text reading "BE TRV TIL DEATHE AND SO // SHAL I’. Each word I separated by a small cross. A vine-like scroll design is present afte…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 3rd July 2023
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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
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Record ID: OXON-53B8DB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete but slightly squashed Post Medieval cast gold gilt finger ring. The ring is made of a circular hoop squashed into a slight oval shape with an ornamental bezel.
The bezel is 6.8mm wide and c17.7mm long. It depicts a pair of clasped hands over a small heart, the top of which projects from the upper edge of the hands. Each hand is marked with an elaborate lace-like ruffed cuff.
The hoop extends from either cuff and has a shallow D-shaped cross section with a convex front and flat reverse. The hoop is 2.5mm wide and 0.9mm thick. The interior surface of the f…
Created on: Monday 16th January 2023
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'Leafield CP', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: LANCUM-18B357
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post Medieval gold half sovereign of George IV. Dates to 1828 AD.
Diameter 19mm, weight 4.00g.
Obverse description: Bare head facing left
Obverse inscription: GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA . 1828 .
Reverse description: Garnished shield
Reverse inscription: BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF:
Created on: Friday 13th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2023
Spatial data recorded.
This findspot is known as 'near Workington', grid reference and parish protected.
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