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: PUBLIC-B72FB7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold noble of Henry V (1413-22), Class E/F mule (North 1373/1374), initial mark: pierced cross, mint: London. Ref: North 1991: p.69; Woodhead 1996: esp. pl. 25 no. 255.  Marks on the coin: obverse - cinquefoil and annulet by the sword arm, pellet at sword point, trefoil by shield, an unbroken annulet on the side of the ship (Type E), rope 2/1, ornaments 1-1-1.  Reverse - trefoil in first quarter, quatrefoil in second quarter (Type F).  Struck on a small flan so some of the legend letters are not completely shown.
Created on: Thursday 14th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 14th February 2024
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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-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-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: LEIC-8946C8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age gold stater of the North Eastern region / Corieltavi, attributed to VEPO, dating to the period c.AD 15-40, 'Vepo Ring Pellet' or 'Vepo Triadic' type. Obverse: Wreath crossed by bar with crescent at each end, ring of pellets in each crescent. Reverse: VEP above, CORF below, Lunate horse left with large round head, unclear motif below tail. ABC, p. 97, nos. 1854, 1857.  Diameter: 19.8 mm Thickness: 2.3 mm Weight: 5.2 g
Created on: Friday 24th February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd March 2023
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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: BM-5FCB75
Object type: SWORD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Saxon hilt fittings: pommel, upper and lower hilt fittings, part of upper guard, part of lower guard Gold sheet, gold filigree wire, cabochon garnets, copper-alloy, lead Early seventh century The pommel is of ‘cocked hat’ form and is made of gold sheet, decorated with filigree wire, over a lead forma.   The two faces of the pommel are filled with zoomorphic interlace in triple strand interlace, made with one broad band of beaded wire flanked by borders of a very fine beaded wire.   Each face is filled with a balanced design of interlacing zoomor…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
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Record ID: BM-F1D4E7
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold and cloisonné garnet insect pendant with a suspension loop in the form of a biconical spacer bead. The pendant consists of a flaring bifurcated backplate cut with a triangular head which wraps around the back of the suspension bead which is soldered to it. The back-plate supports a single gold strip, soldered flush to its edges, whose ends form a poor butt join beneath the suspension loop. This frames the cloisonné cell-work which is made with thicker strips of gold sheet and laid out in a complex design which can be read …
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd June 2023
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Record ID: BM-4AFCEA
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
The brooch is a gold version of a fibula or ‘safety pin’ type brooch commonly known as a Birdlip Type Brooch or Beaked Bow Brooch. The brooch is bent and buckled, probably in recent times by agricultural machinery.  The spring and pin are missing. The brooch was originally made in at least three pieces: the body of the brooch; the spring and pin; and a small roughly triangular plate across the rear of the catch plate.   The spring was probably fixed to body of the bow with resin or glue.  Traces of a black residue are present where the spring was attac…
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th March 2023
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Record ID: BM-BDCE01
Object type: AMULET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A folded, crushed and crumpled fragment of very thin gold sheet or foil. It is difficult to identify definite original edges, but it appears to be a comparatively narrow incomplete strip. On the largest surviving visible, relatively un-crumpled, roughly rectangular part of the sheet there appear to be three or four lines of lettering, c. 1mm in height, and possibly in Latin.
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Torksey', 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
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Record ID: BM-23B1B2
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
14 droplets and fragments of gold and silver This interesting collection of material includes 9 molten droplets, 2 fragments that have been cut from ingots and 3 fragments of twisted wire. The objects in the collection are made from both gold (of different colours), silver and in one case lead with tin. One molten droplet clearly contains a partially melted piece of gold wire fused within it. Initially it was considered that these objects might have come from the manufacture of Iron Age gold and silver objects. Analysis of the metal content of the droplets and other pieces, …
Created on: Wednesday 4th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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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: BM-9A2338
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger-ring in the form of a flat band. The exterior and interior surfaces are both engraved with an inscription in French which reads as follows: Exterior: ne vieil autre (‘not wanting another’) Interior: + cest don damy (‘it is a gift from a friend’). Each word of the inscription is separated by flowers. The ring is slightly distorted into an oval shape and part of the engraving of the interior appears to have been rubbed away. The finger-ring is gold and dates from the fifteenth century.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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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: BM-21419D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger-ring with a slender hoop and a bezel in the form of four folded back petals and set with a turquoise. Each of the petals is engraved with a curvilinear design and the shoulders of the ring are incised with two sets of diagonal lines. The engraved decoration is very much worn. The ring measures 18mm in diameter and 23mm in length (incorporating the bezel). It is gold and dates from the fourteenth century. J P Robinson Curator of Medieval Collections
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-091945
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Roman solidus of Valentinian II (AD 375-392), dating to the period c.388-392 (Reece period 21). Obverse: D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: VICTOR-IA AVGG, Two emperors, nimbate, seated facing, together holding globe. Behind and between them the upper portion of a Victory with outspread wings; between them below, a palm-branch Mint of Trier: T R//COM Hoxne no. 24; RIC IX, p. 30, no. 90(a)
Created on: Monday 20th December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 11th January 2022
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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
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Record ID: SWYOR-E87BCE
Object type: BUTTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold filigree button of Post Medieval to Modern date, AD 1500 - 1900. The button is damaged and distorted, but would have been biconvex with a scalloped edge comprising of seven lobes. The two faces of the button are both made of filigree and are soldered together at the edges, leaving the centre hollow. There is also a small circular attachment loop in the centre of the reverse. The button is 10.6mm long, 9.6mm wide and 5.3mm thick. 1.1g. The front is decorated with a central circle of filigree from which extend the seven drop-shaped petals of the flower-shaped button. Ea…
Created on: Monday 26th July 2021
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2023
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