Record ID: BM-0443D7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Roman solidus of Constantius II (AD 323-361), dating to the period c.AD 347-348 (Reece period 18). VICTORIAE DD NN AVGG reverse type depicting Two Victories standing facing one another holding a wreath inscribed VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX. Mint of Trier. RIC VIII, p. 147, no. 132. This type is not recorded in Bland and Loriot (2010) amongst the 19 British finds of solidi noted by them for Constantius II.
Created on: Friday 8th April 2022
Last updated: Friday 8th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stiffkey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-D818D6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete d-shaped finger-ring of the mourning/memorial/memento-mori type. The exterior of the ring is heavily worked with deeply incised decoration. A skull is the central motif, to its right a reserve of cross-hatched lozenges, an oval-shaped flower with lozenges at its centre, a reserve of cross-hatched lozenges, a further flower, and a final reserve of cross-hatched lozenges, before returning to the skull. There are traces of black enamel surviving in the incised decoration. The interior of the ring is inscribed in Italic script with the following Latin text: Comes de Coven ob 27 O…
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
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Record ID: DEV-C0DA01
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A clipped medieval gold quarter noble of Henry V (AD 1413-1422) dating to AD 1413-1422. Class C, variant with broken annulet to left of shield and mullet to right. North (1991, 70) no. 1382 variant; Spink (2011, 188) no. 1756. Measurements: 16.1 mm diameter, weight 1.73 g. An addendum to DEV-ADCE46, 2011 T415, due to the proximity of the findspot to the original hoard and the similarity of types. Like those original coins in the first Treasure case, these are of good quality gold and were likely deposited together, making them qualify as Treasure under the terms o…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2022
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Devon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C3FEF2
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Complete gold ingot, long with rounded ends and oval cross-section. One surface is smooth with a few large dents; the other is pitted with very many small dents. One end is slightly wider and substantially thicker due to a rise in the pitted surface; the smoother surface is fairly flat. The colour is very slightly pale, suggesting a relatively impure gold. Dimensions: Length, 40.9mm. Maximum width, 13.3mm. Maximum thickness, 8.8mm. Weight 37.39g.  Discussion: This ingot is quite distinctive; it is long, with rounded ends and cross-section, o…
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
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Record ID: BM-9B35BA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold finger-ring, now misshapen. The hoop is rounded on the outer side, and is engraved with a geometric and foliate design, which is now worn. The interior is engraved with the legend: TOUT MA VIE (All my life). The ring was probably a marriage ring. Probably 15th century
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-9AEF4B
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
The 2 rings and coins 1, 3 and 4 were discovered in 2004 and the remaining coins (nos 2 and 5) were discovered in January 2005.  Coins nos 1 and 2, found over a year apart, were in fact two parts of the same coin.  This report is an amalgamation of separate reports made in 2004 and 2005, prepared by Adrian Marsden identifying the coins and Stephen Ashley the rings, and checked by Barrie Cook of the British Museum.  Details of the finds are as follows. Catalogue of the finds COINS Henry VI (first reign, 1422-60) 1. Fragment of a gold noble, Pinecone Mascle issue (1430…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
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Record ID: BM-9A503C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger-ring with a D-sectioned band widening to a bezel set with a lozengiform dark blue stone (possibly an amethyst, or more probably a sapphire, a band with internal bulge beneath the setting), between two incised triangular panels, both containing a possible thistle with an obliquely cross-hatched head set between rather spiky leaves on a central stem, on a cross-hatched field.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hevingham', 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: LANCUM-8B79D3
Object type: LOCKET
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
 Report for HM Coroner Treasure Case 2022 T321 Medieval gold padlock locket PAS Database Number: LANCUM-8B79D3. Treasure Case Number: 2022 T321. Date of Discovery: 20 March 2022. Find Spot: Adlington, Cheshire. Circumstances: Found whilst metal detecting. Date: Late Medieval; fifteenth- to sixteenth-centuries AD, c.1400–1500. Overview: An incomplete medieval gold cast locket in the form of a miniature padlock. The locket appears to be made in at least four pieces: the outer casing, the twisted gold soldered on below the ‘shoulders’, and the two side…
Created on: Monday 21st March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Adlington', grid reference and parish protected.

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: NMS-64E70B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold post-medieval posy finger ring, now bent into a sub-rectangular or trapezoidal shape. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section, curved on the exterior with no decoration. It is engraved on the inside, in flowing italic script, Love is the bond of peace. After this is a stamped maker's mark, a rectangular cartouche with widely seriffed capitals reading I K, with a dot between the letters and a small cross after the K, both stops set at a central height. The distortion of the hoop is relatively neat and regular, and appears to have been done …
Created on: Saturday 19th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2022
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Record ID: DENO-312DE4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post medieval gold finger ring, (c. AD 1500 – 1700). The finger ring is circular in shape and has a D shaped cross section. It has been decorated with a geometric grid pattern on the exterior, though some areas of decoration have been lost due to wear. An inscription in serifed Roman capital letters runs around the interior of the ring, reading: I + LYVE + IN + HOPE +. No maker's mark is present. Diameter 17.55 mm, thickness 3.49 mm and weight 2.14 g. Discussion: Similarly decorated and inscribed finger rings have been recorded on the PAS database. These finger rings have…
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirton', 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: BM-1FB091
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold stirrup-shaped finger ring with a slender hoop rising to a pointed bezel with a turquoise setting. The hoop is badly bent. Stirrup-shaped rings are so-called due to the shape of the hoop.
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worldham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-1F7A24
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger ring formed of a flat band measuring 20mm in diameter and 3mm in height. The hoop is inscribed with the words: Ave Maria Gracia Plena (‘Hail Mary full of Grace’) taken from the archangel Gabriel’s salutation to the Virgin Mary.
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chippenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-8C8705
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold ‘bead’ or pendant loop fragment decorated with filigree wire. The fragment shows no sign of wear and no sign of solder and may be one end of a biconical bead or pendant. It is made of sheet gold and decorated with seven horizontal panels separated by two strands of wire, z- and s- twisted to form a tight herringbone pattern. Each panel is filled with beaded filigree wire scrolls panels soldered to the gold sheet so that they just touch each other. The surviving end is edged with a collar of plain wire.
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-8BD5F0
Object type: BRACTEATE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold bracteate disc pendant of type ‘B’ with repoussé decoration of a sword-wielding male figure facing right and engaged in combat with a beak-headed quadruped, with his left hand raised against (grasping, or being bitten by?) its jaws; diameter, 44 mm approx. His raised right hand clasps a sword behind his head and his hair is indicated by vertical ribbing, giving the impression of a helmet. There are four runes above his left hand, the central two of which are damaged making reading problematic. There is a further beak-headed quadruped behind and below the warrior…
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 1st November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Holt', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BM-893E52
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a gold ingot, one end rounded and thick, the other broken away jaggedly and transversely. The two broad surfaces are flat and smooth except adjacent to the break where a rounded hammer mark of the full width is visible on both. The edge, convex and less smooth, contains cracks and fissures, some of which may be the result of post-depositional damage.
Created on: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2022
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Record ID: PAS-743C06
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold posy ring inscribed Keepe faith till deaith*
Created on: Tuesday 8th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2022
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Record ID: BM-F861FF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A plated Iron Age gold stater of the North Eastern region / Corieltavi, dating to the period c.50-20 BC, South Ferriby Type. Obverse: Wreath, Cloak, and Crescents. Reverse: Lunate horse left, anchor face above, four-pointed star below. ABC p. 92, no. 1743; cf. BMC no. 3178. This appears to be a plated copy with a probable base metal core. 
Created on: Wednesday 2nd March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 1st September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon Area', grid reference and parish protected.