Record ID: LON-1F6299
Object type: CUFF LINK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval, gold cuff link or cuff button dating to AD 1750-1850. Each fastener is octagonal in plan with downturned chamfered edges and depicts a central incised eight trefoil petaled octagonal flower. Each fastener has a liner octagonal border, annulets within. The rear of the fasteners is undecorated except for a makers stamp CQ or CO. Each fastener has an integral looped shank and are joined by an oval wire link. Dimensions of individual fastener: diameter: 17.02mm; weight: 3.97g This is an unusual design of post-medieval cufflink,…
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
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Record ID: LON-375AF0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold quarter stater of the North Thames region / Catuvellauni, struck by Addedomaros, c.45-25 BC, Addedomaros Floral type. Obverse: Flower of four leaves and rings around a pellet in ring. Reverse: Annulate horse right, muzzle above, pellet in ring below. As ABC, p. 127, no. 2529; BMC nos. 2417-2421.
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 16th November 2021
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Record ID: LON-EF5AB5
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Early Medieval (Viking) to Modern gold ingot/hack gold, dated to the mid 9th to mid 20th Centuries, AD 850-2000. The ingot is roughly sub-rectangular in shape with one end rounded and the other broken and flat. Dimensions: length: 13.14mm; width: 9.67mm; thickness: 5.83mm; weight: 4.16g. Gold ingots are traditionally difficult to date out of context but they are often attributed to a Viking date. The Vikings had a bullion economy where the purity and weight of the metal were more important than the form. Although this bullion economy primarily utilised silver it …
Created on: Thursday 7th October 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 7th December 2021
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Record ID: LON-3B687E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold stater, of the North Thames Region / Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, attributed to Cunobelin, dating to the period AD 8-41, 'Wild Series A'. ABC 2777. Obverse: corn ear with central stalk, [C]A to l., MV to r. Reverse: horse rearing r., dashed for mane, branch above, possibly [CVNO] below. Dimensions: diameter: 16.88mm; weight: 5.41g. References: Rudd, C. 2010, Ancient British Coins, Norwich. J. Sills (2017), Divided Kingdoms: The Iron Age Gold Coinage of Southern England, Aylsham
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 24th November 2020
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Record ID: LON-91FE64
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval worn fragment of a gold dinar of North African (western Maghreb) and Southern Spanish (Al-Andalus) type dating from the 12th-17th centuries. From the style of the visible script, the coin probably belongs to the Sa'di Sharifs, centred on modern Morocco with mints at Marrakesh and Fas, possibly Ahmad al-Mansur (AH986-1012/AD1578-1603). Ref: Broome 1985: 146-8, no. 238; Bates 1981. The coin is very worn and fragmented, approximately a quarter of the coin surviving. The cut edges are untidy and jagged. Dimensions: length: 14.80mm; width:13.86mm; weight: 0.82g This t…
Created on: Tuesday 18th June 2019
Last updated: Friday 18th October 2019
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Record ID: LON-712F8A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval gold finger ring with 'posy' inscription probably dating mid-17th century. This finger ring has a D-shaped cross-section. There is no decoration on the external surface but there is an inscription on the internal surface. The inscription is in lower case reads "The love Is true that I O U ". with a hallmark GE. Dimensions: thickness: 0.88mm; width: 4.56mm; diameter: 20.95mm; weight: 2.77g. A similar ring on the database is WILT-BA3553. Discussion: Discussion: Posy rings were often gifts exchanged by lovers and the messages engraved on the unseen side are an…
Created on: Friday 5th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2020
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Record ID: LON-345643
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval gold finger ring with 'posy' inscription probably dating mid-17th century. There is some distortion to the band. There is no decoration on the external surface but there is an inscription on the internal surface. The inscription is in lower case reads "Rather dy then faith to deny". Dimensions: thickness: 0.88mm; width: 4.56mm; diameter: 20.95mm; weight: 2.77g. Discussion: The phrase 'Rather dy then faith to deny' Posy rings were often gifts exchanged by lovers and the messages engraved on the unseen side are an evocative insight into the past. Thes…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Last updated: Friday 6th May 2022
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Record ID: LON-5321B2
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold stater, Selsey Two-Faced type of the Regini and Atrebates dating to 60-50 BC. This is an ABC 485, BMC 445 An uninscribed gold stater of the Regini and Atrebates, Rudd's, 'Selsey Two-Faced' type (ABC 485), dating to 60-50 BC. Sills' Qa Class 2 (Sills 2017 p.120). Rudd (2010:47) writes "Many more Selsey type gold staters [ABC 485-497] are found around Chichester than Silchester, indicating that this large and widely circulated series of triple-tailed staters was first struck by the Regini, not the Atrebates, and that they spread south to north, not the other way roun…
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 21st January 2020
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Record ID: LON-49A17F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval gold finger ring with 'posy' inscription probably dating mid-17th century. This finger ring has a D-shaped cross-section. There is no decoration on the external surface but there is an inscription on the internal surface. The inscription is in lower case reads "Rather dy then faith to deny". Dimensions:thickness: 1.62mm; width: 6.48mm; diameter: 22.15mm; weight: 8.67g. Discussion: The phrase 'Rather dy then faith to deny' Posy rings were often gifts exchanged by lovers and the messages engraved on the unseen side are an evocative insight into the pa…
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 9th January 2020
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Record ID: LON-497D6C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval gold finger ring with 'posy' inscription probably dating mid-17th century. This finger ring has a D-shaped cross-section and there is some damage to the ring which is bent and slightly twisted. There is no decoration on the external surface but there is an inscription on the internal surface. The inscription is in lower case cursive and reads "'When this you see remember me'". Dimensions Thickness: 1.62mm; width: 3.42mm; diameter: 22.01mm; weight: 4.58g. Discussion: In general lower case (italics) became more popular for inscriptions on posy rings by the mid 1…
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 20th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St Mary Bourne', grid reference and parish protected.