Record ID: NMS-A7B226
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring comprising a plain rectangular-sectioned hoop without a bezel. There are subtle indications of a hammered overlapped joint at the start of the engraved inscription. This, retaining some niello inlay and covering the whole of the outer face, reads: + Ð E B A L H G V Ð Ð A N I A E N The letter A has an angled crossbar and a top bar. The letter D with a crossbar on the vertical is the Old English eth. There is a slight degree of distortion. External diameter c.18.5mm. Width 4mm. Thickness of hoop 1mm. Weight 3.51g. Late 11th -13th century. Dr Malc…
Created on: Thursday 15th September 2016
Last updated: Monday 8th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-EDDA0C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring. D-sectioned band now slightly distorted, plain internally and externally. Measuring (external) 17.5 x 20mm, (internal) 17 x 15mm. Width of band 2mm. Weight 1.7g. Undated but probably post-medieval or modern.
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Thursday 2nd July 2020
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Record ID: NMS-26FEF9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gold finger ring. The band is flat internally, with nine angled concave mouldings separated by segmented ribs externally. Each moulding is engraved with a floral spray consisting of either a pointed flower head on a stem with two pairs of leaves or a five petalled flower above a single pair of leaves, both types with a transverse line with radiating lines below at the base indicating the ground. The type and orientation of the flower heads are arranged (up and down being arbitrary) - pointed down, pointed up, five petals down, pointed up, pointed down, five petals up, pointed…
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 16th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Leigh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-67FF26
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Complete medieval gold finger ring with glass or gem setting. The bezel is hexagonal in shape with a stepped collet which holds the cabochon gem setting in place. The gem is dark blue in colour, possibly a sapphire, and exhibits two oval chips. The underside of the bezel is faceted, the back of the gem exposed. It is possible that a sheet backing plate is missing. The bezel is 8.2mm long, 7.5mm wide and 2.5mm thick. On either side is a rectangular collar at the junction with the hoop. The loop is D-shaped in cross-section and now slightly distorted out of shape. Dime…
Created on: Friday 17th August 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
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Record ID: NMS-7A5CA5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold late medieval to early post-medieval finger-ring. It has a rectangular bezel with a raised collet containing a clear grey glass or gem setting, possibly rock crystal. The gem is table-cut and has lost three large chips along one side. The walls of the collet are bent around the gem to hold it in place. They rise from a slightly wider collar decorated with a longitudinal groove. Below this is a larger groove, and then below is the wider base of the bezel which is decorated with a series of transverse (vertical) grooves running around the edge to give a ribbed effect. …
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
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Record ID: NMS-601732
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete Roman gold finger ring of keeled type. It has a plain, flat circular bezel with the shoulders tapering to either side. Both shoulders are flat and have moulded scrollwork decoration. At the tip of each shoulder the loop becomes D-shaped in cross-section, decorated on either side with three radiating lines. The loop terminates in an old break on either side. One long edge is squashed and abraded. Dimensions: Length (bent) 31mm, maximum width 8.5mm, minimum width 2mm, maximum thickness 2.5mm, minimum thickness 0.9mm, weight 3.8g. Discussion: This fing…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
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Record ID: NMS-5757B7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-medieval gold finger ring. The band is now slightly distorted and exhibits a transverse crack. The exterior is decorated with applied gold filigree and granulation consisting of a series of lozenges formed by filigree wire; within each lozenge is a cross formed of 7 or 8 pellets arranged in a transverse line with a pellet above and below at the centre point. One lozenge appears slightly truncated and has only 6 pellets. Some of the pellets are missing or appear to be positioned slightly off-centre. At the meeting point between each lozenge are two pellets, each with …
Created on: Friday 9th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-2087B3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval gold gem set finger ring. Double bezel in the form of two oval settings positioned side-by-side. One is set with a red stone (probably ruby or garnet). The stone is cut so that the upper face is flat. The other bezel is set with a piece of turquoise, the upper face rounded. Both bezels have been moulded into a quatrefoil shape by recessing four semi-circles around the edge of the setting. The shoulders taper into the circular hoop, narrowing from a width of 8.5mm at the bezel to 4.1mm at the bottom of the loop. Dimensions: Diameter: 19.5mm (internal diameter: 16.1mm), maxi…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-AE57CB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold Post-Medieval finger ring with posy inscription. The ring is 14.9mm in diameter, 3.6mm wide and weighs 1.2g. It consists of a flat D-shaped cross-section hoop with a curved decorated outer surface and a flat inscribed inner face. The continuous external decoration is engraved, probably by hand, and comprises incuse circumferentially aligned lozenges with eight armed linear stars within; the saltire arms of which extend to the border of the lozenge. There are further incuse lines projecting internally from the border of each lozenge. There is a very narrow stepp…
Created on: Thursday 2nd November 2017
Last updated: Monday 27th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-92AAD6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold post medieval mourning finger ring. The D-sectioned hoop, originally circular is now bent out of shape. On the exterior is an engraved human skull. On the interior, in Italic script is the legend: "H F ob 10 Mar 1712 aet 70" followed by a stamped maker's mark: the initials CR in blackletter script within a rectangle. Date c. AD 1712 Diameter: 21mm (internal diameter: 18.8mm), width of band: 4mm, thickness: 1.8mm, weight: 3.3g. A number of similar examples have been reported as Treasure and are recorded on the PAS database including: HAMP-AE9377 (2016 T408), NMGW-03238B (201…
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 23rd July 2018
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Record ID: NMS-BE86A6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post medieval gold finger ring. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section, convex on the outside and flat on the inside, with a posy inscription on the inner face. The inscription is in a rounded, cursive, informal script and reads: This, & ye giver, thine forever. The ampersand (&) looks like a capital B, and the e of ye is written above the y. There is no maker’s mark visible. Dimensions: Diameter: 21mm (internal diameter: 18mm), width of band: 5mm, thickness of band: 2mm. Weight: 4.5g. Discussion: Two posy rings in the British Museum collections have similar i…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-8AE27D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post medieval gold finger ring with “posy” inscription on the inner face. The inscription is in italic script and reads: “I fauer as I find” followed by a maker’s mark in the form of a curved fish or dolphin. The band is D-shaped in cross-section. Dimensions: Diameter: 17.1mm (internal diameter: 15.1mm), width: 4mm, weight: 2g. Discussion: A number of similar examples have been reported as Treasure and a recorded on the PAS database including: GLO-FFA284 (2017 T508) & ESS-757F92 (2017 T59). Two posy rings in the British Museum collections ex…
Created on: Friday 12th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 1st May 2020
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Record ID: NMS-3FF8BF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold finger-ring with posy inscription. The hoop is now bent slightly out of shape but was originally circular; there are a couple of nicks on the edge. It is a low D-shape in cross-section, with a slightly curved outer face and a flat inner face. There is no decoration on the outside. The inscription takes up just over half of the inner face, and reads in seriffed Roman capitals, FEARE x GOD x Dimensions: The hoop measures c. 20 x 22mm and was probably 21mm in original diameter (around 18mm internal diameter). It is 4.5mm wide and 1.3mm thick, and weighs 4.6g. …
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2020
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Record ID: NMS-8D314E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold finger-ring with posy inscription, now bent but still complete. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section throughout with no bezel. The exterior is convex and the interior is flat, with the inscription I LIKE MY CHOYS in seriffed capitals. The first I is very lightly engraved compared to the rest of the inscription. There are small crosses between the words LIKE and MY (a diagonal cross) and MY and CHOYS (a more upright cross). There is a space-filling branching curved line after the end of the inscription, but still a gap between this and the start. The bends have …
Created on: Monday 21st September 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-EAE967
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold finger-ring of 'stirrup-shaped' type. The hoop is rounded in cross-section, with a slight seam or crease in places along the centre of the inner surface. It flares to steep undecorated shoulders and has a solid triangular bezel set with a rectangular gem of dark colour (possibly blue) with a shiny, cabochon-cut polished convex surface. There is a slight scrape on one face of the bezel. Dimensions: External diameter (or width of ring) is 21.7mm, internal diameter is 18.2mm. Total from top of gem to exterior at back of hoop, 25.7mm. At the back of the hoop, the mi…
Created on: Friday 13th November 2020
Last updated: Friday 30th April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alby with Thwaite', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-81472B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description and Dimensions: Small gold object, probably a tiny medieval finger-ring. A flattish pyramidal bezel 5.5mm square, with a very slightly concave reverse and a 1.5mm diameter circular indentation at the apex, forms the decorative centre. The opposite edges each have a very short flaring projection. 2.5mm wide and perhaps 0.7mm long. From the centre of each of these emerges a thin strand of gold, one longer (1.0mm x 0.7mm at the break) and the other much shorter (1.2mm x 0.8mm at the break) which would presumably have joined. The longer strand is bent, but was perhaps original…
Created on: Wednesday 20th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 26th August 2021
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Record ID: NMS-771AA7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold finger-ring with narrow rectangular-section hoop, undecorated on the exterior. The ring is now bent. At one point on the hoop there appears to be a scar or crack, with a small extra strip of gold soldered on to the interior, perhaps a repair. To one side of this and perhaps slightly obscured by it is a crudely scratched inscription in hard-to-read letters that run the full width of the hoop. It may start with a cross (emerging from under the solder) and then read K M C S (the C looking like a reversed D). There is then a short gap, then two more letters, C I and perh…
Created on: Monday 14th June 2021
Last updated: Thursday 10th February 2022
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Record ID: NMS-328A7C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold finger-ring with decorated hoop, set with a green gemstone. The hoop is D-shaped in cross-section, with a flat interior and a curved exterior. It tapers in width very slightly from 2.2mm wide at the shoulders to 1.9mm wide at the back of the hoop, and is a consistent 1.1mm thick. The hoop is decorated on the exterior with engraved saltires alternating with overlapping punched annulets. This decoration extends from the junction of hoop and bezel to just beyond the widest point of the ring and ends with a neat transverse groove, leaving the rest of the hoop, opposite t…
Created on: Tuesday 28th September 2021
Last updated: Monday 14th March 2022
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Record ID: NMS-4AFCF9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description Complete, slightly buckled and oblated gold finger ring. The single strand hoop is regularly twisted around its entire circumference. There is no makers mark or casting seam but there is a rather crude transverse butted solder joint with small amounts of surface splatter present on the diametrically opposed inner face. The ring is heavily, but smoothly worn on the outside. Dimensions Length 20.0mm width 16.3mm, thickness 1.8mm, weight 1.2g. Discussion At first glance the ring is very similar to Early Medieval twisted wire types, although these are more typic…
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 23rd August 2019
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Record ID: NMS-4FE505
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold finger ring with carnelian intaglio. Sub-oval bezel with a narrow twin raised border stepped down on the inside to retain a terracotta red carnelian intaglio. The intaglio has a finely engraved left facing classical portrait of a bald, laureate and bearded head.The hoop is broken opposite the bezel and both arms have become straightened to either side of it. The arms of the hoop are triangular in section and curve smoothly from the bezel to form a thin narrow band with a central arris uppermost. The intaglio is retained on the reverse by the extended bezel folding in to cup it fr…
Created on: Tuesday 27th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 15th October 2019
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Record ID: NMS-BA6115
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete late early-medieval sheet-gold finger-ring. It consists of a flat pointed-oval bezel tapering into the flat shoulders of the hoop, both now flattened and one bent at a sharp angle. Each shoulder terminates in a jagged transverse break. Punched decoration consists of a border of opposed triangles running around the edge of the bezel and converging to run in two rows along each shoulder. Dimensions: Approximate extant length 36.5mm, maximum width 8.1mm, minimum width 2.8mm, thickness 1mm, weight 1.8g. Discussion: Finger rings of this form are typical o…
Created on: Friday 16th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
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Record ID: NMS-2BD4FE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Circumstances: Found whilst searching with a metal detector. Description: Incomplete medieval gold finger ring. The bezel is oval, the upper half forming a collet with concave sides, open at the top to house a missing gem or other setting. The mouth is now damaged and bent out of shape. The lower face is divided from the upper by a circumferential ridge and has tapering sides and a flat bottom. The interior of the bezel is hollow and retains traces of a powdery white substance, probably adhesive for the missing setting. The remains of the loop project from one side of the lower f…
Created on: Wednesday 9th May 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
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Record ID: NMS-6AA818
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Post-medieval gold mourning ring. D-sectioned band inscribed internally H. Awdeley. ob. 15. nou. 1662 followed by a stamped maker's mark in the form of a low relief W with another smaller letter, possibly an R, above it within a shield. Two shallow parallel lines behind the text may be guidelines for the engraving. Externally the band is engraved with a stylised skull, either side of which is a single line border at either edge between which is crosshatching with a short dash in one corner of each resulting lozengiform field. Black enamel survives in almost all of the …
Created on: Friday 3rd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 5th May 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Attleborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-065376
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman 'Brancaster type' gold finger ring. Flattened D-sectioned band expanding smoothly to two integral transverse projections which support the separate soldered, engraved rectangular bezel, leaving a transverse rectangular aperture below. The bezel is now slightly distorted at an angle to the band. Internal diameter 13 - 15mm. External width 19mm. Height 18mm. Bezel 7 x 7mm. Weight 3.7g. 4th - early 5th century AD. The intaglio inscription, in three lines, reads (in impression) DOM/NICA/VIVA[S], translating as 'Long life to you, Domnica (or Dominica)'. The name Domnica is atte…
Created on: Monday 24th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 22nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Fakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A85804
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete medieval gold finger ring. An oval collet forms a bezel, the upper half with sloping, concave sides, the lower half with flat sloping sides. The narrow, broken and slightly distorted hoop is oval-sectioned, expanding slightly at the shoulders to small triangular bosses at the join between the hoop and the bezel. There is no trace of engraved decoration and the rear of the hoop is missing. When found, the collet contained a red or pink stone, presumebaly glass, which had sunk into the collect. The stone was accidentally damaged and the fragments lost during examination. …
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2014
Last updated: Friday 2nd September 2016
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Record ID: NMS-212D6B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Small gold post-medieval finger ring with internal posy (also poesy or posie) inscription. The ring is badly distorted, bent across a single axis, making it difficult to determine the exact diameter and the full detail of the posy. The cross-section is D-shaped in the best-preserved areas but more C-shaped elsewhere, suggesting crushing. The posy is difficult to decipher, the beginning being obscured by an abrupt crease in the hoop. The first few letters appear to have been lightly engraved, with the end of the inscription carrying more weight. The letter form of the…
Created on: Tuesday 24th December 2019
Last updated: Friday 8th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Reepham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C7A17E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Sturdy and neatly made medieval gold finger-ring with a transversely set blue gem. The hoop is undecorated and sub-circular in cross-section. It measures 2.2 x 2.0mm at its narrowest and 2.5mm in diameter at the widest point; it then flares smoothly to the junction with the bezel, where the cross-section measures 3.0 x 3.2mm on each side. The interior of the hoop is not smooth and flat but is instead quite strongly curved. Each end of the hoop, at its junction with the bezel, has a thin flat shield-shaped plate across it, with a straight top and sides curving to a po…
Created on: Monday 13th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2020
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Record ID: NMS-71D15D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description Inscribed gold Medieval to Post Medieval finger ring with semi-precious stone bezel setting and heart-shaped shoulder settings on the hoop. The bezel is set centrally with a four-claw setting retaining a raised heart-shaped dark blue cabochon stone, possibly a sapphire. The bezel is cusped on either side of the setting rising to the shoulders of the ring. The shoulders of the hoop are set with recessed red stones, possibly garnets, in a heart shaped reveal in the hoop. Externally opposite the bezel the external circular shape of the hoop is flattened slightly and is e…
Created on: Tuesday 21st January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 9th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wisbech', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F53081
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval or post-medieval gold finger ring. Hollow, D-sectioned hoop expanding slightly from the rear through the shoulders to an oval bezel with setting for (missing) stone held by four claws, three of which partially survive. The sides and shoulders have an external black-letter inscription, reserved on a field keyed for enamel or niello, now missing. It reads en. bon on one shoulder and ectein on the other. There may be a line indicating a ligated e after the bon. The hoop is now slightly distorted, with several small holes, and damage to the edge of the setting. Height 21mm. Widt…
Created on: Tuesday 11th September 2012
Last updated: Friday 21st October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corpusty', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-B071CD
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2017 T446: Description: Complete medieval or post medieval gold finger ring comprising three pairs of moulded hearts joined at the base alternating with three pointed ovals, each bearing a black-letter inscription, possibly ru or rn reserved on a cross-hatched ground. One of the three is to be viewed with the ring turned through 180 degrees. The meaning of these letters, if any, is unknown. The interior of the hoop is undecorated. The hoop is now distorted out of shape. Dimensions: External diameter: 23.8mm, internal diameter: 20.1mm, width: 6.2mm, thickness: 2.5mm…
Created on: Thursday 4th May 2017
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-21BDCB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Undated gold finger ring. Sheet band with median repoussé rib. There are at least two transverse creases which may indicate a join but the ring is slightly distorted, making this uncertain. Dimensions: External diameter 20mm. Width of band 7.5mm. Weight 2.29g. Discussion: Images of the ring have been seen by British Museum curators including Gillian Varndell, Neil Wilkin, Richard Hobbs and Barry Ager, and they have concluded that it cannot securely be dated to any particular period. It must therefore remain undated, and so does not fall under the provisions of …
Created on: Friday 22nd January 2016
Last updated: Thursday 4th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-2DDFC8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late medieval or early post-medieval gold posy ring. Very shallow D-sectioned band decorated externally with three rows of stamped square cells leaving a grid pattern in low relief. There is no trace of inlay surviving in the cells. Inscribed internally in roman capitals CONTINV x CONSTANT x. A small worn mark at the beginning of the inscription is probably another x. The ring is now bent out of shape and damaged in several places. Both the external decoration and internal inscription have several parallels including LON-DD00A6 and IOW-1C6D62. Width of band 3mm. Now measuring 24 …
Created on: Friday 11th March 2016
Last updated: Friday 17th April 2020
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Record ID: NMS-B6D476
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Complete medieval gold finger ring with glass or gem setting. The bezel is oval with a conical collet which holds the gem in place. The gem is dark green in colour and has a small crack or flaw; it may possibly be an emerald. The underside of the bezel is faceted, with a flat bottom. The bezel is 3.8mm long, 3.4mm wide and 2.6mm thick. The loop is lozenge-shaped in cross-section, the inner surface showing slight signs of wear. Dimensions: External diameter: 19.5mm, internal diameter: 18.5mm, width (excluding bezel): 1mm, thickness (excluding bezel): 0.7mm, weight: 0…
Created on: Friday 27th January 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hopton-on-Sea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C3A6EF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold post-medieval finger ring. It has a flat oval bezel engraved with the design of a bird of prey, probably a hawk, facing right (left on impression) beak open and tongue protruding. The wings are outstretched, possibly in flight. On each leg is a hawking bell. The design is surrounded by a beaded border. On either side the bezel narrows into the hoop which is now distorted out of shape. There are no markings on either the interior or exterior of the band. Dimensions: The bezel measures 17.6mm in length and 14mm in width. Extant diameter: 23.3mm. Internal diameter…
Created on: Thursday 9th February 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Smallburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-7A2A3F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger-ring formed from two strands of intertwined and hammered wire. One butt joint is visible. The object has been squashed so that small parts of the inner face are touching.
Created on: Wednesday 20th April 2016
Last updated: Saturday 23rd September 2017
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Record ID: NMS-8C2E68
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval or post-medieval gold enamelled finger-ring of flattened D-section, the face of the band has armorial decoration to be viewed with the ring vertically aligned. The decoration comprises f…
Created on: Thursday 21st April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
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Record ID: NMS-B61D01
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distorted Scandinavian gold sheet finger ring of the Late Saxon period, with a flat lozengiform bezel and a hoop tapering to missing ends which would have been wound around each other. Punched decoration over all the surviving surface comprises overlapping triangles each containing three pellets and, predominantly in spaces between the triangles, groups of dots. Cf. an examples from Thetford (Goodall, A. R. in Rogerson and Dallas 1984, fig. 110 no. 12) and Beachamwell, Norfolk (Ager, B. in Treasure Annual Report 2004, 67-8, no. 86). Typical of the Middle Viking period (Graham-Campbell…
Created on: Saturday 23rd April 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 4th April 2017
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Record ID: NMS-B8BCC4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold post-medieval posy ring, now squashed and distorted out of its original shape. The edges of the hoop have been shaped, and the outer face comprises ten evenly spaced circular domed bosses, some of which have been dented inwards showing their hollow construction. Each boss is surrounded by a beaded border. There are opposing pairs of small circular domed knops projecting from the edge of the hoop, between each boss. The flat inner face is inscribed Two hartes joynd in one in cursive script. Dimensions: Length: 25.51mm, width: 6.9mm, weight: 2.7g. Discussion:…
Created on: Monday 10th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 14th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burgh Castle CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F6A7DF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold post medieval posy ring. The outer face of the band is undecorated. The inner face carries the inscription: · HARTS · VNITED · LIVE · CONENED in Roman capitals. Both of the letter E’s in the word “CONENED” exhibit long serifed tops, indicating that they represent the letters T & E ligated; the inscription therefore properly reads HARTS · VNITED · LIVE · CONTENTED. Dimensions: Diameter: 18.8mm (internal diameter: 17mm), width: 3.5mm, thickness: 1mm, weight: 2.9g. Discussion and Date: The spelling of the word heart as HART in similar short roman…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 9th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-F8469E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold late medieval to early post medieval finger ring. It exhibits a rectangular bezel, trapezoidal in section set with a single oval stone. The stone is a pale blue/lilac colour and appears to be some form of quartz, possibly an amethyst. The shoulders project from either side of the bottom of the bezel and taper from a width of 3.1mm to 1.9mm at the bottom of the band. Each shoulder is engraved with six opposed chevrons, creating a series of three lozenges flanked by four triangles. The topmost lozenge and the triangles are filled with punched dots, creating a stippled …
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 11th September 2018
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