Record ID: WREX-90A174
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Description The ring is a memento mori ring with a flat bezel in the form of a central square, each side having a projecting semi-circular lobe engraved with a leaf, to form a quatrefoil design. The outer surface of the bezel square is engraved with a death’s head (a skull), inlaid with traces of white enamel, surrounded by the inscription: + Memento Mori, in small neat italic script. The shoulders are cast with scrolls in green enamel, with white enamel ‘stems’ below. Much of the inscription and engraved design remains infilled with soil, and it is not clear whether…
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Carreghofa', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-60FAB0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete, but worn, gold half guinea of George III (1760-1820) minted in 1768 AD. Obverse has the second laureate head, right.  The legend reads GEORGIVS III DEI GRA[TIA].  The reverse has the crowned shield of arms DG M B FR ET HIB REX F D B ET L D S R I A T ET E 1768.  Coin has a milled edge (Spink no: 3732). Measurements: Diameter: 20.5mm; Weight: 2.88g; Die axis: 6
Created on: Thursday 18th May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WREX-79C953
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold quarter noble of Henry VI, Class C (N1420), dating  AD1422-1427. Obverse has a shield quartered with the arms of England and France, with a lis above, all within a tressure of eight arches.  The legend reads hEnRIC DI GRA REX ANGL with trefoil stops and a lis after HENRIC.  Reverse has a floriated cross with a lis at the end of each limb, in each angle a lion passant guardant, with a lis at the centre, all within a tressure of eight arches.  The legend reads EXALTABITVR IN GLORIA with mullet and annulet stops. Measurements: Diameter: 19.8mm; weight: 1.75g…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weobley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-9007E5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description and identification Decorative gold posy-ring. The hoop is of flattened-D cross-section, and the outer surface is cast with a repeating floral pattern quatrefoils flowers flanked by foliage, inlaid with black enamel. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: If worthy none So happy, in italic script. External hoop diameter 16.1 mm; maximum band width 3mm; maximum band thickness 0.9mm; weight 1.65g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. Conclusions A similar design has been recorded on a posy ring from Llantwit Major, engraved with the m…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WREX-BA4CC3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description & identification The reported object is a gold ring in the form of a band decorated with white enamelled pentafoils and green enamel inlaid sprigs (indicated by ҂⁕҂) separating letters in the following legend: ne ҂⁕҂⁕҂ el ҂⁕҂ autre ҂⁕҂⁕҂ (in Black Letter script). There are traces in while enamel in some of the engraved letters. The inside of the ring hoop is plain. The object has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. The maximum external hoop diameter 17.8mm; internal hoop diameter 16.1mm; band width 4.6mm; band T 0.7mm; weight 1.8g. M…
Created on: Monday 23rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanynys', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-CA2217
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete IA gold quarter stater attributed to Addedomaros c.45-25BC, Ancient British Coins (ABC) 2529. Obverse is worn but has aflower made up of four leaves and rings around a pellet. Reverse has horse facing right with an annulet under the tail and pellet in a ring beneath the forelegs. Diameter: 12.37mm; weight: 1.31g
Created on: Thursday 24th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 24th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Langham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-7BF09B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Conwy
Workflow stage: Published
Plain gold posy-ring. The thin, slightly misshapen hoop is of flattened-D cross-section, and the outer surface is cast and plain. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: Wheare this I give I wish to live, in italic script. External hoop diameter 17.5 x 18.4 mm; maximum band width 2.8mm; maximum band thickness 0.6mm; weight 0.93g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. Conclusions The same motto Where this I give I wish to live has been recorded on a seventeenth-century enamelled gold posy ring from Old Beaupre, Vale of Glamorgan (Treasure Case 04.13…
Created on: Monday 31st January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Abergele', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-584607
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE: 2022 T36 Description:  A complete, but bent, gold Middle Bronze Age composite penannular ring, dating to c1300-1100BC, made from four strands of gold wire, stacked on top of each other and fused together to produce a ribbed effect.  The wires are sub-circular in cross-section.  The ends are cut and slightly rounded. The ring has been pulled out of shape since deposition, forming its current C shape. Dimensions:  Length: 56.4 mm, Width: 5.5 mm, Thickness: 1.5 mm, Weight: 5.7 g Discussion and Dating:  …
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Prees', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-4AFDD9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Welsh Treasure Case: 21:49 Description & identification The reported object is a gold posy ring. The ring is formed of a circular hoop, slightly distorted into an oval shape. The band is D-shaped in cross-section. The outer band surface is plain, and the internal surface is engraved with the legend ‘x MY+HART+IS+YOVRS ++’ in seriffed Roman capitals. There are small traces of black enamel in some of the letters. The object has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. To judge from its colour and weight, and visual comparison with other gold rings and brooches in …
Created on: Monday 29th November 2021
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanfynydd', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-38D607
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Welsh Treasure Case: 21:14 [Addendum to Treasure Cases 12.13, 13.23 & 14.01] The reported object is a gold ring in the form of a band decorated with two raised pelleted ridges framing three engraved words, spaced with flowers:  de bon cuer (in Black Letter script) ‘in/of good heart’.  The inside of the ring hoop is plain. The maximum external diameter is 16.4 x 18mm; internal hoop diameter 15.2-16.2mm; band width 5.4mm; band T 0.7-0.8mm; weight 1.74g. There are slight traces of white enamel in the engraved leaves below the flower heads. The object has …
Created on: Tuesday 28th September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 11th April 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bronington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-686EFD
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold finger ring with a circular bezel containing a gem or glass intaglio, depicting a floral motif. Most likely to date from the early to mid 18th century or later. The ring is formed of hollow gold, rather than being solid. A large section of the hoop, which is circular in section, is missing. See NMS-4FE505 on the database of a similar example. Length: 16.3mm; width: 10.3mm; thickness: 1.7mm; weight: 1.07g
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selattyn and Gobowen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-848E6F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE: 2019 T982 Description: This gold stirrup-shaped ring with a tall triangular bezel set with a sapphire cabochon. The ring has a well preserved and well-formed hoop which is D shaped in cross section (flat internally). The exterior edge is faceted and the hoop expands at the shoulders to form a two animal heads with open mouths, as if holding the bezel in their mouths. The bezel is formed by a cross of gold formed from four claws set with a roughly square shaped sapphire. The hoop of the ring is worn but appears to have traces of an inscription in two lines. A V . . . I…
Created on: Tuesday 29th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Handbridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-1D304C
Object type: AMULET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2019 T863: Report by Richard Hobbs, Weston Curator of Roman Britain, The British Museum 16 January 2020 Roman gold amulet case in the form of a cylindrical piece of sheet metal decorated with pairs of moulded and notched ribs that run across the surface. The preserved terminal consists of a recessed circular button with rolled over edges, likely to have contained a piece of cut glass or stone (now missing). A pair of narrow striated strips of sheet metal wrapped around the body of the object just inside each terminal form a pair of suspension loops for a chain. On…
Created on: Monday 30th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 11th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Condover', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-4ECBD6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold crown of Charles I dating 1625-1626 (Group Ab with the first bust). The obverse has the bust of the king facing left with V behind his head and the legend CAROLVS D G MAG BRI FR ET HIB REX. The reverse has a crowned shield with the legend CVLTORES SVI DEVS PROTEGIT. The initial mark is a cross calvary. Diameter: 21.7mm; weight: 2.3g
Created on: Monday 3rd June 2019
Last updated: Monday 3rd June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-0FE47B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2019 T262: Description: A complete gold finger ring (posy ring) of 17th century date (c. 1600-1700AD). The ring is a simple gold band, the exterior of which is plain, but with the inscription FEARE GOD REMEMBER THY PROMIS in upper case lettering around the interior surface. The ring has been slightly distorted so that it is now more oval than circular in plan. There are no makers marks. Dimensions: Length: 19.36mm; width: 16.96mm; height: 3.67mm; thickness of band: 1.21mm; weight: 3.0g Discussion: As the ring is plain and has no makers mark the dating evid…
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2019
Last updated: Monday 22nd November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Allostock', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-E926D3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold finger ring of unknown date. The ring is a simple gold band, the exterior and interior of which is plain. There are no makers' marks. Diameter: 24.59mm; thickness of band: 1.7mm; weight: 3.9g
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oswestry Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-110E3F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Denbighshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold finger ring of unknown date. The ring is a narrow undecorated gold band that is D shaped in section. The ring has been bent. Length: 21.5mm; width: 12.9mm; height: 1.86mm; thickness of band: 0.7mm; weight: 0.7g
Created on: Wednesday 12th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 25th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bodfari', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-ADFAB9
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE: 2018 T868 A gold seal matrix with a mottled white/black stone intaglio, possibly chalcedony. The matrix is oval in shape. At the centre is an oval stone intaglio engraved with an eagle with open wings, facing left. There is a beaded border around the intaglio. Around this runs the Latin inscription. There is a further beaded border outside the inscription at the edge. Inscription: +SIGNVM AMORIS:SA:I Dimensions: Length (inc. suspension loop): 20.32mm Length (exc. suspension loop): 18.19mm Width: 16.32mm Thickness: 3.39mm Weight: 3.0g Discussion: The rendering …
Created on: Tuesday 13th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 24th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-1546D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete gold half sovereign of Edward VI in the name of Henry VIII with the initial mark of an arrow, issued posthumously under Edward VI 1547-1549. On the obverse depicts the king seated on a throne holding an orb and sceptre, with the legend, HENRIC 8 D G AGL FRANC X HIB REX. The reverse has a royal shield with a lion and dragon supporter and the legend IHS AVTEM TRANSIENS PER MEDIV ILLOR IBAT. Diameter: 31mm; weight: 6.2g
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 16th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Northop', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WREX-78984E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold half guinea of George II (old head) dated 1759. Obv. has laureate bust of king facing left with the legend GEORGVS II DEI GRATIA.The obv. is slightly worn. Rev. has the crowned shield of arms with the legend a M.B.F.ET.H.REX.F.D.B.ET.L.D.S.R.I.A.T.ET.E 1759. See Spink 2013, pg 399 No. 3685. Diameter: 21.46mm; weight: 4.1g
Created on: Thursday 13th July 2017
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leeswood', grid reference and parish protected.