Record ID: SWYOR-7A4B0E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold half-sovereign of Victoria, Jubilee coinage, dated 1887, which has been adapted for use as a brooch. Obverse: veiled and crowned bust of Queen Victoria facing left. V[ICT]ORIA. DEI. [GRAT]IA. Reverse: crowned and garnished shield with date 1887 below. BRITANNIARVM REGINA FID: DEF: The initials J E B appear below the bust. These are for the designer Joseph Edgar Boehm, The die axis is 12 0'clock and the wear of the coin is very fine. Spink (2011) 3869 on page 446. A tubular pin hinge slotted to take the missing pin has been soldered onto the obverse of t…
Created on: Monday 1st August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2022
Spatial data recorded.

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 The brooch was originally made in at least three pieces: the body of the brooch; the spring and pin; and a small roughly triangular plate across the rear of the catch plate.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: 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: LEIC-1725B3
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval gold brooch, dating to AD 1200 - 1400. The brooch is drop-shaped with inscription on outer edge, it is D-shaped in section. The inscription reads from above the pin around the outer edge and ends below the pin, Malcolm Jones has interpreted the phrase as 'IO SVI CI EN LVI D[AMI]', the phrase is incomplete with AMI missing from the end. In modern French this translates to 'Je sui ici lieu d'aimi', 'I am here in place of your beloved'. The internal edge is decorated with raised pellets within a circular depression, there are 37 in total. T…
Created on: Wednesday 28th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Kesteven', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-E8D46B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold annular brooch. A tiny plain round-section frame of thickness 1.5mm with a cast collared pin set at a constriction – whether the frame or the pin was closed to achieve this is uncertain. The collar on the pin is finely textured, perhaps with vegetal ornament. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1350. In the light of its age and material, this object is to be subjected to the Treasure process, Ref. 2021 T517. Diameter: 11.2mm, Band Width/Thickness: 1.5mm, Weight: 1.05g.
Created on: Monday 26th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 16th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Gainsborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-10CAF6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold annular brooch. Cast D-section band with a constriction for a cast tapered pin which is looped around the band. The convex display face bears a finely defined chevron motif, with V-shaped figures with internally indented edges confining strands of closely juxtaposed pellets, possibly in overlapping doubled rows. These were presumably stamped to achieve the fine definition observed here. The chevrons nest one within the next in a series originating and ending at the pin seat. The plain back appears lightly bevelled towards the central aperture. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1350 …
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 22nd July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Claxby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-67FE04
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold brooch. An elongated lentoid plate with reinforcing strips formed by the sharp double folding of its edges behind it, and with a pin seat formed by a vertically set cylinder textured to resemble a spring [pin lost]; at the other end a larger but similarly textured cylinder with an open side is set horizontally to serve as catch plate. The display face of the brooch bears remarkably fine floral decoration of twisted wires of two or three distinct gauges, and clustered pellets of at least two sizes, the largest along the outer edges being of 1.7mm diameter. These ornate elements ar…
Created on: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 4th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fotherby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-B0D659
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold annular brooch. A tiny but superbly finished annular brooch with a band of plano-convex section. The convex display side has a deeply incised and closely spaced chevron pattern around the entire band, conferring a vermiform effect. The chevrons are interrupted only by a constricted seat for a collared cast gold pin. The reverse of the band bears stamped letters, each set in an indented rectangular panel, and each formerly inlaid with a dark and contrasting material, perhaps niello. The inscription reads: + AVE NARIA GRA, with the first letter R concealed by the end of the pin. Av…
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 14th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Knaith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-3316AD
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval gold annular and inscribed brooch dating from AD 1250 - 1350. The frame is circular and is decorated at the top with a pair of clasped hands. These are moulded, but they curve in the same orientation as the frame of the brooch. At the right hand and bottom cardinal points are flower motifs; one four petalled flower at each point. The petals are concave. The left hand cardinal point is occupied by the constriction for the pin. The flat upper face of the frame is inscribed: "+ IO - SVI - DE . D - RVE" (Translated by John Cherry as Ie Sui De Drue, meaning 'I am [a brooch/gi…
Created on: Wednesday 8th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-C6E84D
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure reference 2017 T708: a medieval gold annular brooch. The frame is circular in plan and in section, and has a restriction for the pin. The pin is intact, and has a small decorative collar next to the terminal loop. The pin tapers to the terminal. The brooch is dated to the Medieval period, 13th to 14th centuries. Similar brooches have been taken through the Treasure Act (1996), for example 2010 T330 from the Isle of Wight, 2008 T124 from North Yorkshire, and 2015 T821 from Princethorpe, Warwickshire.
Created on: Thursday 10th August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Freiston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-31FDA4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gold disc, possibly a disc brooch or mount. This fragment weighs 3.33g but includes the weight of some adhering mud. No full diameter survives, however the radius measures 17.4mm which would suggest a diameter of 34.8mm if this was indeed a circular artefact. The edge is serrated, each projection having a width of c.1.6mm, some segments seem to be missing and others reduced in length or bent over suggesting partial damage to the edge. At the base of these a strand of wire forms a border on the upper surface. The wire has a width of 0.8mm. It is uncertain due to the adher…
Created on: Friday 28th April 2017
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-9A4B26
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure Reference no. 2013 T174: A medieval gold annular-framed brooch with gold pin set within a constriction. On the frame, at a right angle to pin, is a projection in the form of clasped hands. The frame is trangular in cross-section and decorated on the interior face with beading, and on the exterior face with an inscription reading VILVIVILIVLI. This brooch dates to the 13th or 14th century. Length 17mm, width 11mm, thickness 2mm. Weight 1.03g. For similar examples recorded on the PAS database see NMS-7E5746, SUR-A704D2, KENT-984E65 and DENO-1AF752. Two other examples in t…
Created on: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 25th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-587343
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold annular brooch. Cast band retaining a cast collared pin in a neat constriction. The band is of unusual form, of two distinct halves either side of the pin position. To one side, the band is of solid triangular section with a flat back; lettering appears along both of the front faces; within the band this reads: N E L V [?]O, punched with repeated drafts of a small pointed tool; around the outside of the band lettering reads E S V [?]I [?]I E N L, or possibly E S W I E N L, these letters being more finely rendered by incised strokes. The other half of the band has the upper p…
Created on: Thursday 3rd January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-B28186
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold hexagonal brooch dating to the thirteenth century (Treasure reference number 2011 T623). The frame is hexagonal in plan and triangular in cross-section. The base is undecorated but the interior face is decorated with beading. The exterior face is bears an inscription reading +IO SVI CI EN LIV DAMI, meaning 'I am here in the place of a friend (I love)'. A similar inscription is seen on a gold annular brooch now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (Accession number M.49-1975). The information given on the brooch by the V&A states that these types of 'brooches were given a…
Created on: Tuesday 4th October 2011
Last updated: Friday 10th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Barnetby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-8192F7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Small gilded silver annular brooch, pentagonal with a raised circular boss at the centre of four of the sides, and the D-sectioned loop of the pin at the centre of the fifth side. The remainder of the pin is broken off. The circular bosses are decorated with raised pellets - one with 4, one with 3, and two with an uncertain number. The frame is D-sectioned. The reverse is plain and flat.
Created on: Monday 10th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tupholme', grid reference and parish protected.