Record ID: WILT-AD7ED8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete uninscribed Iron Age base gold stater of East Wiltshire, dating to 50-20 BC. Savernake Forest  type. Obverse: plain. Reverse: skinny horse right, pellet mane, possible solar spiral above, large wheel below, torc-like motif in front, various pellets around. ABC, p. 107, no. 2091. Coin is slightly chipped around the edge.
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2023
Last updated: Thursday 1st June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-975C7C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Merovingian Francia tremissis of the ‘national' or 'mint-and-moneyer' c. AD550-670. Obverse: Diademed bust right (clockwise from left shoulder): VIEN/OFETI (T inverted) Reverse: from 12 o'clock anti-clockwise: VIV[  ]MIFI[  ] or FI[  ]VIV[  ]MI The legend reads as Belfort VIVOSMI but the coin illustrated there doesn't include the other part of the inscription. Belfort suggest the inscription begins at 6 o'clock with VIVOSMI as the end of the name with the first letter as C. On your coin it's not a C but either an F or an …
Created on: Sunday 2nd April 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Mary Bourne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-6E1AB2
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete gold sheet metal biconical bead with gold wire filigree decoration of early medieval (early Anglo-Saxon) date. The two sections of the bead are each made from sheet metal rolled into truncated cones leaving a hole in the centre of their apex. One of these holes is encircled by applied beaded wire, but this is missing on the other. The two sections are joined together at their bases, the join then covered by two strips of beaded wire encircling this point. The outer face of each section is decorated with strips of beaded wire bent into three elongated triangles p…
Created on: Friday 31st March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drinkstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-6CFAD0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast gold inscribed 'posy' (or ‘posie’)-type finger-ring of post-medieval date (c. 1781-1795). Description: The hoop is circular in plan and D-shaped in cross-section. The exterior surface of the band is undecorated. The inscription, which runs around the internal circumference, is in lower case italic cursive and reads 'God above send peace and love’. After this is two identical maker's marks read 'I.K'. The ring is in the original form. Measurements: Diameter: 20.3mm; width: 2.4mm; thickness: 1.1mm; weight: 1.72g Discu…
Created on: Friday 31st March 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Theydon Bois', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-2DC0DF
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold quarter stater of the North Thames region / Catuvellauni and Trinovantes, struck for Cunobelin, dating to the period c.AD 8-41, probably 'Cunobelinus Wild' type. Obverse: [C]A-MV either side of corn ear with no central stalk.  Reverse:  A horse right, dashes for mane, branch above, CVNO below.  As ABC, p. 137, no. 2813; BMC nos. 1843-1844.
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 31st July 2023
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Record ID: SF-2B05CC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold Iron Age Iceni stater dating to the period c.AD 10-c.40. ABC 'Antedios Triple Moons' Type, inscribed 'ANTEDI' in reference to the ruler Antedio(s).  Rudd (2010, 87) writes 'the three crescent moons may symbolise a regal triumvirate of Antedios, Ecen and another ruler whose name is unknown to us. The six stylised neck torcs may signify not only royalty, but also religious leadership. Icenian kings may also have been chief priests of the tribe'. ABC 1639; VA 705; BMC 3790; Ev.18.2; Al.Va; M 418; Ch.275, S 440 Rudd, C. 2010. Ancien…
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-2A8B0B
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2023 T312 A complete gold plated pennannular ring dating to the Bronze Age, c. 1000-800 BC. Description: A complete penannular ring, circular in cross section, with corrosion between the terminals. The corrosion likely indicates that it was made by covering a circular copper-alloy bar with gold sheet and hammering it flat, giving it the appearance of being made from solid gold. The ring was decorated with silver or silver rich gold wire, which covers the ring in a continuous spiral that provides a striped effect. Overall, it is in fairly good condition, but there are…
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-E32C71
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Complete gold mourning (memento mori) finger ring probably dating from AD 1680. The ring has a D-shaped section with flat interior and convex exterior face. The interior has an inscription reading ‘Prepare to follow me LH 80’ in italic script. The exterior face has the incised image of a skull, missing the top of the head and the lower row of teeth and chin, emphasised with black niello inlay which is missing in places. Dimensions:  External diameter of hoop: 20.29mm; internal diameter of hoop: 18.06mm; thickness: 1.18mm; height: 4.12mm. Weight: 3.20g D…
Created on: Friday 24th March 2023
Last updated: Saturday 28th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ebchester Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-D9AC7E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold quarter noble of Henry VI, Class C (N1420), dating  AD 1422-1427. 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. The coin is distorted by several dents and crease…
Created on: Friday 24th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 31st March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-D76D49
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold finger ring (mourning/'Memento Mori') of post-medieval date (c.1678). Description: The ring is D-shaped in cross-section, the curved exterior surface engraved with a simplistic forwards-facing skull with incised eyes and triangular-shaped nasal cavity. The rest of the exterior surface is decorated with a now worn crosshatch design. These engraving would have been filled with enamel or niello to stand out against the gold band. The flat interior of the ring is inscribed as follows: 'Whilst you have breath prepare for death ES 16…
Created on: Friday 24th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beverston', grid reference and parish protected.