Record ID: PUBLIC-852DC6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age Gallo-Belgic gold stater of the Ambiani. Of 'Gallic War Uniface' type, c.60-50 BC. Gallo-Belgic E (Scheers class III),, ABC 16; VA 50-56. Obverse: Plain. Reverse: Sinuous horse right, pellet below, pellets above, eye shaped motif behind. Measurements: 17.78mm in diameter, 3.33mm thick and 6.07g in weight. Discussion: From BERK-A92065"Known as the 'Gallic War uniface' stater these coins were struck by the Ambiani in northern France almost certainly during the Gallic War [period] (c. 60-50 BC ) and imported into Britain during the late first century BC. These gold …
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-8301FD
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
Decorative gold ring with a projecting oval bezel of lunate form, set with a small uncut (en cabochon) turquoise. There is a small transverse gold ledge on each side of the bezel at the junction with the hoop, decorated with parallel engraved lines ('combed' fashion). The shoulders are also cast with two small zoomorphic heads, snouts pointing towards the bezel. Each head, seen from above, has pointed ears, almond-shapes eyes and a short snout. The raised bezel measures 5.4 x 7mm, and the thickness including stone is 3.4mm. The hoop has an internal diameter of 18mm, and extern…
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-80B3CE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
The ring is a memento mori ring with a hoop of flattened D cross-section. The outer surface is engraved with a skull flanked by repeating vegetal pattern of stylized flowers and scrolls, inlaid with black enamel. The inner face of the hoop is inscribed with the text: In remembrance of TA, in italic script. This is followed by a rectangular hall-mark, possibly a B (hard to decipher). The hoop (which is slightly misshapen) has an internal diameter of 14 x 17.6 mm; band width 3.1 mm; band thickness 0.9 mm; weight 2.25g. The ring has not undergone any cleaning or conservation. T…
Created on: Monday 5th August 2019
Last updated: Saturday 29th February 2020
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Record ID: NMS-453EDD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Roman solidus of Magnentius (AD 351-353), dating to the period c.AD 351 (Reece period 18). VICTORIA AVG LIB ROMANOR• reverse type depicting Victory right holding palm over left shoulder, Libertas standing left holding transverse sceptre, both of them holding the shaft of a trophy between them. Mint of Aquileia. As RIC VIII, p. 327, no. 137. Weight 4.27g.
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Record ID: HAMP-3F29A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age uninscribed quarter stater of the Southern Region / Belgae, dating to the period c.55-45 BC, Corded Crescents type. Obverse: Two snakelike corded crescents, double rings above and below with three corded lines. Reverse: Horse standing right, annulet in pellet ring in front, ringed pellet above, ringed pellet and annulet below. This coin is unlisted in ABC, BMC, or Van Arsdell. The type is published by Sills (2017: p. 210, no. 289), now with three known examples recorded through the CCI: 12.0386, 14.0601, and 19.2910; see also Chris Rudd lists 137 no. 10 (14.0601) and 167 n…
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 24th November 2020
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Record ID: SUR-18C8E4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold quarter stater (9.1mm, 1.19g) of the southern region / Regini and Atrebates, attributed to Commios and of "Commios A Type", dating to 50-25 BC. Obverse: letter A on plain field. Reverse: horse, left with ladder mane, solar motif above and rings below. As ABC 1031
Created on: Wednesday 31st July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 31st July 2019
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Record ID: SUR-18B148
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An uninscribed gold quarter stater of the southern region, attributed to the Belgae and of "Hampshire Thunderbolt" type, dating to around 60-20 BC. Obverse: stylised boat with figures. Reverse: cruciform thunderbolt motif with objects in angles. As ABC 767.
Created on: Wednesday 31st July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 31st July 2019
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Record ID: DEV-17FB6B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age 'early uninscribed' gold quarter stater of the Belgae, dating to c.65-40 BC. An example of Chris Rudd's 'Danebury Scrolls' type (ABC 791, BMC 539) with an additional ring on the back of the horse. Obverse: Scroll-like flourishes around central cogwheel sun. Reverse: Horse right, ring and wheel above, floral sun below There are 7 similar coins recorded on the database (HAMP-69AA0A, WILT-0C6176, HAMP-6A23A8, HAMP-277D13, HAMP3872, HAMP-104634, HAMP-FACBB6) with 5 examples known elsewhere (detailed in the record for HAMP-69AA0A). All known coins are from Hampshire, and …
Created on: Wednesday 31st July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 31st July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Tisted', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-038CDB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age gold quarter stater of the Western Region / East Wiltshire, dating to the period c.60-20 BC. Obverse: Wreath design with hidden face and wheel. Reverse: Triple-tailed horse right with beaded mane, pellet in ring between mane and neck, floral sun above, wheel below. This is an unknown variety of quarter stater belonging to a larger group of coins derived from British Qc types. It appears to combine an obverse that is close to the 'Three Wheels Right' type of East Wiltshire (ABC no. 2093) with a reverse similar to the standard British Qc/Selsey Dahlia type (ABC 500). John…
Created on: Tuesday 30th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 2nd August 2019
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Record ID: OXON-01F271
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A small gold ingot of uncertain date, but probably later Iron Age to Early Medieval (Viking). The ingot is roughly sub-rectangular in section and in plan. There appears to be damage or a lip in the ingot on one long edge. The short edges appear to show cut-marks. Dimensions: Length: 24.6 mm, Width: 13.5 mm, Thickness: 2.1 mm. Weight: 7.82 g Discussion: Although gold ingots are traditionally difficult to date out of context they are often attributed to a Viking date, c. AD 750-1050. The Vikings had a bullion economy where the purity and weight of the metal were more impor…
Created on: Tuesday 30th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 7th July 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-ACFEEB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case: 2019T674 Description: A complete gold and enamelled ‘fede’ ring dating to the post medieval period (c.AD 1650-1750). The band is decorated with three pairs of clasped hands. The hands are mostly covered in opaque white enamel. Each hand projects from an elaborate lace-like ruffed cuff. The cuffs represent three rolls ruff which are each covered in a pale green enamel.  Between the pairs of hands, the band is elaborately decorated with a woven motif, forming an interlaced figure of 8, reminiscent of some heraldic knots. The inside of the band is insc…
Created on: Friday 26th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 1st March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Acton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AC634F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Gold finger ring formed of a succession of eighteen conjoined lobes. Each lobe is sub-rectangular with a shallowly domed front and straightened sides where it abuts the next lobe. The lobes are similar in size all the way around the ring although with very slight variations. The inner side is flat and plain giving the ring a D-shaped cross section. The smooth inner side and junctions suggests the lobes were formed by indenting the lines between them rather than formed separately and joined. There is an Italic inscription on the interior surface of the ring. This re…
Created on: Friday 26th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 10th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hawkchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-9899EB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, Iron Age, gold, quarter stater, unknown ruler of the Regini, dating to the period c.65-40 BC. Sills insular CF type Obverse: Boat with two occupants with rosette behind. Reverse:Tree like object bisected by band. As (Rudd 2010, 50) ABC 530.
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th July 2019
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Record ID: NLM-973175
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Rose gold coin fragment. Probably an uninscribed South Ferriby gold stater of the Corieltauvi, ABC 1743, Haselgrove Period 2 Phase 6 issue of 50-20 BC; Rudd et al. consider the versions with a blank obverse to be 'Rare'. At least two thirds of flan are lost to a probably recent break, suggesting the complete coin to have weighed around 6gms. Obverse description: Blank Reverse description: Discombobulated Celticised lunate horse left, a rod with crescent end flanked by a pair of pellets above the horse; tiny curls next to the pellets. Diameter (in excess of): 16.4mm, Weight: 2.07gms
Created on: Thursday 25th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th July 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-73A47F
Object type: KEY (WINDING)
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold and gem watch key and fob seal matrix in the form of a horn or trumpet, with a blue onyx (nicolo) or imitation glass intaglio dating from AD 1750 - 1900. The watch winder is a slender trumpet, oval at the bell end and circular at the narrow mouth end, with a wider circular disc (3.4mm diameter) forming a terminal. A circular hole in the end is filled with iron corrosion from the working part of the winder. The trumpet is decorated with incised foliate scrolling engravings. The wider end of the trumpet holds a blue gem or glass intaglio. It is very smooth and reflective, oval…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 26th September 2019
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Record ID: NLM-71AF98
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold coin. Uninscribed stater of the Corieltauvi, North East Coast V-Type, ABC 1728, Late Iron Age issue of 50-20 BC, Haselgrove Period 2 Phase 6. This coin is described as 'excessively rare' by Rudd et al., though also resembling the related ABC 1731 (which is 'very rare') in some details. Obverse description: Three indented V-shaped figures to top left, central Apollo wreath with rod with two small crescents and larger peltae at its end, another pelta adjacent; a small domino with a tiny humanoid figure overlooking it at left of flan. Reverse description; Discombobulated horse…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ulceby Cross', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-56F297
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An early modern signet ring, made of a pale yellow metal - probably lower grade (9-15 carat) gold, but not hallmarked. It consists of a shouldered hoop with a shield shaped bezel enclosing a black hardstone with red flecks (probably bloodstone) engraved with the crest of the Whitby family of Osbaston, 'an arrow in pale, barb downward, environed by a serpent', contained within an elliptical belted border which has the family motto 'Virtus vitium fugere' incised in retrograde. The front half of the hoop is decorated with 4 incised circumferential grooves, with cross-bands at the start &…
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 10th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Osbaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-18E848
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE : 2019 T668. Description: A hoard of 266 gold coins dating between AD1610-1727 found within and around a stoneware ceramic vessel during property renovations. The coins represent James I (AD 1603 - 1625; 34 coins), Charles I (AD 1625 - 1649; 42 coins), Charles II (AD 1660 - 1685; 25 coins), James II (AD 1685 - 1688; 14 coins), William and Mary (AD 1688 - 1694; 10 coins), William III (AD 1695 - 1702; 25 coin), Anne (AD 1702 - 1714; 31 coins), George I (AD 1714 - 1727; 84 coin), and Joao V of Portugal (AD 1706 - 1750; 1 coin). Vessel: A nearly complete 18th century whee…
Created on: Friday 19th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 29th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ellerby Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-F35C2E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold quarter stater of the Rudd's East Wiltshire grouping, his 'Three Wheels right' type (ABC 2093) but with an additional wheel in front of the horse, dating to 60-20 BC. Reference: ABC 2093; VA 224; BMC 498-501. Also HAMP-24E202 on this database, which also has an additional wheel in front of the horse.
Created on: Wednesday 17th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 5th September 2019
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Record ID: LIN-F1C70B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A late medieval gold noble of Edward III of England (1327-1377), Post-treaty period, London mint. Mint Mark: cross pattee (1369-1377). The coin has slight damage to its exterior circumference. North 1991, Vol. 2, No. 1278 Obverse inscription: EDWARD DEI GRA REX ANGL F(retrograde) FRANC D HYB (Henry by the Grace of God King of England and France, Lord of Ireland) Obverse description: King, crowned, standing facing on a ship and holding shield and sword. Battlemented turrets. No flag on stern. Saltire stops. Annulet before ED. Saltire X to REX. Reverse inscription: IHC AVTEM TR…
Created on: Wednesday 17th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 19th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Spridlington area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-F1C5B3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Distorted gold finger ring in the form of a plain hoop which is D-shaped in section. The shoulders of the hoop each have four incisions to form three collars on either side of the bezel. The bezel is missing its original setting and is in a form which was probably originally rectangular but has now been distorted. The walls of the cell have been flattened at one side. There are general marks of damage throughout. The lack of diagnostic information on this ring makes dating it difficult. No exact parallels have been found on the PAS database nor in the British Museum's collection, …
Created on: Wednesday 17th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
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Record ID: SUSS-F13E5C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete, gold finger ring dating to the Late Roman Period c. AD 300-410. Description: Gold finger-ring, much distorted. The hoop consists of a rectangular sectioned strip of gold, to which has been soldered three strand of filigree which is now broken in a number of places. The filigree is beaded, but the beads are now very hard to distinguish, which is probably due to heavy wear. In the pair of channels between the filigree, a series of paired punched dots has been added as further decoration. In places, these dots have been punched close enough together that they run in…
Created on: Wednesday 17th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 27th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Basingstoke', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-EDA46A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  Medieval gold finger ring. The ring is made from a rectangular strip of gold, now squashed out of shape, the two ends folded over each other at almost equal intervals along its length so that it is now a third of its length. One end narrows at one side to a pointed terminal. This terminal is softly rounded and bent slightly as if to be the beginning of a hook. The opposite terminal has a transverse break. The outer surface of the strip has punched decoration. This consists initially of a single pellet, just above the pointed terminal, followed by a series of cres…
Created on: Wednesday 17th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Record ID: CORN-E33196
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold posy ring with plain exterior band and inscribed on the interior with TOxLIGHTxTOxREQUIT in Roman capitals. In general Roman capitals began to be used for inscriptions on posy rings from the mid-16th century and were replaced by Italics by the second quarter of the 17th century (Oman 1974, 40-41). Posy rings were popular love tokens often used as betrothal or wedding rings. The message was inscribed on the inside, so that it remained secret to all but the wearer and the giver. This particular motto is found on a ring within the British Museum's collection and is also recorded by …
Created on: Tuesday 16th July 2019
Last updated: Sunday 22nd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hayle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-DCD08B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age gold stater of the Catuvellauni (North Thames Eastern Region), struck by Tasciovanus, dating to the period c. 25 BC-AD 10. Obverse: crossed wreaths, one curved, back-to-back crescents at centre. Reverse: horse right bucranium, solar motif and [TASCIAVAN] above. As ABC no. 2553; BMC 1591-1603; VA 1680.
Created on: Tuesday 16th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th July 2019
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Record ID: LANCUM-C6B5FC
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Solid gold armring with punched decoration. The armring is circular in section and curves in an oval shape, with overlapping terminals. Shallow punched dots cover the outer three quarters of the object. These measure approximately 1.44mm in diameter and are tightly clustered, with some overlap. There is noticeable wear to the outer edge of the object as the surface is smoother and the punched dots are much shallower. Length: 82.09mm Width: 68.57mm Diameter: 11.55mm Weight: 311g Discussion: The armring is similar in form to those of the Tullydonnell hoard from Count…
Created on: Monday 15th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
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Record ID: PUBLIC-C678D2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold quarter stater of the Regini tribe BC c65-45 Obverse: Outline crescents back to back, each side of wreath Reverse: Horse r., pellet on rump,ladder mane, floral sun below, uncertain object above. ABC 626 BMC 548-50
Created on: Monday 15th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 30th October 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-C601CE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold medieval noble of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and Count and Lord of Flanders (AD 1384-1404). Delmonte 474. cf. Woodhead 2011, plate 16, no. 153. Gold nobles were issued in Flanders by Philip the Bold in response to English demands that wool bought in Calais should be paid for in nobles.
Created on: Monday 15th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 29th July 2019
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Record ID: HAMP-88F8B2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A late medieval (c.1400-1500) gold finger-ring with a projecting flat, solid, oval bezel and a hoop D-shaped in cross-section (being flat to the inside surface). The bezel is engraved with the figure of St Christopher walking left through water (denoted by wavy lines), holding a staff in his right hand, carrying Jesus as a child on his back, and holding Jesus' left ankle in his left hand. Jesus holds an orb in his left hand and raises his right hand in blessing. The area around these is cut away and retain traces of a dark material, perhaps enamel inlay. The depiction is longitudina…
Created on: Friday 12th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 18th August 2020
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Record ID: LIN-86063F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold, medieval stirrup shaped finger-ring with blue stone (sapphire?) setting intact. The ring has a circular shape, the internal diameter measurements are: horizontal 18.24 mm and height or vertical 19.81 mm. The external measurements are: horizontal 20.72 mm and height or vertical 26.69 mm. Weight is 5.39 g. The slender circular hoop, flat on the inner surface, rises up to a pointed bezel with a sub-oval setting. The hoop is 3.04 mm wide and 1.13 mm thick at the bezel, thickness not including the setting which increases the thickness at the bezel to 3.97 mm. The blue stone s…
Created on: Friday 12th July 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 30th June 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Moulton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-8396D8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age gold uninscribed Corieltavian stater dating to the period c.60-c.20 BC. North East Coast Type, reduced weight. ABC 1722, BMC 193-200, VA 804
Created on: Friday 12th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 12th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Santon Downham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-732F1D
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gold pin dating to the post medieval or early modern period, c. AD 1750-1850. Only half of the hollow head of the pin survives. Similarly to ESS-A014C8, the outer surface of the head is decorated with golden pellets of different sizes, each surrunded by rope work filigree. Around what would have been the circumference of the complete head, there are five settings, only three of which still have their small circular blue inlay stone,which may be turquoise. Each setting is surrounded by four of the larger and two of the smaller size pellets. Judy Rudoe has commented …
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2019
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Record ID: ESS-72D583
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age gold quarter stater of the Ambiani, Gallo-Belgic in origin. Broad flan type left type, as ABC type 28, c. 175 - 60 BC Obverse: Wreathed head right. Reverse: Stylised horse right, pellet motif above
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 11th July 2019
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Record ID: KENT-706279
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age Gallo-Belgic gold stater of the Ambiani. Of 'Gallic War Uniface' type, c.60-50 BC. As ABC 16; VA 50-56. Measurements: 16.79mm in diameter, 3.39mm thick and 6.11g in weight. Discussion: From BERK-A92065"Known as the 'Gallic War uniface' stater these coins were struck by the Ambiani in northern France almost certainly during the Gallic War [period] (c. 60-50 BC ) and imported into Britain during the late first century BC. These gold coins are frequently found in southern Britain where they circulated in large numbers, and where some [varieties] may also have been produced."
Created on: Thursday 11th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 31st July 2019
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Record ID: OXON-5EBB97
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold post-medieval finger ring, a posy or poem ring of late 17th or early 18th century date. The finger ring has a plain D-shaped band with internal inscription in cursive script which reads 'for virtues sake my wife I take'. Following the inscription is a maker's mark of IB within a sub-rectangular cartouche. Finger rings with similar cursive script are dated from c. 1650 - 1750 AD however the maker's mark may be that of Joseph Berry, who is recorded as being 'Free of the Goldsmiths' Company' AD 1675 - 1697 (date of death unknown). A similar mark seen on a posy ring made by…
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-5EB486
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold medieval finger ring with blue/black stone insert (damage to stone). The band of the finger ring is rectangular in cross section with moulded blocks of quatrefoil / saltire decoration separated with rows of raised pellets around the circumference of the loop. Either side of the trapezoidal bezel is lettering that may be an abbreviation of a religious or personal nature; the letters appear to consist of I O L V M [?] (read left to right, top row first). Mid 13th to mid 14th century AD. Weight: 2.2g Inner dia: 19.24mm Outer dia: 24.47mm
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2019
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-5E3E68
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold Pseudo-Imperial solidus attributed to the Visigoths in Gaul, imitating a Roman Imperial coin of the emperor Libius Severus (Severus III) (AD 461-465), dating to the period c. AD 461-470 (Reece period 23). VICTORIA AVGGG reverse type depicting the Emperor standing facing holding long cross and Victory on a globe, right foot on head of a human headed serpent. Prototype of the mint of Ravenna. Cf. RIC X, p. 459, no. 3754; MEC, p.436, nos.174-176.
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 31st January 2020
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Record ID: OXON-5D6B82
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold medieval finger ring with seal intaglio and inscription. The finger ring has a plain oval loop, D-shaped in section (more angular near the bezel) with an oval bezel set within the arms of the hoop. The bezel has a bevelled edge and an blue / black glass (?) intaglio within. The intaglio is of Roman date and appears to depict a satyr advancing right with a pedum over his shoulder and possibly holding an animal in his hand (pers. comm. Martin Henig in litt. 25.07.19). The intaglio is of Roman date but the finger ring it is set within is of 13th century date. The finger r…
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2019
Last updated: Friday 25th March 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-5BB127
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Age gold stater, North Eastern type, ABC1722, VA804, BMC193-99, 60-20BC
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th July 2019
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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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