Record ID: PUBLIC-53105A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval gold Quarter Noble coin of Edward III (1312-1377). Fourth coinage, pre-treaty period (1351-1361). Spink 1495
Created on: Thursday 28th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-CA2048
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold Continental Gallo-Belgic quarter stater (1.64g ; 9.7mm), dating to c.125 - 50 BC (Sills Class Ca2). Obverse: Animal or boat. Reverse: Waved line or tree-like object. Sills 2003: 232 and Fig 76.
Created on: Monday 26th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-47E34E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age gold quarter stater of the East Wiltshire region, dating to c. 50-35 BC. Savernake Wheel type. Obverse: wreath, crescents below, pelleted spike. Reverse: horse, wheel below, solar spiral above. As ABC p.107, no.2101; BMC 546. 
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Royal Wootton Bassett', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-6D9F1B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Late Post Medieval gold finger ring, dating to c. AD 1800-1850. The hoop of the ring is slightly sub-circular in plan. The bezel has an orange/red glass sub-circular setting, with a slight blemish within the glass. The shoulders of the ring are decorated with a possible foliate design, but this is difficult to distinguish. The hoop has some old damage and there is a seam showing on the exterior of the hoop, caused during the manufacturing process. The interior of the hoop has a folded seam which is particularly in evidence at the base of the hoop, plus there are striati…
Created on: Friday 29th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-9A20D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age gold stater of of the Catuvellauni, attributed to Addedomaros, struck between 50 BC-AD 10. Addedomaros Spiral type.  Obverse: Six-armed wreath spiral, three crescents at centre. Reverse:  Horse right, possible cornucopia motif below (but this is unclear) and inscription [ADDIIDOM] above. ABC Type 2517.
Created on: Thursday 7th September 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-DDC942
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A fragment of a solid gold penannular ribbon bracelet dating from the Middle Bronze age to the Late Bronze Age, about BC 1150 - BC 750. The fragment is the buffer terminal of a penannular bracelet, which has a plain and sub-circular cross-section at the terminal, tapering to a flat rectangular cross-section. The object is partially cut and partially broken about 10mm from the end of the terminal. Dimensions: The object is 11.98mm in length, 6.33mm in width, 4.55mm in thickness and it weighs 2.44g. The diameter of the terminal end is 6.17mm. The flat end is …
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Codford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-245BDA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval gold half noble of Edward III dating to AD 1356-1361 (Series G Fourth coinage Pre-Treaty Period).  EDWAR DEI G REX ANGL [ .. ] obverse depicting the king standing facing in a ship.  He is crowned and wearing armour, and holds in his right hand a sword and in his left a shield quartered with the arms of England and France.  DOMINE [NE IN FV]RORE TVO ARGVAS ME reverse depicting a floriated cross with a lis at the end of each limb and an ornamented compartment (containing the king's initial) in the centre; in each angle, a lion passant, guardant, with a …
Created on: Monday 15th May 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 16th May 2023
Spatial data recorded.

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
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Record ID: WILT-830027
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Bronze Age, gold, square-sectioned, penannular bar-bracelet, dating to c.1300-800 cal BC. The body of the bracelet is solid, extended out and slightly twisted, flaring out at each terminal to a flattened off circle 5.5mm in diameter. Both termini are bent upwards, one at 90˚, the other at 45˚. The surfaces are scratched and abraded, but otherwise undecorated and smoothly finished. Dimensions: Bent length: 109.2mm Extended length: 165.0mm Diameter: 2.6mm x 3.4mm Weight: 22.19g Discussion: The gold penannular bracelet is characteristic of British Bronze Age ornamentation. …
Created on: Monday 20th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 28th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-39B67B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A clipped imitation of a medieval gold quarter noble of Edward III (1327-1377). The obverse shows annulets on the cusps of the tressure and a lis in the centre of the reverse suggesting the prototype was a quarter noble of Edward III's Treaty Period, the annulets seen in the 'Transitional Series' of 1361-3 (North 1224), the lis seen in the Treaty Series of 1363-9 (North 1243-4). However, there are a number of differences: the inscriptions on both obverse and reverse vary from the standard legends although are both legible and literate, e.g. GRACIA is spelt in full…
Created on: Wednesday 8th February 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 28th March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-7BEB48
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold quarter stater dating to c 65-40 BC.  The coin is a Hampshire Thunderbolt and is attributed to the Belgae.  The obverse depicts a stylised boat possibly with two standing figures.  The reverse depicts a cruciform thunderbolt motif, various objects in angles.  Rudd (2010) ABC 767.  
Created on: Monday 30th January 2023
Last updated: Monday 30th January 2023
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Record ID: YORYM-1BC611
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age gold quarter stater of British uninscribed Western Region / East Wiltshire Three Wheels Right type dating to the period c.60-20 BC. Wreath design with hidden face, wheel below obverse. Stylised horse with wheel above and below. ABC, p.104, no.2095.
Created on: Tuesday 20th December 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 4th January 2023
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Record ID: DEV-C3A111
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A (base?) gold Iron Age stater of the Western Region / East Wiltshire, dating to the period c. 50-35 BC, probably 'Savernake Wreaths' type. Obverse: Probably Crossed wreaths. Reverse: Skinny horse right, pellet mane, solar spiral above and large wheel below, torc-like motif in front, various pellets or ring and dot motifs around. cf. ABC p. 107, no. 2089; BMC nos 358-360. This is probably a Savernake Wreaths type with weakly struck obverse similar to an example noted in the British Museum (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1980-0810-6&n…
Created on: Thursday 22nd September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 6th October 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterbourne Bassett CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-9D44CB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold and enamel memento mori (mourning) ring. The ring is a plain band apart from the image of a skull denoted by two eyes, nose and mouth with a circumferential line. The eyes still have traces of black enamel. The mouth is denoted by a series of raised dots representing teeth. The line around the face is misshapen, leaving more blank space inside the line to the left of the face. The inscription inside the ring reads C : Tooker : ob : 23 : July : 1716 : cet : 38 There is also a makers mark of a W before the name. The internal diameter is 19.56mm which equates to a modern U…
Created on: Thursday 8th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 22nd September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-17362B
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Early Medieval gold and garnet pendant, dating to c. AD 600-650. Drop-shaped in plan, comprising a dark red cabochon gemstone, probably a re-used Roman garnet (M. Henig, pers. comm.), set within a composite gold frame surrounded by a single strand of beaded wire with a serrated setting. At the top of the pendant is a suspension loop made from a strip of gold sheet decorated with four parallel ridges, bent into a loop and soldered onto the pendant's frame. The find is in fairly good condition, although one of the serrated teeth has been bent backwards, the garnet ha…
Created on: Friday 15th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Hullavington CP'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-570639
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval to Post-Medieval gold 10 Cruzados (Português) of Manuel I of Portugal (1495-1521), dating to AD1499-1521 (Gomez 74.05). The coin has a small, round punch mark (located at 3 o'clock on the line of the inner circle on the obverse, and by the top of the central cross at at 1 o'clock on the reverse) which has almost pierced the coin. The punch was made from reverse to obverse. 
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-54BBAA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman gold finger ring dating to c. AD 1-200. The find is much bent and distorted, with a circular hoop of circular cross-section and what appear to be a pair of opposed possible snake heads forming the bezel. max. length of distorted hoop 25.0mm thickness wire hoop (circular sectioned) 1.3mm max setting length 8.5mm (right angles to hoop) max setting width 6.8mm depth setting 2.6mm weight 1.95g Discussion: snake rings are common finds from the early Roman period. This ring appears to broadly conform with the type and would be classified as Johns t…
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 6th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-A23765
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold noble of Edward III (1327 - 1377) dating to 1356 - 1361. Fourth coinage, pre-treaty period, Series G. Cross 3 initial mark. Saltire stops on the obverse. Pellet stops on the reverse. Date: Medieval Diameter: 32.17 mm Weight: 7.06 g Die axis: 3
Created on: Sunday 22nd May 2022
Last updated: Friday 30th September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-13B513
Object type: JEWELLERY FITTING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
The frame of a gold ornament of around 1830, possibly a brooch but there are no traces of any fitting so it may be the lower part of an earring. It has lost its central element.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
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Record ID: BM-9B35BA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold finger-ring, now misshapen. The hoop is rounded on the outer side, and is engraved with a geometric and foliate design, which is now worn. The interior is engraved with the legend: TOUT MA VIE (All my life). The ring was probably a marriage ring. Probably 15th century
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BM-1F7A24
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval finger ring formed of a flat band measuring 20mm in diameter and 3mm in height. The hoop is inscribed with the words: Ave Maria Gracia Plena (‘Hail Mary full of Grace’) taken from the archangel Gabriel’s salutation to the Virgin Mary.
Created on: Wednesday 16th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 25th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Chippenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-B370FA
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, but folded, sheet gold basket-shaped ornament of Bronze Age date (2500-2200 BC). The object is composed of a single, oval sheet of gold, rolled into a cylinder. There is an integral, flat, sub-rectangular tang projecting from the centre of one long edge which appears to be truncated. In use, the object would have been a tube, but this example has been further folded. Both ends have been folded towards the middle, and the tube has been flattened, making the ornament now sub-rectangular. There is a crease visible about 2mm from the edge of the sheet all the way round, like a …
Created on: Friday 11th March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-CAC7DF
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold cross, of Post Medieval to Modern date. It is completely plain except for an incised marginal line which continues around the whole item. Each arm of the cross ends in a trefoil shape - bifurcated with a central lobe. The uppermost arm has an integral flat circular extension which is pierced and holds a split gold ring for attachment to a chain. There is a worn, indecipherable maker's mark near the lower end of the long arm Dimensions: length 27.34mm; width 16.9mm; 1.23mm thick; 0.81g in weight
Created on: Monday 28th February 2022
Last updated: Friday 10th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-6960FD
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold fragment of irregular shape which has breaks and fracturing all around. One side is broadly flat; on the opposite side is a small flat area which is at an angle. There are no signs of working, no marks and no indication as to what the fragment broke away from. Possibly part of an ingot, but of uncertain date.
Created on: Tuesday 18th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-47EA19
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval gold annular brooch, dating to c. AD 1200-1400, with constriction for the pin. The band is wedge-shaped in section with a ring of small conjoined pellets on the upper surface and a legend on the outer face which reads, ‘IE SVI FLVR D[E] BO[N]’, meaning “I am a flower of good”. This is possibly a message from the giver of the brooch to its wearer. The find is in fine condition and the pin still moves freely within the constriction. Dimensions: Diameter: 13.1mm; width of band 1.2mm; thickness 1.3mm; weight: 1g. Discussion: There are a nu…
Created on: Thursday 23rd December 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 1st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Westbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-47BD2F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Post-Medieval gold mourning ring, dating to AD 1708. The find is slightly convex on both the inner and outer edges. The hoop is plain, except for a Death’s Head engraved into the outer surface. The eye sockets and the upper row of teeth are portrayed along the length of the hoop, with traces of black enamel remaining in the grooves. On the inner surface is stamped a maker's mark in Roman capitals ‘WC’ within a shield, followed by an inscription in italic Latin: ‘MB obt 29 June 1708 Æt: 31’, meaning ‘MB died 29 June 1708 aged 31&r…
Created on: Thursday 23rd December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 30th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wootton Rivers CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-1EF523
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Roman sheet gold leaf ornament, dating to c. AD 300-400. The object comprises a single thin sheet of gold cut into the form of a leaf with a midrib and the remains of six pairs of radiating veins. The veins are also incised though on alternating sides with the first pair being on the same side as the rib, the second pair on the opposite side, and so on. The gold sheet has been torn at the base, probably due to an old break. The gold sheet has been folded back on itself from the base on one side of the reverse. Dimensions:  Length: 12.2mm, width: 11.1mm; thick…
Created on: Tuesday 21st December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 8th March 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BERK-8A3007
Object type: STUD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval gold stamp in the form of a stud. The stud is decorated on the front with an engraved six petal rose, at the centre of which a capital ‘H’ in Roman script. This H has one thin leg and one thick leg, which would be reversed when impressed. One of the Surrounding the petals are six further engraved petals lines and surrounding this is a continuous border. The back of the stud is profiled, swelling slightly and terminating in a flat back. A piece of wire has been soldered to the back, creating a stem. The stem retains traces of gold solder showing that it exten…
Created on: Tuesday 14th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 26th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alderbury CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-23A52E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval gold finger-ring of the type known as a puzzle ring, dating to c. AD1700-1900 . It consists of three interlinking gold hoops, each with a sub-square cross-section with rounded angles. The hoops are now bent and slightly mis-shapen, the grooved hoop in particular. This one has tightly spaced transverse grooves around all faces; the other two are undecorated. Each hoop was originally 20.0mm in diameter; total weight: 4.42g Similar puzzle-rings have been recorded on the PAS database, e.g. NMS-8BC638; BH-DCD252 (both with one ring decorated); WMID-68CAA3 and NAR…
Created on: Thursday 9th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yatton Keynell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-3C5CE4
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of gold of uncertain date or function. Possibly hack gold. Sub-rectangular plan with rounded corners. Wedge-shaped profile, with a thicker edge which thins towards the opposite edge.Both surfaces are undecorated, but each has elongated impressed lines. On one surface are three horizontal lines which begin at the mid-point of the fragment, which corresponds with a slight convex raise in the profile. Perpendicular to this are a series of finer scratches. On the other side the profile is slightly convex. Horizontal to this are a series of similar elongated incised lines which …
Created on: Tuesday 16th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 17th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-8E7F29
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold or gold plated copper alloy pennanular ring of Late Bronze Age date (1150-750 BC). Description: The object is oval in plan broadly sub-circular to D-shaped in cross-section with the outside edge being more rounded than the straighter inside edge.The terminals are slightly flared with visible rims and have irregular facets which suggest they have been hammered. The ring is mostly gold in colour, with the exception of a brown band that appears to wrap around it, however it is likely that this is the core of the object that has been heavily coated in gold and then fi…
Created on: Monday 8th November 2021
Last updated: Monday 23rd May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wilsford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-5D350B
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Found whilst metal detecting on cultivated land at a depth of 3 inches. Gold ingot of probable Bronze Age date. The find is a slightly bent cylindrical length of gold. One end is complete and flat, the other is slightly twisted and was probably broken by hammering a dent and breaking it across the thinnest place. Hammer marks are still evident.  Dimensions: Dimensions: 56.0mm in length; 3.8mm in diameter or thickness, 9.65g in weight. Discussion: A similar ingot was found in Horsham, West Sussex and is recorded on the PAS database as SUSS-66EEF6 (2008 T329), which was…
Created on: Monday 6th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 8th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-0D9491
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but crushed Early Medieval gold bead dating to c. AD 600-700. The find is made from a sheet of gold formed into an almond shape. It is hollow, with a simple longitudinal butt joint. The ends of the bead are constricted. Although it has been crushed, part of the surface bears marks which may have been decorative. Small longitudinal lines can be seen with possibly repousse motifs.  Dimensions: Length: 12.9mm; width: 8.3mm; thickness: 3.6mm; weight: 0.57g Discussion: The find would fit into Hines and Bayliss Type BE3-b ‘Almond-shaped, biconical …
Created on: Thursday 2nd September 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 18th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-3ADABD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age gold uninscribed British quarter stater of the Atrebates / southern region, ruler unknown. 'Selsey Dahlia' (no mane) type dating to 60-20 BC. Obverse: Wreath design with 'hidden face'. Reverse: triple tailed horse facing right, no mane, with floral sun above. As ABC 503 Measurements: diameter 14.82mm, thickness 0.98mm, weight 1.40g.
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2021
Last updated: Monday 13th September 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-981B2F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Post Medieval gold posy ring dating to c. AD 1750 onwards. It is plain and undecorated on the external surface. The inside surface is flat with an engraved inscription reading Deny not he who loveth thee in italic cursive writing. It is stamped IM in a punched rectangular recess which may have been engraved over (R. King pers. comm.)  Diameter: 21.8mm; thickness: 1.22mm; weight: 2.45g Rachel King (British Museum) comments: ‘Deny not he that loveth thee’ may refer to a spouse, but also to God/Christ, and thus this ring may as much …
Created on: Thursday 22nd July 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Calne Without CP'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-8372F2
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Sheet gold strip or ribbon of Bronze Age date (2100 BC- 1150BC). The surface has been decorated with six parallel grooves running lengthwise. However, the original length and design of the artefact is obscured, as prior to deposition the item had been distorted and folded back on itself several times resulting in its current flattened form. Nevertheless, one thing that may point to its original function is the structure of the one remaining terminal. This is shown to be tapering with a fine hooked end and perhaps alludes to this artefact originally being used as a bracelet or s…
Created on: Friday 9th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 9th July 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heytesbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-299199
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold and copper-alloy penannular ring dating to the Bronze Age (1150-800 BC). The ring is circular in cross-section and tapers slightly at the terminals. One terminal is slightly wider than the other and the thinner is now exposed, revealing the copper-alloy core. The surface is undecorated. Dimensions: Diameter 15.22mm, weight 2.95g. Discussion: “The penannular ring belongs to a class of artefact which has been termed 'hair-rings' and 'ring-money' (Taylor 1980; Green 1988; Eogan 1994; 1997; Varndell 2001; Hobbs 2003; Meeks et al 2008; O'Connor e…
Created on: Monday 17th May 2021
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Kingston Deverill'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-23546D
Object type: INGOT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a possible Early Medieval (Viking) gold ‘finger shaped’ ingot, dating to c. AD 870-950. It is a short, heavily marked, slightly bent, solid cylindrical length of gold, which appears to have been hammered. There is small nick at one end, just before the break and an apparently formed blunt end at the other. Dimensions: 14.2mm in length; 8.2mm in width; 6.88g in weight Discussion: The use of cut fragments of gold and silver as bullion in Viking England was relatively common in the period c. AD 870-950. Gold is less common in this context than silver, but …
Created on: Monday 17th May 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Langley Burrell'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-AB6A04
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval gold mourning ring, with surviving enamel decoration, dating to AD 1673-1674. The ring consists of a triangular sectioned gold hoop, with an exposed ridge of gold, the exterior surface decorated with heavy blue-black enamelling, which is lost in places and a Death’s head in white, which has lost its facial features. The interior of the hoop is engraved, in a curvilinear italic script, with the Latin inscription, 'Animae Vita Mors', meaning ‘The Life of the Spirit is Death'. The hallmark stamped inside the ring gives a date 1673-4. Dimension…
Created on: Thursday 29th April 2021
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Near Devizes'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-80E516
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age gold stater of the Dobunni / Western Region, dating to the period c. 20BC - AD 10. Rudd's 'Boduoc Bold'. Obverse: [B]ODVOC on plain field. Reverse: Triple-tailed horse right, wheel below, cross, crescent and two ringed-pellets. ABC p. 104, no. 2039. cf BMC nos. 3135-7, with possible reverse die link to no. 3137.
Created on: Tuesday 27th April 2021
Last updated: Thursday 29th April 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-C9476C
Object type: EAR RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possibly complete Roman gold ear ring, dating to c. AD 200-300. The find is a plain, circular ear ring made from a thin gold wire of circular cross-section, each end is overlapped with the other and twisted round neatly in five coils to hold the shape. The ring, which is slightly distorted, shows no visible wear. Dimensions: 23.10mm in width; 17.8mm in height (i.e. c 20.5mm in diameter before distortion); 1.9g in weight Discussion: The earring is of Allason-Jones Type 3. It is closed, making it impossible to remove without breaking. It is possible that the ear ring once h…
Created on: Thursday 25th March 2021
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ditteridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-328649
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Medieval gold inscribed annular brooch, dating to c. AD 1150-1350. The brooch has a slightly sub-circular frame, with a lozengiform cross-section. The frame is bevelled on either side, giving four surfaces, each inscribed with part of a Christian devotional prayer. The letters are inscribed in Lombardic text, with the use of cross potent to divide some of the text. Each part of the inscription reads clockwise from the pin constriction. The front outer angle of the brooch inscription reads: + AVE. MARIA. GRACIA. PLENA: DOMINVS: + The front inner angle reads: T: ECV…
Created on: Thursday 18th March 2021
Last updated: Monday 7th March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as ''Manningford CP'', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-BE2DD1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman gold aureus of Trajan, dating to AD 101-102 (Reece Period 5). P M TR P COS IIII P P reverse type, depicting Hercules, naked, standing front on low base, holding club downwards in right hand and lion-skin over left arm. Rome mint. RIC II Trajan 50 (aureus)
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colerne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-97DA9A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post-Medieval gold mourning ring dating to AD 1664-1686. The band is plano-convex in cross section, with the exterior face decorated with an engraved skull, the rest of this face being stippled by a lattice of lozenges. The interior of the ring is engraved A B obiit 25 Sept 64, followed by a maker’s mark consisting of the initials TS within a rectangular cartouche. Dimensions: c. 25-30mm in diameter Discussion: This maker’s mark is extremely similar to that seen on a number of posy and mourning-rings in the collections of the British Museum thought to have been pr…
Created on: Thursday 21st January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Ashton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-56D3DC
Object type: RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold object of uncertain date, 13mm in length, comprised of two circular gold wire rings which were originally interlinked and which have been partially melted and fused together by exposure to fire or heat. The internal diameter of the rings is around 8.5mm and they are around 1mm thick with circular cross section. There are breaks in the rings which appear to be from heat damage rather than from the process of manufacture. Possibly a jewellery component, but of uncertain date. Lengh: 13mm; Width: 11.4mm; Weight 1.10g.
Created on: Tuesday 13th October 2020
Last updated: Monday 18th July 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-0CB2A3
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hoard of fourteen Post Medieval gold coins dating to c. AD 1643. Twelve were found at a depth of 12 inches and a further two coins at a depth of six inches while metal detecting on wooded pasture (scrubland. The hoard consists of fourteen gold coins: 1x gold unite, 3x gold laurels, 2x gold half laurels all of James I. 2x gold unites, 6x gold double crowns all of Charles I. The coins are in very good condition which would suggest that they were removed from circulation and were probably all deposited at the same time as they were found in close proximity to one another. Catalog…
Created on: Tuesday 15th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 12th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Box CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-73615E
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small strip of gold wound around a strip of gold wire. The gold strip on this peice of 'hack' gold is wound around the bars three times. On the opposite side to the start of the strip is a small perforation. The wire inside appears to be bent over on itself 4/5 times. Date c.2350 - 800BC. Length: 12.2mm, Width: 11mm, Thick: 5.1mm, Weight: 4.4g Discussion: This object is similar to other pieces of wrapped gold dated to the Bronze Age GLO-FE959E and SF-D30D10, although this piece is not ribbed and CORN-0E9443 which is plain. This places the object before 1720 and as the o…
Created on: Tuesday 8th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 13th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berwick St. Leonard CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-67D233
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
The ring is a memento mori ring with a hoop of flattened D cross-section. The inscription on the inside of the band gives the date of 13 Jan '97 (century unknown) in italic script, likely 1697. The outside of the band is almost completely plain apart from engraving of a skull. The eyes of the skill are inlaid with a black material, possible jet, vulcanite or black enamel.  Width: 3.78mm Thickness: 1.04mm Diameter: 19.18mm Weight: 2.48g
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Last updated: Sunday 29th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berwick St. Leonard CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-6633B7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold Post-Medieval posy ring with D-shaped cross section, decorated on the outside with geometric pattern of ovals, triangles and discs. On the inside is an inscription reading From my afection springeth my affliction. A similarly decorated posy ring in the British Museum (AF.1313), also with an italic inscription on the interior of the band, is dated to the 17th century based on the exterior decoration. Another ring from the collection (1961,1202.459) with exterior decoration like this is dated to the 16th – 17th century. The italic inscription on the Berwick St Leonard ring me…
Created on: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Last updated: Saturday 28th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berwick St. Leonard CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-6E57E8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An uninscribed Iron Age gold stater (17.98mm, 5.03g) attributed to the Southern region / Belgae and of "Cheriton Wheel" type, dating from 60-20 BC. Obverse: wreath, cloak and crescents, many large pellets below cloak. Reverse: triple tailed horse, right, with wheel below and charioteers arms above. ABC 758.
Created on: Tuesday 21st July 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 21st July 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-23A9B2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small gold post Medieval posy/posey ring, 15.6mm in diameter (internal diameter 13.4mm) with a band comprised of a series of bosses. The interior surface is flat and has the inscription "A FrenDS GIFT" in a mixture of upper and lower case lettering. Circa late 16th to mid 17th century.
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-63B6DE
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle to Late Bronze age penannular ring, consisting of gold sheet wrapped around a copper alloy core, with corrosion products from this core now expanding through the gold sheet and visible through tears. The ring itself is oval in cross section and the gold sheet is inlaid with circumferential bands of silver or electrum wire. Dimensions: Length 19.7mm; Width 19.2mm; Thickness 7.2mm; Weight 10.49g. Discussion: Such rings are dated to the Middle or Late Bronze Age and a number have now been reported through the treasure process: NMGW-928F55; HAMP-90A3E2; SOM-E86C93; WIL…
Created on: Monday 9th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ogbourne St. Andrew CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-954858
Object type: BEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure Case 2020 T120 Description: A small rectangular strip of folded gold with one decorated surface that likely dates to the Bronze Age (c.1500BC - 800BC). The edges of the strip appear to have been cut rather than broken, suggesting that the object is complete. The strip has been folded almost exactly in half, with a small portion left uncovered. The outermost side is decorated with numerous fine, straight, 'incised' grooves, whilst the inner side remains undecorated. Dimensions: Length (folded): 16.5mm Width (folder): 9.2mm Thickness (folded): 1.2mm Thicknes…
Created on: Tuesday 4th February 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 25th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winterbourne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-84FF88
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small rectangular fragment of Bronze Age gold, truncated by probable cuts at either end, dating to 2,400-800 BC. The front of the fragment is moulded into five parallel ribs, with an incised zig-zag on the sides of each rib, except for those on the external edges. The reverse is plain. Dimensions: length 15.9mm; width 9.7mm; thickness 1.5mm; weight 2.48g. Discussion: The fragment can be compared to other ribbed gold strips identified as Bronze Age ribbons and recorded on the PAS database, cf. HAMP-36C41B; NLM-9CECFC; WMID-3CBCF0; WAW-C0C0B3. Conclusion: The artefact…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 21st June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clarendon Park CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-DADB62
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description of Find: This group comprises of three uninscribed silver staters of the South Western region (coins 2–4), including two of the relatively unusual ‘Badbury-rings’ type and a gold inscribed Southern British stater of the ‘Chute’ type (coin 1). Although the latter is thought to be a Southern type it is now known to have a distribution that extends into the South West, including Dorset. All are in good condition. An Iron Age gold uninscribed stater of the Belgae tribe (Southern Region), dating to c. 80–50 BC. Chute type. Obverse: Wreath, cloak and cresc…
Created on: Tuesday 14th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-F37E4E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold uninscribed stater of the Belgae tribe (Southern Region), dating to the period c. 80-60 BC. Chute type. Obverse: Wreath, cloak and crescents. Reverse: Disjointed horse facing left, crab below. ABC no. 746; BMC nos. 35-76; VA no. 1205.
Created on: Friday 3rd January 2020
Last updated: Friday 3rd January 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-B66F21
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A decorative gold finger ring with gemstone of medieval date. The hoop, slightly distorted, is D-shaped in cross section with convex outer and flat inner side. It is decorated on each shoulder with a design of three chevrons pointing the gem and several pellets filling the spaces within them. The rest of the hoop is plain. The ring has a transverse oval bezel with dark red/purple gemstone. The bezel is bi-conical in profile, with both cones truncated resulting in a sub-hexagonal cross section. The back face of the bezel is closed with a raised surface. It has a crack running along h…
Created on: Thursday 19th December 2019
Last updated: Monday 13th February 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brixton Deverill', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FBCA17
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post- Medieval gold Britain Crown of James I (AD 1603-1625) dating to AD 1613. Second coinage, third bust type.Trefoil initial mark. London Mint. North (1991, 145) No 2091.
Created on: Tuesday 10th December 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 11th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kilmington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-C30AC9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold uninscribed South Western (Durotrigian) stater of Iron Age date, c. 60 BC to AD 20. Obverse: a line crossed by leaf to left and triplets, before 3 crescents below misc w. Revere: horse to left, ex line k, above line and twelve pellets, above tail wheel a, below pellet. As Hobbs (1996: plate 79) no. 2535, from the Corfe Common Hoard. Measurements: 16.9mm diameter, 3.9mm thickness, weight 6.23g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Urchfont', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-90A3E2
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Late Bronze Age (1150-800 BC) gold or gold-plated copper alloy penannular ring, oval in cross-section with cut or burred-over edges at the terminals (measuring c.6.3x5.5mm). The edge opposite the terminal has a cross-section measuring 6.6x5.6mm. A paler gold strip or wire (possibly silvery-gold with traces of tarnishing) winds around the brighter gold surface of the object to give striped bands of equal size, c. 1mm wide. The object measures 17.0mm in length, 15.7mm in width, 6.6mm in max.thickness (the side opposite the terminal) and weighs 9.06g.
Created on: Friday 30th August 2019
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-3B9B84
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold ring made of two strands of twisted gold wire. The hoop is evenly sized all around the circumference and is 1.8mm thick. The internal diameter is 14.5mm. There are no diagnostic marks. The object is most likely of relatively modern date. Diameter: 17.8mm; Thickness: 1.8mm; Weight: 1.64g.
Created on: Wednesday 14th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 26th April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-AE7978
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Iron Age gold early uninscribed stater of the South western (Durotriges), dating to c. 65 to 20BC. Westerham type. Van Arsdell 1205-1, ABC 746, Hobbs 30. Obverse: Stylised bust head facing right. Reverse: Horse going left with crab below. The coin is 19.8 in diameter, 3.2 in thickness, and weighs 6.10g.
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 20th August 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grafton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-7CA8DD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age gold stater of the Western Region / East Wiltshire, dating to the period c.50-35 BC, 'Savernake Forest' type. Obverse: Plain. Reverse: Skinny horse right, pellet mane, solar spiral above and large wheel below, torc-like motif in front, various pellets around. As ABC, p. 107, no. 2091; BMC nos. 361-364.
Created on: Friday 24th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 5th June 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-3D742A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
2018 T585; Disclaimed, returned to finder. Description: A Post-Medieval gold posy ring. The ring consists of a sub-circular hoop with a plano-convex cross-section. The interior surface is inscribed, in itallics, ‘A freinds gift ~’. The external surface is plain, there are no maker’s marks. Dimensions: diameter 18.5mm; width 2.4mm; thickness 0.9mm; weight 1.53g. Discussion: Posy rings such as this were common in during the 17th and 18th centuries, with the itallic script potentially suggesting a date in the latter half of this range. It can be compared to example…
Created on: Tuesday 21st May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Collingbourne Kingston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-2CBB16
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very base gold uninscribed Iron Age stater of the Western Region / East Wiltshire, dating to the period c.50-20 BC, 'Savernake Forest' type. Obverse: Plain. Reverse: Horse right with pellet mane, spiral above, large wheel below, various pellets around. As ABC no. 2091; BMC nos. 361-364.
Created on: Monday 20th May 2019
Last updated: Friday 20th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-C0552F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Anglo-Saxon shilling (thrymsa) of Witmen-derived 1 type dating c.AD 620-50, minted in south-east England. Ref: Metcalf 1993: 28-30, cf. pl 1 no 12; Naismith 2017: 52-3; Gannon 2013: 90-1. Date: Early Medieval Diameter: 11.72 mm Weight: 1.29 g
Created on: Wednesday 15th May 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 11th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stockton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-E30016
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval gold double-crown of Charles I (1625-49), Group D (4th bust) or E (5th Aberystwyth bust), anchor initial mark, Tower of London mint, dating to 1628-9. Reference: North 2169 (D) [or 2172 E-early or 2173 E-later]
Created on: Friday 29th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GLO-939BD8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold mourning finger ring that has a D-shape cross-section hoop. On the face of the ring is engraved a three-quarter left facing skull, that has recessed pellet eyes, a pointed nasal cavity in-between; a single row of teeth below for the facial detail and a rounded brain case to the right complete the skull. To either side of the skull is a longitudinal triangle that begins at the skull and points outwards, all three sides of the triangle are embellished with a series of small lines that give the impression of feathering or shading. On the inside of the hoop is the inscription EG: …
Created on: Friday 1st March 2019
Last updated: Thursday 29th July 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-478F43
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold quarter stater of the East Wiltshire group, Rudd's 'Dahlia Horse Left' type (ABC 2109), dating to c.50-35 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 8th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 10th April 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-7952CE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gold quarter stater of the British Iron Age dating to 50 - 20 BC. Early uninscribed type. Western Region / East Wiltshire. Rudd's 'Three Wheels right' type (ABC 2093). Date:Late Iron Age Diameter: 14.59 mm Thickness: 1.29 mm Weight: 1.14 g Die axis: 6
Created on: Monday 17th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-A85119
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
2018 T977; undergoing valuation Description: A gold iconographic finger ring depicting St. Margaret. The hoop of the finger ring is broadly sub-trapezoidal in cross section, the outer edge divided into a series of lozengiform panels with chamfered edges; each panel is slightly concave when viewed in plan. Each panel holds one letter of a black letter inscription. The hoop expands into a rectangular bezel, engraved with a depiction of St. Margaret standing left, spearing a dragon at her feet through its mouth. The shoulders of the ring are decorated with a series of longitudinal parall…
Created on: Friday 7th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 15th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Coombe Bissett CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-E8B4E7
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A flattened gold mourning ring with a hoop with plano convex cross section 1.1mm thick and 3.2mm in width. The approximate original internal diameter would have been around 15mm. The exterior surface has a stylised engraved skull motif 8.9mm in width but is otherwise undecorated and lacks a bezel. The internal surface is flat and inscribed: FJ. ob 2 Oct 1710. Length 23.2mm, width 3.2mm, weight 2.00g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-999524
Object type: UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An apparently complete sheet-gold object of rectangular shape and with a perforation at the centre of each short end, perhaps of Bronze Age date (2,500-800 BC). The object shows signs of being transversely folded or bent multiple times along its length. Both perforations (c.0.8mm diameter) are made from the same side of the object to its opposite side. The object is perhaps related to gold ornaments/ strips known from the Bronze Age of Southern England. The object measures 57.3mm in length, 6.7mm in max.width (varying along the length by 0.5mm), 0.3mm in thickness and weighs 1.58g.
Created on: Monday 12th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 8th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-073740
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Iron Age quarter stater of the Western Region / Dobunni, dating to the period c.60-20 BC, 'Sunburst Little Horse' type. Obverse: Wreath, spike with three large pellets and sunburst across, crescents below. Reverse: Triple-tailed annulate horse right, cogwheel sun above, small animal(?) below. As ABC, p. 103, no. 2009; BMC nos. 2942-2946.
Created on: Monday 5th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 6th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-6CF746
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2018 T804: returned to finder Description: A Post-Medieval gold finger ring with a posy inscription on the inside. The ring is D-shaped in cross section with a plain, convex outer and flat inner side. The inscription on the inside, in italic letters, reads: Godly love cannot remoue [remove]. There is no maker's mark. Dimensions: The finger ring is 22.3mm in external diameter, 4.1mm in width, 2.2mm in thickness and weighs 4.94g. Discussion: The inscription appears to be a variant on the more common Godly love will not remove; which appears on two British Mu…
Created on: Monday 29th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Potterne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-9F4AAA
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron age gold quater stater of the Southern Region/Regini and Atrebates, struck under Tincomarus and dating to c. 25 BC - AD 10. "Tincomarus Medusa" type depicting TINC in corded tablet, C above and A below on the obverse and the facing head of Medusa on the reverse. ABC 1076, VA 378, BMC 811-26.
Created on: Tuesday 25th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-E86C93
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Treasure case 2018 T615: declared Treasure, undergoing valuation Description: A complete gold penannular ring dating to the period 1150 to 800 BC. The ring is C-shaped in plan with a gap of 2.4 mm between the flat ends and oval in cross-section. It is decorated with alternating thin stripes of a contrasting bright gold and paler silver metal. The silver has been preferentially attacked in the soil and is slightly pitted. There is some slight damage to the inner sides of the flat ends. Dimensions: The piece measures 18.1 mm in diameter, 7.9mm thick and weighs 10.59 g. Discussion: Go…
Created on: Tuesday 4th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Downton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-145347
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bent and squashed gold posy ring of probable 17th century date, inscribed on the inside of the hoop: Noe recumpence but Love (i.e. No recompense but Love). The hoop is an elongated D-shape in cross-section, being flat to the inside surface and measuring 2.9x1.0mm. One edge is jagged and rough to the touch. The outside surface of the finger-ring is undecorated. Discussion: The inscription Noe recompence but love is found on another gold ring that was discovered in Wiltshire, in the parish of Avebury Trusloe, (2001 T30). In the report for that item, it is suggested that the spel…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shrewton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-F05D0D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold quarter stater of the British Iron Age. A South Eastern uninscribed stater of the Atrebates. On the obverse is a stylised wreath with annulets and on the reverse is a three tailed horse with a sun-like object above and a wheel below. Reference: Van Arsdell 222.01, ABC 578 Date: Late Iron Age - c. 65 - 45 BC Diameter: 11.80 mm Weight: 1.24 g Die axis: 7 A similar coin is recorded in on the database in Celtic Coin Index record CCI-950440
Created on: Wednesday 18th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 19th July 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-B42EB2
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: An incomplete gold mount or pendant with a silver backplate and silver cabochon rivets, dating to the late medieval or early post-medieval period (1500-1550). It consists of a number of component parts: a backing plate, decorative dome-headed rivets, sheet gold base plate and applied decorative beading. The object comprises a central oval setting or collet with raised walls (now a little squashed inwards) and an applied beaded border encircling the base of it. Equidistant around the edges are three (of presumably originally four) D-shaped projections, at the centre of t…
Created on: Monday 9th April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 14th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buttermere', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-38D124
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An early-medieval gold tremissis of the Merovingian 'National Coinage' (c.580-670), mint: Canac, Rodez (France; Belfort 1382; Prou 1903). Refs: Belfort 1892: 387; Prou 1982: 393. Die axis = 2
Created on: Tuesday 3rd April 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-D221A9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold stater of Commios of the Regini and Atrebates dating to c. 50 - 25 BC. Commios Muzzles type. ABC 1022, VA 350.
Created on: Monday 5th March 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Marlborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-4CDFB8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A bent gold post-medieval posy-ring, probably dating to the period AD 1729-1747. It measures 24.26mm in length and 13.14mm in width. It is 3.64mm thick and weighs 2.92g. The outside of the ring is not decorated and features some minor dents. On the inside of the ring can be found an inscription, which reads: Love and live Happy. The maker's mark reads GS in a rectangular incision. It is probably the maker's mark of the London goldsmith Giles Southam. Cf. British Museum: Posy ring with the Registration number AF.1297.
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th July 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-4AC4DE
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
2018 T111; Undergoing Valuation Description: A Late Bronze Age gold penannular ring, dating to the period 1150-750 BC. It measures 16.02mm in diameter at its widest point and 14.67mm at its most narrow, making it slightly oval. It is 4.59mm thick and weighs 4.72g. It narrows towards the terminals to 3.95mm. The gap between the terminals measures 1.9mm. Discussion and Date: The Penannular ring belongs to a class of artefact which has been termed 'hair-rings' and 'ring-money' (Taylor 1980; Green 1988; Egan 1994; 1997; Varndell 2001; Hobbs 2003; Meeks et al 2008; O'Connor et al…
Created on: Tuesday 9th January 2018
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-E8C1DE
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2017 T1183: Declared not Treasure Description: A gold setting for four pink facetted gems with signs of a broken attachment on the back. The gems consist of one larger oval gem with three smaller circular ones arranged in a triangle around one end, the larger or the circular gems is slightly larger than the others. All are simply facetted with a flat square or rectangular top and angled sides. The gems are held in gold collet settings with flat backs, angled sides closely following the gem and rims at the front which overlap the edges of the gems, holding them in plac…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2017
Last updated: Monday 5th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Lavington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-AE19DE
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly worn 1st-century BC gold Iron Age British (Durotrigian) 'B', 'Chute' type stater 65-58 BC; ABC 746. Van Arsell no. 1205.
Created on: Monday 21st August 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
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Record ID: DEV-448261
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age pale gold stater (uninscr.), dating to c. 60 - 20 BC. (South Western) Durotriges, BMC 2525-2546, Van Arsdell (1989: 294) no. 1235.01. A small section of the flan, between 3 and 6 o'clock, has been lost to an unworn break.
Created on: Friday 4th August 2017
Last updated: Friday 4th August 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kilmington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-187BC6
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete gold medieval annular brooch, dating to the period AD 1100-1500. It is incomplete insofar as the pin is missing and two stones or gems, which would have rested within the inserts either side, have now been lost. The brooch measures 15.73mm in width, 17.81mm in height, the thickness of the brooch frame measures 3.31mm. However, there is a small constriction where the pin would have been attached to, which measures 1.33mm in thickness and 1.89mm in height. the inserts for the stones or gems measure 4.52mm wide and 2.85mm wide, in a broadly oval shape. The decoration on the…
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2017
Last updated: Thursday 22nd October 2020
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Record ID: GLO-138292
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold finger-ring with a D-shape cross-section hoop. The flat inside is engraved with the inscription 'be Constant to the End' with the makers mark of a conjoined T over H. The outside curved edge is undecorated. Discussion: The style of the lettering is consistent with that on rings dating from the mid-17th century to mid-18th century, including one in the collection of the British Museum (reference 1961,1202.414), dated late 17th to early 18th Century. The maker's mark on that ring is very similar to that on the subject ring, unfortunately it is not identifiable in any of the stan…
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 18th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oaksay', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-51C68E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stater of the British Iron Age dating to AD 10 - 40. A Southern type VERICA type of the Atrebates. Obverse: COM.F in a tablet Reverse VIR REX - horse right , rider raising spear References: BMC 1146 - 1153, Van Arsdell 500, ABC 1190 Diameter: 18.32 mm Weight: 5.24 g
Created on: Tuesday 28th February 2017
Last updated: Monday 25th June 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bishops Cannings', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-E2ED60
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
TREASURE CASE 2017 T234. An incomplete Middle Bronze Age composite penannular gold ring dating to the period c. 1300-1150 BC. Now almost straightened, the ring comprises two ribs formed from separate C-sectioned bars with convex upper faces and hollow reverses, soldered together longitudinally. One terminal end of the ring is complete with a clean, smooth finish while the opposing end is broken. There are several small post-depositional scratches on the outer, curved surface of the ring. Discussion: Composite penannular rings formed from C-sectioned, D-sectioned or sub-circular strips…
Created on: Tuesday 17th January 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Preshute CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-DD8B11
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold quarter noble of Richard II (AD 1377-99). The obverse has nothing above the shield in there is a pellet in the centre of the reverse. An obverse die of Edward III has been altered to RICARD. Richard II, class IB/IIIA mule (Schneider 157, same dies; North 1318(iv)/1319; Spink 1673/1675). Thanks to Gregory Edmund for the full ID.
Created on: Thursday 17th November 2016
Last updated: Monday 13th May 2019
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Record ID: WILT-1FF4E1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold finger ring of uncertain date, possibly medieval or post-medieval. It is D-shaped in section and is undecorated and unmarked. It measures 23.12mm in external diameter, 20.41mm in internal diameter and weighs 1.20g. Similar finger rings are recorded on PAS database as SWYOR-1F3699.
Created on: Thursday 27th October 2016
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2017
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Record ID: BERK-F273E9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold Iron Age stater of the Southern British East Wiltshire group, struck between c. 50-35 BC. Probably a 'Savernake Forest' type (ABC 2091, Cottam et. al. 2010) based on the obverse and the style of the pellets and torc-like motif on the reverse, however the horse's tail, high and arching, is closer to ABC 2089 ('Savernake Wreath' type).
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-BCABB4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold Iron Age stater of the Western Region / Dobunni, dating to c. 60 BC - AD 40. Obverse: Tree symbol (with 5 branches on each side ending with pellet) with a pellet or ring at base and tip. Reverse: A six spoked wheel and horse of uncertain form. The reverse has extensive wear, as well as what appears to be deliberate defacing in the form of multiple short linear strokes or scratches/chisel marks that have removed the horse motif and any legend that may originally have existed. Cf. ABC p.103, no. 2003 passim for the type. Weight: 4.6gms Diameter: 16.8mm
Created on: Saturday 22nd October 2016
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Porton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-4CD3FF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold posey finger-ring, dating to the post medieval period of c.1500 AD-c.1720 AD. The band is sub circular in cross surface and its anterior surface is plain gold with very little damage to it. On the posterior surface, there is an inscription: "Noe riher to content” with a WM as a makers mark. The band of the ring is c.21mm in diameter, 1.11mm thick, and weights 2.66g.
Created on: Monday 17th October 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2020
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Record ID: WILT-4C20D3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete post-medieval gold 'fede' finger-ring. The bezel is in the form of two hands, one clasped in the other, holding a heart between them. Each hand protrudes from a cuff, decorated with five dots reflecting a lace-like appearance. The band of the ring meets the cuff with foliate scrolls, rather like the head of a Doric column. The band then tapers in width, and continues that width across the band. The band is D shape in cross section, and holds no decoration on it anterior surface. The posterior has an italic inscription in lower case reading: "Be True in Hart" following th…
Created on: Monday 17th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
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Record ID: WILT-669DA9
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post-medieval gold zoomorphic seal matrix, dating to the period AD 1750-1900. It is formed of a handle and a base, which is inset with an engraved glass setting. The handle is a snake biting its own tail, with the looped and overlapping body providing the handle and small loop for this seal matrix. The snake is attached to the base by one side of its head and tail. On the head of the snake there are striations, depicting the eyes and nostrils. These correspond to the fine grooved striations on the body of the snake, which cross and intersect with one another. The snake is thickest t…
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2017
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Record ID: WILT-247826
Object type: TORC
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A fragment of a gold torc. The torc consists of an elongated shape bar that is broken on both ends and circular in cross section. One of the ends has been hammered and flattened. Dimensions: The fragment measures 25.71mm in length, 7.61mm in maximum width 5.72mm thick. The object weighs 6.89g. Metal composition: Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of a gold torc fragment indicated a surface composition of approximately 94-97% gold, 3-5% silver, the rest being copper (see appended report for details). Discussion and Date: It was originally belie…
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2016
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cherhill', grid reference and parish protected.