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Record ID: PAS-755C62
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval finger ring, of stirrup shape. The hoop is slightly distorted and abraded along its edges. The ring is set with a roughly rectangular stone, which is held in place by two claws. The ring is gold, and dates from the 13th century. The stone is blue, and is a sapphire. Surface analysis indicated gold and silver contents of approximately 73–76% and 16–18% respectively, and confirmed the gemstone Dimensions: length 25 mm, width 20 mm It has been published in the Treasure Annual Report 2005/6 (p. 115, no. 403)
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 10th February 2024
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Record ID: PAS-7555B5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval finger ring of iconographic type.  The bezel is hexagonal and contains a depiction of God the Father holding the figure of Christ on the Cross.  This was the conventional way to portray the Trinity in the late medieval period, though the dove representing the Holy Spirit seems to be absent. The hoop of the ring is twisted.  The twists closest to the bezel are engraved with seven five-petalled flowers and a lupin (?).  The five-petalled flower is a recognised reference to the five wounds of Christ and the number seven may be an allusion to the seven sorro…
Created on: Saturday 10th February 2024
Last updated: Saturday 10th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North of Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-25D833
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast gold plate terminal, mount or fitting probably originating from from a larger object. The object is broadly trapezoidal in plan with rounded edges, consisting a decorated front plate that overhangs a rectangular box-like fitting attached to the back of the object. To this in turn is soldered the remains of a thin gold strip, possibly reflecting some sort of hoop or broken suspension loop. The front of the object is decorated in moulded relief, though it is uncertain whether this is vegetal or anthropomorphic in nature. A vertical line extends from a rounded knop at one end of the …
Created on: Friday 21st October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 19th January 2023
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Record ID: PAS-00381E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete, gold finger ring dated to the 1st century AD. Rectangular-sectioned, slender ovoid hoop now slightly distorted. Faceted shoulders with much of lower hoop missing. Broad, flat rectangular bezel with simply incised stylised palm-branch motif with single saltire formed from the lower fronds on either side of median line. The palm-branch symbol was a ubiquitous symbol of victory believed to offer protection against malign forces and help a deceased` wearer reach the afterlife (Jackson 2009). Dimensions: Height: 13mm; External Diam.: 16.2mm; Internal diam.: 15mm: Bezel dims.…
Created on: Thursday 14th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 14th July 2022
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Record ID: PAS-743C06
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold posy ring inscribed Keepe faith till deaith*
Created on: Tuesday 8th March 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2022
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Record ID: PAS-88D6B0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MODERN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete post-Medieval gold posy ring with significant damage, now in the form of a strip rather than hoop of metal. The band is of shallow d-shaped profile. The ring appears to have been cut at the point of commencement of the inscription, which is subsequently intact. This reads – in Italic script – Let loue. Last (where the L of let takes an extended form and last is written with a long or medial s). There is no mark, and no other obviously diagnostic evidence. Discussion: The text ‘Let love last’ has not yet been found, but several examples of the sentiment  
Created on: Wednesday 8th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 29th October 2021
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Record ID: PAS-C1A1F6
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Circumstances of Discovery: Unclear. The torc was discovered somewhere near Diss, Norfolk in 1942. The finder is now deceased so it is now impossible to locate the exact find spot or the landowner. The torc remained in a bank vault until the present owner had it valued. The dealer recognised that the artefact may be ancient and reported it to the British Museum. Dimensions: Diameter: 195 mm; Diameter of terminal: 28 mm; Diameter of neckring: 7mm; Weight: 281g. Metal content: 81-85% gold, 14-16% silver, the remainder being copper. Description: Gold-alloy torc with two loop termina…
Created on: Friday 1st November 2019
Last updated: Friday 19th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Diss area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-35C8A8
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Folded gold strip or diadem. Soil remains wedged between layers. The object has been folded up and consists of 5-6 layers. The tapering tip of one end of the strip is visible on the outside of the folded bundle. Lines of pointillé decoration run along both edges of the strip and meet at the terminal. There are three perforations visible on a terminal of the band that tapers inwards forming a triangle with the single perforation at the tip of the taper en Dimensions (in folded condition): Length: 28.23mm Width: 19.93mm Thickness (with soil): 5.33mm Thickness (sheet): 0.18mm…
Created on: Tuesday 1st October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 1st October 2019
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Record ID: PAS-EA008F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ring made of circular-sectioned gold wire, with three evenly-spaced wire coils wrapped around it. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analyses undertaken at the British Museum performed on the surface of the ring and one of the wire coils indicated a surface composition of approximately 98–99.5% gold, with small amounts of other metals.
Created on: Thursday 22nd August 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd June 2021
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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: PAS-FB4D00
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold 'fede' posy ring, circular in plan and D-shaped in section. The bezel is formed of two clasped hands below a heart; the hands each display a shirt cuff at the wrist. The plain interior is inscribed in italics Content is a continuall treasure with a long 's' in the last word. Dimensions: External diameter: 17mm Height of band: 2mm​​​​​​​ Weight: 2.1g Discussion: A number of parallels have been reported under the Treasure Act and recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. See for example 2016 T615 (IOW-24A544) dated c.1650-1720. Variation…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 16th January 2024
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Record ID: PAS-11C218
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold mourning (or memorial) ring. It is circular in plan, though now distorted out of shape, and slightly D-shaped in section. The curved outer face is plain, and the inner face is inscribed in a mixture of capital letters and italics: I L ob .23 Nouem 1710. Dimensions: Exterior Diameter: 19.77mm Height: 2.48mm Thickness: 0.81mm Weight: 1.6g Discussion: The inscription refers to the date of death of 'I L'. Mourning rings were popular from the 17th to the 19th centuries, with people sometimes leaving money in their wills for the production of such rings to hand out …
Created on: Friday 30th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 23rd November 2020
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Record ID: PAS-10F734
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Post-Medieval gold posy ring. The ring is circular in plan and D-shaped in section. The rounded exterior face is plain, and the interior is iscribed in lower case script Feare god and loue mee. The stem of the F is filled in with diagonal engraved lines. A maker's mark CW appears in a rectangular punch before the inscription. Discussion: This inscription is a well-known posy, appearing in multiple forms in Joan Evans' English Posies and Posy Rings (1931:35). It is also found on several posy rings that have been reported under the Treasure Act and recorded with the Portable Anti…
Created on: Friday 30th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 7th April 2020
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Record ID: PAS-4EA424
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete but distorted gold finger ring set with a carnelian in an oval bezel. The hoop is 1.2mm wide and ovoid in section, widening to flat triangular terminals where it is joined to the bezel. This join is strengthened by a strip of gold wrapped round the ends of the hoops. The back of the bezel is an applied flat plate, with a central circular pierced hole. The raised oval setting is formed from another sheet of gold folded and pinched at the top of the oval. Around it at the base is a border of twisted gold wire, with filigree beaded wire above this. The carnelian is oval with a …
Created on: Friday 21st September 2018
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2023
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Record ID: PAS-D9D45E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold memorial ring. The inner inscription, preceded by a hand symbol, reads 'absens is grif' (absence is grief) with five-pointed star between the words and followed by a floral sprig. The symbols on the outer surface appear to be S type capitals, one either side of what could be interpreted as two joined XXs with a horizontal line in their centre (or a 'VA' monogram) repeated on the other side of the ring, plus 2 x intertwined capital C's backing onto each other, one set of these either side of the ring between the S and XX scheme. The outer engravings may be the intertwined lovers…
Created on: Friday 10th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2020
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Record ID: PAS-F1A729
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A folded fragment from a gold strip dating to the Bronze Age c.1500-800 BCE. A flat gold sheet that has been folded flat against itself over 180 degrees. One original terminal survives which ends in a curved convex edge. The opposite terminal of the fragment ends in a clean transverse break. The outer surface of the sheet has incised decoration consisting of 10 parallel lines that run the length of the object taking up its entire width. This creates a ridged design. The reverse is plain although traces of the upper design’s creation are faintly visible. The objec…
Created on: Monday 30th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th October 2023
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Record ID: PAS-011055
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete gold-plated Late Bronze Age penannular ring with a copper alloy core, dating to the period 1150-750 BC. The gold penannular ring is decorated with thin stripes of a contrasting silvery-coloured metal. A small patch of (copper alloy) corrosion inside the terminal of the ring suggests that this ring is gold-plated rather than solid gold. Dimensions: Width: 18.5mm; Height: 17mm; Thickness: 7mm; Diameter of central perforation: 5mm; Length of gap between terminals: 2mm; Weight: 11.69g Discussion: The penannular ring belongs to a class of artefact which has been termed 'hai…
Created on: Thursday 31st May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 7th December 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Flint Cross area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-52F9D9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A circular gold ring, almost flat in cross-section. The exterior is decorated by two bands of beading, one along either edge. The beaded dots or pellets are mostly square in shape but irregular, and do not appear machine made; they seem to result from the use of a rectangular punch which made two pellets at a time. The beaded lines are separated from the centre of the hoop by a narrow ridge, and the centre is undecorated and slightly sunken. There is no decoration on the inner surface. Dimensions: Diameter: 17mm. Height: 5.5mm. Thickness: 0.5mm. Weight: 2…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nether Stowey area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-2D3218
Object type: RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold band with a narrow tang/fastening hook at one end and blunt rounded terminal at one end (with a roughly pierced hole to receive the fastening hook). Both sides of the ornament are folded over to create an overall [ shape (similar to other objects of this date and style, cf. the Binstead 'rings', discussed below). The object has been distorted and crumpled. It is not clear whether the damage occurred before or after deposition, but the latter is probable given the lack of clear or intentional breakage. Dimensions: In its current state the object has dimensions of 30mm …
Created on: Monday 21st May 2018
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2020
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Record ID: PAS-463683
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Post-Medieval gold mourning ring. The ring consists of a circular band of d-shaped section. The exterior is plain except for the engraved image of a skull, outlined in black enamel. The inner face of the band contains the inscription Marsden Ar. Ob: 4 Jan 87. The ring measures 16mm in diameter and weighs 2.92g. Mourning rings were worn to commemorate the loss of an acquaintance or loved one. From at least the 17th century, some people set aside money in their will for the creation of a number of mourning rings to be distributed amongst their friends and family, a practice which con…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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