Record ID: NMS-A901E1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Late Saxon (Viking period) gold finger ring. Three quarters of the band is formed from plaited wire, beaten into a rectangular-sectioned bar at the back of the hoop. The wire section of the band is of even thickness throughout and does not swell at the centre or taper towards the rear of the band except where beaten together. External height 22mm. External width 24mm. Internal measurements 18 x 19mm. Width of band at front of hoop 3mm, thickness 2.5mm. Wdth of rectangular section at rear of hoop 2.5mm, thickness 1.5mm. Weight 3.3g. See similar 10th - 11th century examples in the…
Created on: Monday 8th July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 10th September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cromer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-4B8A35
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Saxon copper alloy finger ring. Flat-sectioned sheet metal band expanding smoothly from a break at the rear to form an oval bezel decorated with multiple closely spaced stamped ring-and-dots. Width at bezel 14mm. Width of band at rear 3.5mm. 9th - 10th century. For similar examples, see NMS-CCD822 and SF-E58167.
Created on: Thursday 16th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 29th July 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnham Broom', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-6501E3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval gold posy ring. Shallow D-sectioned band now very squashed and distorted, inscribed internally in italics True to thee I [ll ] ever be followed by a stamped maker's mark possibly EBA (?) in low relief within a rectangle. Italics were commonly used for inscriptions in posy rings from circa 1625 to the 19th century (Oman, 1974, 41). Width of band 3.5mm. Thickness of band 1mm. Weight 3.5g.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-ED74C3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval gold finger ring. Rectangular-sectioned band inscribed externally +JESVS : EST : AMOR : MEVS (Jesus is my love). There are tiny dots stamped in the internal angles of the initial cross and above and below the central bar of the letter E's. The letters E and U (V) are in Lombardic style while the rest of the inscription is in Roman capitals. The relatively modern letter J (rather than I) is also used. There are traces of black enamel or niello in some of the letters. Similar rings are known from the 13th and 14th century (Oman, 1974, pl.55E and F and pl.57A with bezels, and…
Created on: Friday 5th April 2013
Last updated: Friday 27th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-AED191
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably post-medieval copper alloy D-shaped band with knurled border along each edge externally. External diameter 24mm. Internal diameter 20mm. Width of band 3mm.
Created on: Thursday 21st March 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-72D5C4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete medieval silver gilt finger ring. Triangular-sectioned bezel forming two rectangular concave faces, the shoulders and surviving hoop faceted to form lozengiform fields with triangular facets to either side. The rear of the hoop and most of the sides are missing. The two halves of the bezel are engraved alike with a sinuous foliate motif within a single line border, the triangular facets at the shoulders with radiating lines, and the surviving lozengiform facet with a stylised leaf. The decoration on the other surviving facets is worn. Each of the facets is gilded with a nar…
Created on: Monday 18th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Norwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-0B5BB1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver circular disc, probably a bezel from a finger ring. The disc features a diademed head engraved in intaglio facing to the right. Encircling this is the retrograde and somewhat garbled legend ANTONI VIVAS IN DEO. Several of the letters are back-to-front but the meaning is relatively clear. The formula VIVAS IN DEO is a Christian one, the translation of this inscription being 'Antonius, may you live in God'. The fact that the letters are retrograde and engraved in intaglio would have made the bezel suited for use as a signet. Two strikingly similar silver bezels (both 10mm i…
Created on: Friday 1st March 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 24th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Swaffham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-A54722
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold posy ring. The band consists of seven hearts alternating with seven quatrefoils. The hearts each have a groove around irregularly textured centres perhaps keying for enamel although none now survives. The foils are concave with white enamel surviving in some of the upper and lower cells. Inscribed internally A token of the absent followed by a stamped maker's mark; C. Now squashed. 17th - 18th century. Similar finger rings with shaped bands, enamelled decoration and similar motifs are recorded on the PAS database as BERK-BAB9D4 and YORYM-064A27. These parallels w…
Created on: Tuesday 12th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd September 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashby with Oby', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-277897
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Medieval copper alloy finger ring. Circular-sectioned hoop expanding slightly to the single empty collet forming the bezel. Traces of gilding. Now distorted. Original external diameter circa 16mm. Width at bezel 6mm. See a similar example made of gold in Egan and Pritchard (2003, 326, fig.215, fig.1610). c. 14th century.
Created on: Friday 25th January 2013
Last updated: Friday 19th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-538138
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Iron Age or Early Roman incomplete copper alloy spiral finger ring. Shallow D-sectioned band forming almost two complete turns. Broken at one end, expanding slightly from the break towards the complete terminal at the other, before tapering to a rounded end. External diameter 17mm. Maximum width of band 5mm. Thickness 1mm. For a similar example see SWYOR-5966D0.
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 18th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.