Record ID: YORYM-EFCDF3
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy seal matrix for the Cloth Subsidy of the County of Essex. From the late 13th century to the 15th century. Inscription: S'SUBSIDII PANNORUM IN COMT ESSE Central motif: Kings Head.(or crowned leopard's head?) The seal will most likely have had a wooden handle, which in now missing. Comments by John Cherry: There are a number of these seals in the British Museum's collections (Tonnochy 1954 nos 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 52; these correspond to Egan 1995 nos. 1, 46. 56, 44, 104 and 45). They run from the late 13th century to the 15th. Presumably each county had one…
Created on: Friday 8th October 2010
Last updated: Friday 2nd November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-AD3F52
Object type: SPOON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Medieval to Post-medieval silver spoon Date: 15th - 16th Century Description: A late medieval to post-medieval silver spoon stem. The stem has a hexagonally-faceted section, with a crack across the middle section. At the terminal there is a circular collar which extends into a diamond point knop. The knop also is also hexagonally-faceted. At the opposite end, the stem extends into the bowl, it has torn off at this point, so it is impossible to say what shape and size it would have been. No markings are visible on the bowl. Dis…
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-FA6027
Object type: METAL WORKING DEBRIS
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver droplet of metalworking waste of the Anglo-Scandinavian period. Surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate silver content for the droplet of 92%, the remainder being gold with small amounts of copper and lead; it weighs 1.13 grams. The droplet represents a fragment of metalworking debris; length, 9 mm. It is most likely associated with other material evidence for silver and bronze working on the site, which was occupied by a Viking camp during 872/73, although a 10th-century or slightly later date is equally possible.
Created on: Wednesday 10th December 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 12th July 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lincoln', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-DF7845
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case 2008 T599 Post-medieval silver inscribed posy-ring Date: 16th - 17th Century Description: A silver finger ring with a D-shaped section, no joint is evident in the hoop of the ring. The exterior of the hoop is undecorated. The interior of the hoop is inscribed with serifed capitals I CHOS NOT TO CHANG- The area between the beginning and the end of the inscription is undecorated. Discussion: In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. A similar finger rin…
Created on: Tuesday 21st October 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-11AB17
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A hollow cast silver-gilt pin head, made in two hemispheres with a double line of filigree around the centre, marked by transverse bands of cable ornament. Each hemisphere is decorated with five applied filigree circles, with four smaller applied filigree circles inside them - each one has a central pellet. At the poles of the sphere five small applied filigree circles can be seen, with a large central knop. There is a circular hole on the line dividing the hemispheres; this is where the pin shaft would have been fixed. The pin is missing. This is a Tudor dress-pins of the 16th Centur…
Created on: Wednesday 17th September 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kettlethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-1144C2
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-medieval gold inscribed posy-ring Date: 15th - 16th Century A gold finger ring with a flat, rectangular section and a thin rim on the upper and lower edge, no joint is evident in the hoop of the ring. The exterior of the hoop is undecorated, but two small sprues of gold can be seen in one place on the outer edge. The interior of the hoop is inscribed with a serifed letter and a flower, it appears as: P : flower : (it is possible that the P is an F). Inside some of the angles of the letter trace amount of a black substance can be seen, it is therefore possible that the …
Created on: Wednesday 17th September 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stixwould', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-0F33E5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE : 2008 T520. Roman silver finger ring Date: Late 1st or 2nd Century A fragment of a cast silver Roman finger-ring, less than half of the ring remains. The bezel has a horizontal oval setting, with an oval cell in the centre as it has lost its intaglio. The undecorated shoulders taper into the loop, the loop has a D-shaped section. The breaks are worn. The surface is a dark greyish-silver colour. In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. A similar fin…
Created on: Wednesday 17th September 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hatton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-D1D745
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Clipped silver siliqua of Arcadius (383-408), VIRTVS ROMANORVM, probably Mint of Milan, 395-402. RIC X, c.f. 1227
Created on: Monday 9th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East of Lincoln', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-C9F067
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius of Titus (AD 79-81), dating to the period c.AD 80 (Reece period 4). TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P reverse type depicting a Curule chair with wreath above. Mint of Rome. RIC II (2nd ed.), p. 206, no. 108.
Created on: Wednesday 9th April 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-16B1F7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy contemporary copy of a radiate of Carausius (AD 286-93), [PAX AVG]. Pax standing left with branch and vertical sceptre. Mintmark: Gamma - // [ ]. This coin might be originally copied from a Gamma - // ML issue of London. This coin is included in Sam Moorhead's corpus for RIC.
Created on: Thursday 13th December 2007
Last updated: Sunday 3rd April 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sleaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-CFBBB7
Object type: DISC
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Treasure case : 2007 T559 A small gold decorated disc. Small gold decorated disc. The gold circular disc was bent over itself so that only approximately two thirds of the original form remained flat. A further smaller distortion was evident at the edge of the disc. There were three concentric rings of circular traces on the disc. These comprised 22 circular traces, 11 circular traces and finally 5 circular traces in the centre. There are few scratches on the objects and no other observable decorations. Due to it's undiagnostic nature it does not represent Treasure under the terms of …
Created on: Wednesday 10th October 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 16th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leasingham', grid reference and parish protected.