Record ID: NARC-FAFEDA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger ring. A narrow hoop with D-shaped cross section, expanding slightly towards the bezel. The bezel is square with a black gem or glass setting (damaged). The reverse of the bezel is fluted, radiating from the centre. Exterior surface of band contains lenend in gold set with pale green enamel background. The legend reads: 'JE VIS EN ESPRANCE' - (I live in hope/expectation). Dimensions: External diameter: 20mm Internal diameter: 18mm Height: bezel - 4mm; hoop - 2mm Weight: 1.4g
Created on: Thursday 14th April 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 25th July 2018
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Record ID: NARC-C70281
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Published
A gold solidus of Valens (364 - 375), AD 365 (Reece Period 19). Reverse: RESTITVTOR REI PVBLICAE, Emperor standing facing, head right, holding labarum and Victory on globe. Mint of Arles. Reference: RIC IX, p. 61, no. 1h; G. Depeyrot, Les monnaies d'or de Constantin II à Zénon (337-491), p. 135, no. 13/2.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd February 2016
Last updated: Thursday 25th February 2016
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Record ID: NARC-DDB81E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold half noble of Edward III (1327-1377), Treaty series (1363-9; North 1239), mint: London. Ref:North 1991: 55-6. Obverse: King standing, facing in ship with sword and shield, initial cross 3. Inscription: EDWARD DEI G REX AnGL D hIB Z AQT (annulet before EDWARD; double saltire stops; Z retrograde) Reverse: 'E' in centre of royal cross in tressure, crown and lion in angles. Inscription: DOMInE nE In FVRORE TVO ARGVAS mE (double saltire stops)
Created on: Friday 12th February 2016
Last updated: Friday 4th March 2016
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Record ID: NARC-6573B9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold medieval quarter noble of Henry VI (1422-61), annulet issue (1422-27; North 1420), mint: London. Ref: North 1991: 74.
Created on: Monday 25th January 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 9th February 2016
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Record ID: NARC-A1014C
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MODERN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold pennanular brooch. The panannular frame is 26mm in diameter and 3mm wide. It is decorated with floriate design which appears to have been etched into a wider sheet and then shaped into its current form. The terminals are domed and adorned with filigree (alternate triangles and circles) and topped with a square cut green glass stone which sits atop the dome. the base and green glass have filigree borders. The frame terminals are 7.5mm in diameter and sit 5mm high. The pin is 44mm long and is attached to teh frmae by a rectangular notch allowing the frame to move freely around…
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th May 2015
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Record ID: NARC-D09E11
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold quarter noble of Edward III (1351 - 1361). Probably a type G variant. The reverse image is obscured by various folds in the gold flan and as a result is largely illegible.
Created on: Tuesday 14th April 2015
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2015
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Record ID: NARC-067DD8
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold finger ring with an inscription around the exterior of the hoop in Gothic or 'black letter' script. The hoop has an anticlastic curvature, and is plain on the interior. The three words read SANS NUL MAL (Without any ill). An engraved floral motif consisting of a single five petalled flower and sprig of leaves separates each word and there are two such motifs after the third word. The edges are very sharp with no sign of wear. The soldered joining line is visible on the inside of the hoop, and lies just before the first and longest word of the inscription. The diameter is 19…
Created on: Wednesday 11th March 2015
Last updated: Monday 15th June 2015
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Record ID: NARC-0B6A9E
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold brooch with a plain thin frame formed into the shape of an asymmetric heart. The brooch is delicate, but complete. The frame is 1.5mm thick and eliptical in cross-section. The pin is present and is secured around the frame at the point where the side of the heart is more accentuated, or outwardly curved, and is narrowed to accomodate it. The collar of the pin is 3.5mm long and is curled around to fit the narrowed frame exactly, It has been soldered to create the impression of a solid tube. The tip of the pin touches the back of the smaller curve of the heart. Dimensions: …
Created on: Monday 10th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 13th October 2016
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Record ID: NARC-F8ACEB
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman gem-set gold finger-ring. The slender, circular-sectioned, beaded wire hoop, now a little distorted, is flanked by a pair of tiny globules at its junction with the lower edge of each end of the bezel. The bezel, an oval box with flared sides and a very slender beaded wire girth ring, is open at the back as well as the front. Its upper edge is dented in several places. The oval intaglio, a translucent, lilac-coloured amethyst, has a low convex obverse and stronger convex reverse (Henig's gemstone shape Curved, 1). It is secured in the bezel box by a gold strip forming a bevelle…
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
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Record ID: NARC-F8A45E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Report by Beverley Nenk (Curator of Medieval Collections, 10 July 2015): A late Medieval gold iconographic finger-ring with a flat rectangular bezel engraved with the figure of a male saint. The hoop is formed from a twisted cable with diagonal beaded ridges, and the shoulders and sides are engraved with foliate decoration. The ring was probably originally enamelled, but no trace of enamelling now survives. The finger-ring dates to the fifteenth century.
Created on: Tuesday 28th October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 18th November 2015
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Record ID: NARC-8DEE71
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete medieval gold quarter noble of Edward III (1327-1377) belonging to the Treaty Series (1363-1369). The coin was minted at London. North 1243. Spink 1510. The coin is missing a small portion of the outer between c. 4 o'clock and 5 o'clock where the inscription is now missing.
Created on: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd October 2014
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Record ID: NARC-02C6A6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold quarter stater of Cunobelin. Camulodonum (Colchester) mint. Fine condition. Obverse: corn ear between 'CA' and 'MV' Reverse: horse advancing right with 'leaf q' above. CVNO below. Reference: Hobbs 'British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum' Nos 1797 - 1803. Van Arsdell 1931
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 18th June 2014
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Record ID: NARC-FE3AA5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger ring with a lozenge shaped raised bezel. The bezel has a lozenge shaped clear glass inset, which is loose from the finger ring. A medieval gold finger-ring, with a lozenge-shaped setting containing a transparent imitation 'gemstone'. The hoop is stirrup-shaped and is 19mm in diameter. The hoop is 1.5mm thick at its reverse. The lozenge shaped bezel is 5mm deep and 10mm wide. Inside the empty bezel cell is some dark and white residue, which are the decayed remains of the adhesive used to hold the glass inset in place. The loose glass inset is 5mm x 7mm x 3mm. It is ch…
Created on: Monday 3rd February 2014
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2016
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Record ID: NARC-0A2874
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold hammered half noble of Edward III (1351 - 1377). Calais mint. The upper edge is slightly damaged, and so some detail is obscured. However, there is very little use-wear on the coin, suggesting very little use before loss.
Created on: Saturday 23rd November 2013
Last updated: Thursday 12th December 2013
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Record ID: NARC-3F54A5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Report: A Roman gold finger-ring with gem-set box bezel. The broad strap-like hoop, now partly crushed, is constructed from a central plain strip flanked by a pair of beaded or segmented wires. The ends of the central strip are fastened to the wall of the box bezel while those of the flanking beaded wires are expanded into openwork heart-shaped shoulders, their coiled ends also fastened to the bezel wall. Heavy wear on the outer face of the hoop extends onto the shoulders. The large oval bezel has flared walls soldered to a flat base plate and a twisted wire (also rather worn) s…
Created on: Wednesday 13th November 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 28th May 2014
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Record ID: NARC-3CAE40
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold stater of the Corieltavi / North-Western region, dating to c. 60 - 20 BC. 'North East Coast' type with wreath, cloak and crescent obvers and stylised horse reverse. Rudd ABC p. 92, no. 1734.
Created on: Wednesday 13th November 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 5th March 2014
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Record ID: NARC-62FC01
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold finger ring with red garnet inlay. The bezel is oval in plan (11mm x 13mm) and 4mm deep. The reverse is flat. The frame is soldered onto the bezel at 3 and 9 o'clock positions and starts at 5mm wide before narrowing to a thin, sub-circular in cross section frame. The wide section of the frame nearest the bezel is flattened with a triangular notch, possibly representing a heart shape. The frame is incomplete, broken after 2.5mm on one side and 21mm on the other. The frame is 1mm wide and mis-shapen at the break. The thin gold bezel is folded over at the top to fix into place an …
Created on: Thursday 22nd August 2013
Last updated: Thursday 5th September 2013
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Record ID: NARC-09F5D2
Object type: PENDANT
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Bulla pendant made from a single piece of gold. Both faces are circular and slightly domed, with narrow flat flanges around the edges which are tightly pressed, perhaps soldered, together. They are linked by a strip 3.1mm wide which was bent round to form a suspension loop; this loop is identically decorated on both faces. It is clear that the decoration of the loop was done before cutting out the metal, as in the centre (at the top) there are four ridges and three grooves, but towards the base of the loop, as the metal flares slightly, there are six or even seven grooves…
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2013
Last updated: Monday 12th May 2014
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Record ID: NARC-BC19E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An Iron Age gold stater of Cunobelin dating to the period AD 10 to 40. Plastic Series A. Obverse: corn ear between CA and MV Reverse: horse advancing right, pellet and leaf above, pellet behind, and pellet-in-ring below. CVNO below. ABC p. 136, no. 2786. Hobbs No. 1810 - 1811. Van Arsdell No. 2010.
Created on: Friday 1st February 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2013
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Record ID: NARC-03DB91
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A hammered gold half crown of James I. London mint. The Tun reverse mint mark suggests an issue date of 1615-16, but the intial mark is unclear, hence the broad date of 1603 - 25 recorded here.
Created on: Tuesday 18th December 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 18th December 2012
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