Record ID: PAS-18F8A3
Object type: BADGE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt badge in the form of a recessed roundel with two concentric circles forming a deep frame, the edges of which are dentillated. The centre of the badge is engraved with a crowned 'I' between two Tudor roses on a hatched background. The reverse of the badge is soldered with a strip of metal which has been broken off at the point where it doubles back forming a looped pin. The relatively small size of the badge and the shape of the pin suggest its function as a hat-badge. Diameter: 25mm Weight: 1.09g Scientific analysis at the British Museum produced a silver content …
Created on: Monday 25th March 2024
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2024
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Record ID: PAS-79DB4D
Object type: BODKIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post-Medieval silver bodkin (incomplete). The bodkin is rectangular in cross section and tapers to a point at one terminal. The other terminal is missing, broken off at a point in the shaft which appears to be an aperture. Below the break, on either of the two wider faces, the shaft is decorated with an engraved eight-petalled flower with transverse bars above and below. Below the lower bars (again, on both faces) are a series of four roughly engraved lines of varying lengths, paralleling the direction of the shaft. There is no other decoration. The bodkin is bent 2/3 down its leng…
Created on: Tuesday 25th April 2023
Last updated: Friday 19th May 2023
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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-E55AC1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver-gilt finger-ring imitating the form of a miniature strap or belt, with a bezel in the shape of a buckle. The hoop, which is rectangular in section, is now slightly squashed into an oval shape. The hoop is engraved with a black letter inscription, * iesus * nazerenus. The ring probably dates to the late 14th or 15th century. Compare BM BEP OA.7468 for a similar example. Dimensions: max. external diameter of distorted hoop 29.3mm min. external diameter of distorted hoop 19.1mm width band 3.3mm thickness band 1.4mm length (curved) belt motif 2…
Created on: Friday 13th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 13th May 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-425D07
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A late medieval or early post-medieval silver signet ring, with a circular bezel engraved with a Lombardic letter E. The bezel is engraved with sprigs above and below, and to the right of, the initial, all within a border of punched pellets. The hoop is of D-section, with rounded raised edges to the hoop which extend from each shoulder. A small piece of the edge of the hoop is missing towards the back.  The ring probably dates to the 15th or 16th century. Dimensions: Diameter: 24.7mm, width: 12.9mm, thickness: 1.7mm. Weight: 9.23g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 12th January 2023
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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-4A576B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman silver finger-ring of Henig Type XI with TOT inscribed. Circular hoop, rectangular in section, convex shoulders. Flat, rectangular bezel incised with an outer linear border enclosing a single line of slightly curving stamps. At the centre of the panel 'TOT' is inscribed from small line and dot punches respectively with the 'O' unusually formed from circular stamps and a central circular stamp. At the shoulders a triangular motif consists of incised cross-hatched lines. Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface by R. Fillery-Travis at Institute of Archaeolog…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 3rd October 2019
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Record ID: PAS-4A481A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Roman snake-headed terminal fragment from silver finger ring, probably of Johns's Type Bii, dating to the first or second century AD. The outer edge of the head is decorated by a line of circular beading, but no facial features are represented. Dimensions: Thickness: 13.5mm; Weight: 1.6g.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Last updated: Friday 1st September 2023
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Record ID: PAS-483CDA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An almost complete Roman 1st-3rd century silver finger-ring. The hoop is D-shaped and tapering with a fracture at the narrowed lower hoop with possible scarf joint. Rounded shoulders, flat, oval bezel which is decorated with a simply incised with a stylized palm-branch motif, with a saltire above and below. Dull brown-black over silver. Dimensions : Height: 17mm; Thickness. Hoop: 0.6-2mm; External Diam.: 20.5mm; Internal Diam.: 15.5-16.6mm; W. Shoulder: 3.1 - 6mm; bezel: 8.2 x 11.3mm; Weight: 3.5g.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
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Record ID: PAS-48222B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete, Roman silver trumpet brooch of Castleford group 2. Head with spring attachment with six turns in situ and pin missing. Part of square projection broken above spring. Two cross ribs with circle of squares between form pattern above and below full petalled central moulding. Triangular-sectioned lower bow. Most of the catchplate intact. Cylindrical foot-knob consisting of three horizontal cordons, the central one of which is vertically nicked. Projecting 'pip' on base of foot. Dark brown with orange patches and silver on bow, foot and catchplate. L: 44.9mm; W. head: 13.6mm…
Created on: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd October 2019
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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-E40226
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
In September 2011 a Middle Bronze Age hoard comprising of six copper-alloy objects were excavated from the fill of a ditch during archaeological excavation conducted by Archaeological Solutions Ltd at Hopton-on-Sea, Norfolk. The find comprised of: two quoit-headed pins, three spiral twisted torcs, a spiral twisted armring/bracelet and a plain penannularbracelet. Description 1. [ENF 127270 (1167).1] Complete copper alloy quoit-headed pin. The shank is roughly circular sectioned and has a marked bend near the tip. The shank with the lower part of the head is broken away from the …
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2019
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Record ID: PAS-061801
Object type: PIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Silver-gilt pin head: a spherical object of gilded silver. A plain band runs around the equatorial circumference of the pin head, dividing it into two equal sized hemispheres. The surface is decorated in each hemisphere with three equal sized circlets of applied, braided wire. Within each circlet are four more, smaller circlets, and a knop projects where the four circlets join. Further knops project from the surface in the voids outside of the three larger circlets, and the largest knop prjects from the "top" of the pin head. Opposite this, a void in the "bottom" is where the shaft of…
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 20th September 2019
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Record ID: PAS-05D58A
Object type: SEAL MATRIX
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver seal matrix: a sub-oval shaped face is backed by a stem that tapers into a hexagonal column, out of which sprouts two scrolls that curl under themselves. Two opposing curls attach above these, such that there is a void in the middle of the stem. At the top of the handle is a circular attachment loop. The face is inscribed with a grooved circumferential line, within which are a coat-of-arms. These are composed of a shield divided per chevron upon which are three animal or bird heads (ducks?) erased. Above the shield is a helm and a crest featuring the same animal or bird. The s…
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 21st March 2019
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