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-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-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-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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Record ID: PAS-925F06
Object type: ASSEMBLAGE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An assemblage of grave goods, comprising: A copper alloy annular brooch, in two joining fragments (SFAAB) A copper alloy, silver, gold and garnet composite buckle (SFAAC) Two small finds which together form a complete iron knife (SFAAD/AAE) (1) Copper alloy annular brooch A copper alloy annular brooch, discovered in two pieces but subsequently joined during conservation. The brooch is complete except for the pin, which is missing save for a small amount of iron corrosion attached to the ring. The ring is circular to D-shaped in cross-section and may have been decorated…
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th December 2018
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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-EEFF9E
Object type: DRESS HOOK
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver quatrefoil dress hook. The front plate is divided into four quadrants by a central cross, the arms of which are 45 degrees from vertical. At the centre of the cross protrudes a small hollow annulet. Each quadrant contains a slightly larger annulet. The border of the plate broadly follows their circumferences, and then pinches in towards the centre at the apex of each arm of the cross. The overall effect, when viewed from above, is of a stylised four-petal flower. The front place is covered in gilding, which has worn away in a few places. A separate, circular-sectioned si…
Created on: Monday 30th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd July 2020
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Record ID: PAS-28CDBE
Object type: HOOKED TAG
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver-gilt composite dress hook belonging to Read's (2008: 75-81) Early Post-Medieval class D type 6. It consists of a backplate, sub-traingular in plan, approximately 1mm thick, with saw-toothed edges. From each of the three corners of the backplate project three hemispherical domes. Along the centre of each side of the backplate, in the space between the domes, the edge forms the point of a triangle, so that when viewed in plan the overall effect is of another triangle sitting below, and orientated in the opposite direction to, the backplate itself. Each dome is decorated wi…
Created on: Monday 21st May 2018
Last updated: Monday 17th January 2022
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Record ID: PAS-6DBE56
Object type: JEWELLERY
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A rolled-up strip of gold of probable Chalcolithic or Bronze Age date (c. 2500-800 BC). The strip of gold is sub-rectangular in plan, and is rolled up (width ways), forming a tight roll which has been slightly squashed into an oval shape (when viewed from the side). Eleven folds can be counted from the middle. There is some soil still attached to and within these folds. The strip is very thin (less than a diameter). The strip is wider in the middle than near the end, where it tapers from c. 21 mm in the middle towards 15 mm at the end (the end hidden in the folds in the centre of the …
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2017
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Record ID: PAS-ADC81F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A medieval silver-gilt iconographic ring. The bezel is engraved with the figure of a female saint, probably St Barbara, holding a tower in her left hand and possibly a palm branch in her right. The hoop and shoulders are wreathed, forming a ridge along each shoulder. The facetted shoulders are engraved with flowers and leaves, which may originally have been enamelled. The gilding survives inside the hoop and in the recessed areas outside the hoop and on the bezel. The ring dates to the 15th century. Dimensions: height 24 mm, width 21 mm, width of bezel 7 mm. In terms of age a…
Created on: Friday 9th December 2016
Last updated: Friday 19th May 2017
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Record ID: PAS-B53756
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
I have examined three coins reported found in the Great Dunmow area, Essex. The coins are all gold quarter-nobles of King Edward III and will therefore be over 23 carats fine, or about 96% good gold. The quarter-noble was the smallest of the three gold denominations of later medieval English currency, worth 1s.8d. (20-pence), so three were worth 60-pence, or five shillings. Their details are as follows: Edward III Third Coinage, second issue (1346-51) Quarter-noble North 1112 2.10g (JL) Quarter-noble North 1112 …
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2015
Last updated: Friday 20th September 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Dunmow Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-C4DAC5
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Simple one piece-brooch, Nauheim-derivative type with a flat broadly ovoid bow, undecorated, made of sheet metal, which narrows to a wire that forms a simple loop and the pin, both of circular cross-section. The catchplate is missing. Discussion: the brooch is so small it seems unlikely to have had much practical use, suggesting it was produced for symbolic reasons. For discussion of brooches of this type see Bayley & Butcher 2004, 146-8. For a parallel, see Hattatt 1987, no. 737. Date: late first century BC to early first century AD Wt.: 1.42g L.: 26.2mm W.: 6.6mm …
Created on: Tuesday 25th August 2015
Last updated: Monday 3rd February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willinham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-9ECB6B
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Addenda to 2008 T410 and 2012 T661 (IARCH-EF70E8). These two coins were found in June/July 2013 on a controlled excavation of the site of the discovery of 2008 T410, and are considered to be addenda to that hoard. Republic (5) No. Obv.. Rev. RRC Qty. Weight (g) (Helmeted head of Mars, left) Q·THERM·MF (Roman soldier fighting barbarian soldier in protection of fallen comrade) 319/1 1 3.68*[1] CALIGUL…
Created on: Tuesday 11th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 23rd May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Warwickshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-5607C5
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, solid penannular ring with irregularly facetted section. Each flattened face has one row of pointillé dots and there is another on the outer face; between, there are rows of finely executed oblique strokes in opposing directions; in places the latter are very worn. Maximum external diameter 11mm; maximum internal diameter 7mm; breadth 2mm; weight 1.19 grams. X-ray fluorescence analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate gold content of 79%. Identification The piece may be ascribed to the Late Bronze Age penannular ring series (circa 1150-750BC), a…
Created on: Friday 27th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 5th December 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kent area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PAS-98528C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Colchester Treasure hunting: 2015a.12: 50BC Celtic gold Gallic import Qtr Stater; Crossed lines with rider, ABC 37 VA 37, Caletes tribe, Normandy coast
Created on: Wednesday 18th March 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 18th August 2015
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Record ID: PAS-AB8846
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gaulish Iron Age cast copper-alloy potin. Mid-first century BC. ABC (Cottam et al 2010) 82; DT (Delestree & Tache) 154-55; Scheers type 191. Traditionally attributed to the Remi of northern Gaul.
Created on: Monday 5th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th January 2015
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Record ID: PAS-AB6717
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Continental Iron Age Gallo Belgic E (Class III) gold stater. c. 60-50 BC. Conventionally attributed to the Ambiani. ABC (Cottam et al 2010) 16.
Created on: Monday 5th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th January 2015
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Record ID: PAS-AB3581
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Continental Gallo-Belgic Bb2 type gold quarter stater, 2nd century BC. ABC (Cottam et al 2010) 37; VA (Van Arsdell 1989) 37. The type is often attributed to the Nervii, whose territory corresponded to the central part of modern Belgium and French Hainault.
Created on: Monday 5th January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 6th January 2015
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