Record ID: DENO-AED526
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold finger ring (c. AD 1400 – 1500). The band is flat with a rectangular cross section and has been bent with two sides flattened against each other. On the exterior is an incised blackletter inscription with the words alternating with sprigs of foliage and flowers. The outer edges of the band are decorated with a border containing pellets. The inscription may read "autre ne vueil" or “ne vieil autre”, meaning 'desire no other’. Length 25.39 mm, width 10 mm, thickness 5.89 mm and weight 1.93 g. Similar finger rings with blackletter in…
Created on: Thursday 15th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Norwell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-1E3DC5
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete sub-rectangular strip of flat sheet Bronze Age gold (c. 2200 – 800 BC). The strip is slightly crumpled; it was originally folded up and has since been straightened out by the finder while cleaning. One end is complete, the other has been cut or broken off. The reverse is undecorated. The front is decorated with twenty horizontal ridges. The lines are all parallel to each other, possibly made with a comb or similar tool. Length 96.91 mm, width 15.1 mm, thickness 0.84 mm and weight 8.18 g. Similar multi-grooved strips of a Bronze Age date are known from throughout B…
Created on: Thursday 8th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sudbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-A4D394
Object type: DRESS FASTENER (DRESS)
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Period: Late Bronze Age (Ewart phase in England; Ewart/Dowris in Ireland) Object type: A so-called ‘dress fastener’, a penannular object with conical, trumpet-mouthed terminals Date of object: 1000 – 800 BCE (Late Bronze Age) Dress fastener with solid, cast 'bow' or 'handle' ending in two sub-conical terminals. The terminals appear to have been raised from the joining bar or 'bow' (which is circular in cross section and tapers towards the terminal cones) by hammering (planishing) and small hammer marks are visible on the surfaces o…
Created on: Tuesday 9th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-9EECB6
Object type: BRACELET
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman gold openwork bracelet, now rather crushed and distorted, with dirt still present inside much of the openwork (c. AD 300 - 400). The hoop is flat in profile. The body of the bracelet is decorated with plain edges inside which the decorative zone is divided into four sections by circles inside which are equal-armed crosses with volutes between the arms. Between each of these circles is a repeating pattern of waves just inside the outer edges, which further enclose rows of conjoined hearts that are further subdivided into three polygonal cells. Although no direct parallels can b…
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ravenshead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-7437F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval gold half noble of Henry VI (AD 1422 - 1461). Standard type B, annulet issue, dating to the period AD 1422 - 1427. Flag at stern and H in centre of cross. Mint of Calais. North (1991: 74) 1418. Diameter 26.5 mm, thickness 0.6 mm and weight 3.4 g Whilst this item is more than 300 years old and composed of more than 10% precious metal, single coins do not usually qualify as Treasure. This coin, however, was found in very close proximity to where The Fishpool Hoard was recovered in 1966, a Treasure Trove case which was made up of coins of similar type and date. Therefore, thi…
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ravenshead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-32D2E3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold posy ring of post medieval date (AD 1654 – 1686). The band is D-shaped in section and decorated with an alternating design of incised ovals containing floral, saltire and ring and dot designs, separated by incised horizontal lines and all contained within an external border. There is still white enamel retained within most of the decoration. The italicised inscription on the inside of the band reads ‘Within thy brest my hart doth rest:’, followed by a maker's mark in block roman capitals within a rectangular punch: ‘TS’. This mark is probably fo…
Created on: Saturday 3rd September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ordsall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-F46FB5
Object type: STUD
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early medieval gold circular stud or mount with a domed cloisonné garnet setting. The object has a sheet gold back plate with a folded gold sheet attached which may have formed a loop. The back plate is framed by a plaited wire collar with 26 beaded annulets within the thick outer collar. There is then a thinner inner twisted collar consisting of two strands of gold wire twisted around one another and one further beaded gold wire. The central domed circular setting has an outer strip bent inwards to retain the garnets. Within this are four gold cell walls, three of the cells …
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hawton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-F4179F
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
A gold posy ring of post medieval date (c. AD 1650 - 1750). The ring has a plain band, with a shallow D-shaped cross-section. The inscription on the inside of the band reads "In tyme I may why not", with a stamped makers mark of a ‘T’ in a rounded shape, possibly heart shape. The inscription is italicised and in sentence case, which may suggest a date later than mid-17th century; prior to this, block capital inscriptions were common. An inscription using this spelling of ‘time’ is AF.1216 Diameter 18.46 mm, height 2.38 mm, thickness 0.96 mm and weight…
Created on: Tuesday 7th June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barlow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-312DE4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post medieval gold finger ring, (c. AD 1500 – 1700). The finger ring is circular in shape and has a D shaped cross section. It has been decorated with a geometric grid pattern on the exterior, though some areas of decoration have been lost due to wear. An inscription in serifed Roman capital letters runs around the interior of the ring, reading: I + LYVE + IN + HOPE +. No maker's mark is present. Diameter 17.55 mm, thickness 3.49 mm and weight 2.14 g. Discussion: Similarly decorated and inscribed finger rings have been recorded on the PAS database. These finger rings have…
Created on: Thursday 17th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-EEA564
Object type: COIN BLANK
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Extract from report to HM Coroner by E. Ghey: The find is a flattened gold pellet of unknown date. It is circular in shape with smooth, flat upper and lower surfaces and is therefore of consistent appearance with an Iron Age coin blank. The object appears to have been made by melting and cooling raw metal in a clay mould to create flat surfaces (for pellet moulds see Landon 2017). In coin manufacture, this would form a blank of precisely controlled weight that would be struck by an engraved die to create the desired coin design. Fine parallel striations are visible on the surface…
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Last updated: Friday 19th May 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Greasley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-EB8F48
Object type: PENANNULAR RING
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete gold and copper alloy Late Bronze Age penannular ring, dating to c. 1300 – 800 cal BC. The ring is oval in section and the outer edges are slightly flattened. At the ends, the gold plating is damaged revealing the copper alloy core. One end appears to have been flattened over again to conceal the copper alloy. The surface of the ring is decorated with a series of alternating parallel bands of two different alloys of gold or silver. Length 16.21 mm, width 9.03 mm, thickness: 5.92 mm and weight 3.01 g. Discussion: Similar objects have been recorded on the PAS databa…
Created on: Wednesday 14th July 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Muskham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-65670C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete post medieval gold finger ring. The ring is a ‘memento mori’ ring which has an inscribed skull on the exterior of the otherwise plain, D-shaped band and inscribed on the interior is the phrase ‘Sir Tho: Gresly obyt 5 June 99’ followed by a small shield containing the letters ‘S/T//P’. The inscription is likely to be commemorating Sir Thomas Gresley 2nd Baronet (AD 1629 - 1699) who was the Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1663. The Will of Sir Thomas Gresley of Drakelowe, Derbyshire, PROB 11/458/42, The National Archives, Kew states ‘and I do…
Created on: Thursday 20th May 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walton upon Trent', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-AF81C3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: A cut fragment of a Visitgothic imitation of a gold Roman solidus of Valentinian III (AD 425–455), dating to c. AD 439–455 (Reece Period 22). VICTORI-A AVGGG reverse type depicting Emperor standing facing holding long cross and Victory on globe; right foot on human-headed coiled serpent. Mint of Ravenna. Probably as RIC X, p. 454, nos. 3715–8. The annulet above the head and the extended tongues of the letter G on the reverse are indicative of a Visigothic product. Obverse inscription: […]-NIANVS [P…]. Reverse […]GGG. Mintmark [R] V…
Created on: Tuesday 10th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-79F31B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A post medieval gold finger ring with internal inscription and white enamel decoration. The external surface is decorated with alternating diagonal bands of white enamel, flanked by a raised gold ridge. The internal surface is inscribed with + TO + DYE + IN + GOD + IS + REST. The inscription is engraved in capital letters with serif ends, each word is separated by a small ‘+’  Diameter: 17.29 mm  Thickness: 1.05 mm  Weight: 1.6 g    Discussion: Posie or Posey rings were a popular form of finger-ring …
Created on: Tuesday 8th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 21st December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cotham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-CF5973
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold finger ring dating to the medieval period (c. AD 1250-1500). The ring has a central, square bezel with a shorter collar on either side where the bezel meets the band. In the centre of the bezel is a red, oval gem, probably a garnet, and surrounding this is a pattern of dots and incised lines radiating outwards to the corners of the bezel. The ring is complete but bent, the band is bent from the bezel through an acute angle, effectively folded in half. Dimensions: Length 18.34mm, thickness 5.34mm and weight 1.94g Discussion: Similar finger rings, dated to the medieval …
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kettlethorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-0D4E7E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete post medieval gold finger ring. The ring is a ‘memento mori’ ring which has an inscribed skull on the exterior of the, otherwise plain, D-shaped band and inscribed on the interior is the phrase ‘Mors mihi lucrum – M – L.L’ followed by a small shield. The phrase translates to ‘Death is my reward’. Diameter 17mm, height 3mm and weight 3g. Discussion: This is a simple ring engraved on the exterior with no more than a skull, in which there is no trace of enamel. Other than the inscription, there are no distinguishing features. Th…
Created on: Tuesday 17th September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 21st December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Haughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-06DC35
Object type: RIBBON
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete strip of decorated gold ribbon, dating to the Bronze Age (2350 - 800 BC). The ribbon is rectangular in plan but has become bent in some areas probably due to post depositional damage. One edge of the ribbon has slightly rounded corners and does not appear to be broken unlike the opposite edge which appears to have been cut, resulting in one of the corners protruding jaggedly from the diagonal cut. The object is decorated on one side with nineteen parallel, incised grooves, these are evenly spaced except the first and last grooves which are set further in from the edges of…
Created on: Friday 12th April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 28th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-F4DA49
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A gold post medieval finger ring. The object appears to have been fashioned by attaching the bezel, shoulders and setting of an existing ring to a separate, probably, older posy ring with a kind of resin or adhesive which has hardened to a dark colour. The bezel is faceted and houses a pale-yellow gem or paste stone with a complex cut. There are traces of the dark material used to secure the hoop and bezel around the setting. To either side of the bezel are sloping shoulders decorated with incised scrollwork. The setting measures 5.4 mm wide and 5.8 mm tall. The shoulders are 10.4 mm l…
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 8th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bleasby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-1E88D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Iron Age gold stater of the North Thames region / Trinovantes, dating to c.5 BC - AD 10, Dubnovellaunos Branch type. Obverse: Wreath, outline crescents back to back at centre, pellet in ring each side. Reverse: [DVBNOVIILLAVN] Horse left, branch below, pellet below tail. ABC, pg. 121, no. 2392; BMC no. 2425-40. Diameter 16.79mm, thickness 3.29mm and weight 5.39g.
Created on: Friday 18th January 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Spatial data recorded.