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-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-9F2C55
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver gilt demi-gros of John II of Avesnes, the Count of Hainaut (AD 1280 - 1307), mint of Valenciennes. The coin has been re-used as a brooch or dress accessory with soldered attachments in the form of a hook and small loop on the obverse of the coin. The reverse is gilded, with the inscription reading, MONATA VALENCENENSIS SIGNVM CVRCIS with a small cross pattee in the centre. The obverse reads JOHANNES COMES HAIN and shows a rider in armour on a horse galloping left, wearing a helmet, holding reins and a shield in his left hand and a standard in his right hand. Diameter…
Created on: Thursday 9th March 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Massingham', 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-EB497C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: City of Derby
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman lead alloy finger ring decorated with snake head terminals (c. AD 100 - 300). The hoop of the finger ring has a gap at the back of the hoop, suggesting that the snake head terminals are fused together; cast in one piece. The hoop is sub-circular in plan and D shaped in cross section.The two snake heads are naturalistic in design with well defined features (eyes, nostrils and mouth) made up of incised lines and pellets. The outer band of the ring is decorated with fine incised lines imitating snake scales, the inner band is plain and undecorated except f…
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 29th November 2022
Spatial data recorded.

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-C4EE74
Object type: MOUNT
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy mount of probable Roman date (c. AD 100 - 300). The mount is circular with raised concentric ring decoartion around central raised circle, no enamel fill survives but the recesses between rings may have had inlaid millefiori enamel. The pattern is two narrow recesses, a broad recess and a central circlular pit, which probably had a central rivet or stud, possibly decorated, for attachment. The reverse is undecorated, slightly convex, with a central hole which would have accomodated the attachment stud. Diameter 49.45 mm and weight 38…
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Last updated: Friday 16th September 2022
Spatial data recorded.

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-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-87C650
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A silver medieval short cross penny of William I of Scotland (1165 - 1214). Third coinage, Phase B, bust III (Spink 5029), minted by Hue and Walter in Edinburgh, Perth or Roxburgh, c. 1205 - c. 1230. Five-pointed star in each angle. Ref: Spink 2015 pg 14 Diameter 18.4mm and weight 1.3g.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-1AE34C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver medieval penny of David I (1124 - 1153). Minted in either Edinburgh or Roxburgh, 1124 - 1153. Rare, bust facing, obverse. Diameter 19.69mm and weight 0.59g.
Created on: Friday 18th January 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-C41755
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy contemporary copy of a Roman dupondius of Claudius I (AD 41-54) dating to the period c.AD 41 - 54 (Reece period 2). CERES AVGVSTA, S C reverse type, depicting Ceres seated left on an ornamental throne, holding two corn ears and a long torch. Unclear mint. For the type cf. RIC I (revised edition), pp. 127 & 129, cf. nos. 94 & 110; for contemporary copies of this type see G. Boon, 'Counterfeit Coins in Roman Britain', pl. III, no. 38. Diameter 21.45mm, thickness 3.23mm and weight 5.49g. Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A. Besombes a…
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 6th November 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-C29C8A
Object type: KEY (LOCKING)
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Roman openwork, trilobate key handle (c. AD 150 - 410). The key handle consists of one elongated oval loop extending out from a rectangular collar. This collar is decorated with two grooves running parallel to one another, with one side of the collar featuring a cross between the grooves. The collar then tapers down to a rectangular socket, also decorated with two parallel grooves. The handle would have originally had two further oval loops, with the central loop being the largest, forming an openwork fleur-de-lis shape, however only the one outer loop remai…
Created on: Friday 2nd November 2018
Last updated: Friday 7th December 2018
Spatial data recorded.