Details

LOT 2469

Post Medieval Tudor Gold 'HOPE IS MI HOLDE TILL HAP SHALL HELPE' Buckle Posy Ring

16TH CENTURY AD

3/4" (2.76 grams, 19.17mm overall, 16.63mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6 1/4, Europe 12.34, Japan 12)).

A posy ring with rectangular-section hoop in the form of a buckled belt with looped end tie and chape with double-bowed and pinned buckle, the outer face inscribed '+HOPE * IS * MI HOLDE' in Roman capitals and continuing 'TILL * HAP * SHALL * HELPE' on the internal surface.

Provenance

Found Hursley, Hampshire, UK, 26 August 2012. Supplied with a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate.

Published

Recorded with Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference HAMP-62C152, with printout of record; disclaimed under the Treasure Act, reference 2012 T805, with copies of correspondence.

Literature

See Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference GLO-244613 and Treasure Act, reference 2009 T135 for a similar example.

Footnotes

The inscription is somewhat enigmatic and does not seem to have been previously recorded for a posy ring; the form of the buckle and the knopped chape are typical of examples seen, often in base metal, from the late Medieval to 16th century AD period.

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