A 350-year-old ring belonging to the Sheriff of Nottingham is set to fetch thousands at auction after being unearthed by a metal detectorist in a find 'worthy of Robin Hood'.
The ancient high-carat gold signet ring, found 26.9 miles from Sherwood Forest, once belonged to Sir Matthew Jenison who served as High Sheriff from 1683 to 1684.
Bronze Age Britons were not using gold as currency, as scientsts from Georg-August-Universität Göttingen have found objects from the period all appear to have different weights.