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Description: | Treasure case : 2007 T179
A medieval finger ring, hollow cast, with a roughly oval aperture at the bezel. The back of the bezel is open so that the stone it once held would have been in contact with the wearer??s skin. This may indicate that the stone was thought to have magical properties. It would have been secured in place by two pins inserted through two small apertures, one at the top and one at the bottom.
The external face of the hoop is decorated on the left with a double row of zigzags, which runs into an inscription:
IC HOPE (I hope)
In the field after the inscription the zigzags are replaced by what appears to be a series of stylised fleurs de lys. The first two fleurs de lys are combined, one inverted against the side of the other. This is repeated with the third and fourth fleurs de lys. The ring was probably originally enamelled.
The finger ring is gold and dates from the fifteenth or early sixteenth centuries.
Dimensions: diameter 21 mm.
In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Andrews-Wilson, Liz - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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