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Description: | A copper alloy finger ring of probable Roman date. The finger ring is formed from a cast length of semi-circular (D shaped) section copper alloy wire. The wire is 5.3mm wide and 3.6mm thick. It has been bent to form a sub-circular finger ring with a single turn with overlapping terminals. Towards the terminals the finger ring tapers and each has been clipped and filed to form the terminal. The terminals have also been hammered and are square in cross section (3.7mm wide by 3.3mm thick). There is no cast or incised decoration on either terminal (although one does show diagonal file marks). The ring has a maximum outer diameter of 22.5mm and a maximum internal diameter of 15.5mm. It weighs 10.57 grams.
The ring is a light-mid (peppermint) green colour with a well developed patina which covers the majority of surface. The patina has been lost through abrasion in a number of places, mostly on the outer edge of the ring. Where this has occurred a light-green blue active powdery corrosion is present. The ring has also been slightly crushed resulting in the shape now being sub-oval in plan. A similar ring formed from a single turn can be seen in Lindsay Allason-Jones and Roger Miket's 'Catalogue of small finds from South Shields Roman fort,' 1984: pp 125-127, figures 3.199 - 3.202. Other similar rings can be seen on the PAS website from Cheshire, reference: LVPL-038103, Shropshire reference: HESH-D25E35 and Herefordshire HESH-A42573. All of these examples are dated to the Roman period. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Reavill, Peter - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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