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Description: | Treasure number 2008- T39
Silver snake penannular finger-ring, made of drawn and rolled wire of circular section. Naturalistic snake head at each terminal with clearly defined eyes, mouth and incised lines on head. The ring has been roughly straightened; originally it is likely that the terminals lay parallel.
L.: 55.4 mm Wt.: 3.9g
Date: probably Roman, but exact parallels for the style of the snake??s heads could not be found.
Note: this item is made substantially of silver and is more than 300 years old, and thus qualifies as treasure as stipulated in the Treasure Act 1996.
Dr Richard Hobbs
Curator, Romano-British Collections, Prehistory & Europe, The British Museum
25th March 2008 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McIntosh, Frances | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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