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Description: | Small gold, or gold alloy, ring of keeled form with notched shoulders, which form the upper part of the hoop, projecting at an angle to the bezel. The bezel contains a plain, sub-circular boss and, on one side only, a perforated sub-semicircular flange, which gives the bezel a decidedly asymmetrical appearance. The lower part of the hoop is plano-convex in section. The ring is distorted and worn, possibly as a result of cleaning. There are no discernible hallmarks or other features. External diameter 15-16mm, internal diameter 11-12.5mm, weight 2.8 grams. The ring is too small to be a finger ring of anybody other than a young child. Its keeled form suggests that it is a distinctive Roman type of finger-ring dating to the third century AD; the perforated flange is paralleled by examples from Uley, Gloucestershire (Henig 1993, nos.10-12). | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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