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Description: | A Roman silver ring of 'keeled design'. In the 'keeled design' the triangular shoulders project at an angle to a plain ovoid bezel (Johns, C. 1996. The Jewellery of Roman Britain, pages 48-49). The shoulders are decorated with a geometric pattern in high relief and join the hoop at a marked carination. The hoop has a narrow D-shaped section. The internal diameter of the ring is 15-16 mm, the external diameter (across the shoulders) is 21 mm and the hoop thickness is 1-2 mm. The ring weighs 2.51g.The ring may be dated to the third century AD and is an example of Henig's Type VIII (Henig, M. 1978. A Corpus of Roman engraved gemstones from British sites, page 38, figure 1.). A similar silver ring is recorded from Richborough, Kent which has a raised circular bezel bearing a crude design. This ring is also dated to the third century AD (Bushe-Fox, J. P. 1949. 'Fourth report on the excavations of the Roman fort at Richborough, Kent', in Report of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries XVI, 126, ref. 92, plate xxxv).
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