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Description: | A cast copper alloy finger ring hoop, formed from a sheet of copper alloy. The bezel setting, which would have been soldered on to the hoop, is missing. The ring is cut along the centre of the bezel; these breaks are worn. The shoulders taper sharply from the wide bezel, and are triangular in shape. They are decorated with a series of vertical lines below two punched ring and dot motifs, one at each corner of the widest part of the shoulder. The ring was once D-shaped but has been flattened. The object is worn with a dark greyish-green patina. It is similar to an example found in Crummy 1983, p49 ref 1791 - so is therefore Roman in date. A later 15th - 16th century date must not be ruled out, as this ring has similar charateristics to rings of this period as well.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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