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Description: | A cast copper alloy ring, possibly an Iron Age baldric ring or strap fitting. The ring is circular with a chamfered section, which is bevelled on both sides - therefore giving the ring a flattened diamond-shaped section. This chamfering is unlike any other Iron Age baldric ring seen by Liz Andrews-Wilson and so it is possible that a later date must be assigned to this ring. Other Iron Age baldric rings tend to have rounded sections. Projecting out from the ring is an iron knop. All that survives of the knop is a square area of iron corrosion. This projection could be a feature used to lock the ring onto a strap (as with PAS database number: SUSS-D82452, SUSS-4C9825, SUSS-4C8491 and SUSS-913C68); or the iron could be the remains of another attachment fitting surviving on the ring as an iron stain. The ring could therefore be Roman or medieval in date. The surface of the object is worn and pitted with a mid brownish-green patina.The find has been coated with nail polish which makes it difficult to say from the patina how old it is.
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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