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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy finger ring.The bezel and shoulders only survive. The bezel is a raised, intaglio-style oval with an incised inscription of three letters, probably L R V. The shoulders are decorated with incised lines. The band is broad and flat. Roger Tomlin suggests the following with regard to the inscription:"Judging by the R, it was cut from right to left. My guess is LRV, not IRV, both because the horizontal stroke below 'I' does not extend to the left at all, so is not intended to be a serif (contrast V), and because this is likeliest to be the initials of the wearer's tria nomina, of which the first could not be I. So my guess is L(ucius) R(...) V(...). I can't think of an obvious R(...) nomen, but the cognomen V(...) might well be 'Victor' or 'Valerius/anus'. "Date: RomanDimensions: 18.49 mm x 11.01 mm x 2.97 mm Weight: g
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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