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Description: | Gold finger ring, Henig type 3, with white stone cameo. The ring is of hollow construction, complete but slightly squashed with numerous dents, several cracks and one tear in the surface. The setting is oval, 12 by 7mm, with a 1mm flattened area around it. The hoop is D-sectioned, tapering sharply to the back, with traces of facets along the shoulders. The engraved cameo, of white agate against a light blue background, is slightly obscured by dirt; it depicts a female bust in profile to the right, with the hair in a low bun - the hairstyle is comparable with portraits on coins of Marcus Aurelius' wife Faustina II (empress AD 161-76. This would imply a late second century date. The bust is likely however to be a private portrait, similar to that shown in Henig 1990, no. 72, which is dated to the 3rd century. The internal diameter of the cameo is 14 - 15mm, the external diameter sideways is 22mm, front to back 21mm and the width around the cameo is 10mm. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 150
300 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Jude Plouviez | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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