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Description: | A penannular ring of slightly sub-rectangular cross-section, the terminals very close together. The surface is worn, and flattened on both faces near the terminals; there are traces of hammer-marks which give an irregular appearance to the surface. The internal surface has traces of paler gold banding which has been worn off the external surface. There is green corrosion internally, across both terminals and opposite them; this probably derives from the base metal core (see below).There is damage to the surface near one terminal and a small area of the gold wrapping is absent; there is some lifting of the wrapping especially at the terminal surfaces. The construction is of gold sheet wrapped over a bronze core.
Dimensions and metal content: Maximum external diameter: 15.5mm; maximum internal diameter: 6mm; thickness: 6mm; weight: 6.7g. X-ray fluorescence analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated an approximate gold content for the wrapping of 77 per cent. | 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: | -1150
-750 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Daniel Pett | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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