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Description: | Complete copper alloy ring, probably a finger ring of Roman date. This ring is constructed from a single length of metal that is subrectangular in section. It is coiled with one complete loop flanked by an incomplete loop to either side. The ends of the metal are regular and squared off. The object is slightly abraded but retains much of its original surface, which has an even dark green patina. Exposed surfaces are lighter green and orange where corrosion is taking hold. The ring has an external diameter of 27.48mm, an internal diameter of 18.22mm, is 3.8mm thick and weighs 14.33g. Simple coil rings, sometimes with snake head terminals, are well attested for in the Roman period. The example recorded here is unusually large and robust, but this need not preclude it from being used as a finger ring, perhaps for a man. Less robust examples are recorded by Crummy, 1983, the Roman small finds from Colchester, figure 50. | 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 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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