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Description: | Fragment of silver Roman ?hexagonal finger ring, similar in profile to Henig's Type IX - the parts of three faces that survive are at angles to each other.
The ring is flat in section and 1-1.5mm thick. At one break the ring is 7mm wide, at the other 9mm wide. The breaks are old-ish.
On the widest face is a V-shaped groove, extending in an X at the break although the bottom half is mostly missing. The inside surface of the ring is un-faceted and shows a worn casting ?seam.
Measures 14x9x1.5mm, weighs 1.62g. Estimated diameter 20mm. | 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: | 1
400 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Katie Hinds | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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