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Description: | A complete silver-gilt finger ring dating from the 16th - early 17th century. A large, heavy ring with a D-sectioned hoop. There is a split in the hoop indicating where the hoop was joined. The exterior surface of the hoop is undecorated. The internal surface of the hoop displays the legend 'LOVE GOD'. The letters have been crudely engraved into the metal and have not been well spaced. There is a maker's mark 'RI' (?) in capitals inside a rectangle after the legend.
Discussion: In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it would qualify as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996. But this object was found prior to the Treasure Act 1996 and as such this find falls under the Treasure Trove Act; where evidence would have to point to the object having been deliberately hidden with the intention of recovery. The ring is most likely to be a casual loss and therefore does not constitute treasure.
Dimensions: Weight: 5.9grams. Hoop = 21.6mm diameter, 6.4mm wide and 2.1mm thick. | 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: | 1500
1700 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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