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Description: | A copper alloy ring, probably a finger ring, of probable late Iron Age or Roman date (50BC - 300 AD). The ring is cast in one piece and is relatively large and heavy. It has been much abraded in the plough soil and lost a considerable amount of its surface. The ring is relatively uniform in diameter and broadly D shaped in cross section. It is decorated with a single circumferential recessed band which divides the ring unevenly. There seems to be no other surface decoration present. The ring has a maximum outer diameter of 28.3mm and a maximum internal diameter of 19.8mm. The ring is 4.8mm thick and has a maximum height of 10.2mm. It weighs 14.66 grams. The ring is a dark brown green colour with a well developed but badly abraded patina which covers the majority of surface. Where the surface has been lost a light-green blue active powdery corrosion is present. The ring is relatively large and heavy and similar to a number of Roman finger rings recorded with the PAS, the patina also suggests a later prehistoric or Roman date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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