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Description: | Treasure case : 2009 T112Roman silver finger ring, ovular hoop of elliptical section, smoothly swelling profile and wide flattened bezel set with an oval carnelian intaglio. The whole lower part of the hoop has broken away. The intaglio is cut with a stag facing left with head thrown back, one downward antler visible and with a representation of a tree behind, consisting of trunk and branches in the form of a grid of lines which merge with the creature's head. The top of the stone is slightly damaged and discoloured, probably when the gem was cut.Date: 3rd century AD Ext. d.: 24.3mm Int. d.: 19.6mm Wt.: 7.0gRef.: Henig 1974, no. 616Note: this item is made substantially of silver and is more than 300 years old, and thus qualifies as treasure as stipulated in the Treasure Act 1996.Dr Richard Hobbs Curator, Romano-British Collections
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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