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Description: | TREASURE CASE: 2009 T445 - A complete but distorted medieval gold finger-ring, the twin bezel is set with two stones, one red, the other green. Each shoulder is decorated with an applied leaf. The plain hoop of the ring is now distorted.The ring has been dated to the fourteenth century c.1300-1400.Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of the ring indicated a gold content of 80-83%, a silver content of 8-10%, the remainder being copper. The red stone was identified by Raman spectroscopy as corundum (ruby) and the green stone as beryl (emerald).
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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