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Description: | Description: An incomplete silver Roman finger ring bent out of shape and distorted, one shoulder and part of the hoop being stretched straight. The bezel, shoulders and part of the hoop now survive. The bezel is square with a raised central circular shaped panel and the shoulders are 'keeled' or angular and taper into the hoop, which has an oval section. Dimensions: 30.17mm in length, 9.47mm in maximum width, 3.40g in weight. Discussion: This finger ring is of Henig's type VIII (M. Henig, A Corpus of Roman Engraved Gemstones from the British Isles (BAR 8), Oxford 1978). There is a similar example from West Wickham, Kent 2002 T58 (Treasure Annual Report 2002, 25, no 16). The precious metal content of this object fulfils the requirements of the Treasure Act in that it is greater than 10 %.
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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