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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman finger ring. Most of the hoop and half of the bezel/setting are missing due to old breaks. The remains of the hoop are flat, oval shaped in section and expand horizontally to a flattened bezel. This is oval shaped in form and has an oval shaped recess that would originally have held in place a setting, possibly of glass or similar material, that is now missing due to old breaks. The entire object has a dark green patina with much pitting on the exterior surfaces and possible traces of an added white metal coating. It measures 8.54mm in width, 8.78mm in height at bezel, 1.46mm in thickness, and weighs 0.69g.This is a fragment from a Roman finger ring, probably belonging to Henig's Type II Roman rings (Henig, 1974) with a similar but more complete example at Colchester (Crummy, 1983: no. 1786). This suggests a date in the 1st-3rd centuries AD for the current example.
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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