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Description: | A copper alloy, skirted terret ring dating to the first or second centuries AD and likely to be Continental rather than Romano-British in origin. The terret comprises a circular section ring from which there extends a skirt or attachment plate and a floreate moulding.A lentoidal collar separates the ring from the skirt. The skirt is turned through 90 degrees from the ring and although damaged, comprises an oval, hollow, hemispherical section sheet of metal. There are two semi-circular cut outs visible on the damaged edges of the skirt. One of the cut outs is surrounded by iron corrosion products. The underside of the skirt is roughly finished and pitted.The floreate moulding is also separated from the ring by a circular collar. The floreate moulding a hemispherical section disc from which there extend eight individual petals. Three of the petals are damaged and incomplete and a fourth appears miscast. Each petal is hemispherical in section.The terret has a length of 51mm and a maximum width of 28mm. The central ring has an outer diameter of 26mm and measures 9mm in width. The skirt and lentoidal collar measure 12mm in length, 2mm in width. The skirt has a thickness of 1mm. The semi-circular cut which is not filled with iron corrosion measures 4mm in diameter. The floreate moulding has a length of 11mm and a maximum diameter of 22mm. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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