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Description: | TREASURE CASE : 2011 T329.Roman silver keeled finger-ringDate: Third century ADDiscovery: Found by the University of York's Archaeology Department on 16/05/2011 during a controlled excavation.Description: Roman silver finger-ring with an oval bezel, which would have probably once held an intaglio. The hoop is a a shallow D in section and conservation work to remove some corrosion in Oct 2013 revealed some incised linear decoration on the flared, but rounded, shoulders (please see attached image).Dimensions: External diameter 20mm max Weight 3.6gDiscussion: This is an unstratified elbowed ring of the third century and a common type. To see other examples of this type see Group XIV (p. 253ff) of the publication below (now available online):Cool, H.E.M. 1983. A study of the Roman Personal Ornaments made of metal, excluding brooches, from southern Britain (PhD Thesis University of Wales). Available at http://ethos.bl.uk/Home.doThis item is more than 300 years old and composed of more than 10% precious metal, and therefore should be considered Treasure under the terms of the Treasure Act 1996.Author: Cath Neal (detail from Hilary Cool/Mags Felter)Date: 15/11/13
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