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Description: | Roman copper alloy finger-ring of 3rd century date and of Henig's (1978) type VIIIThe finger-ring is fragmentary, missing the base of the hoop (with a surviving height of 15.4mm, an internal diameter of 20mm and a weight of 3.3g). The ring is of 'keeled' form (producing a maximum width of 26.5mm). The hoop has broken beneath the shoulders on both sides, where the hoop appears to have had a sub-triangular shaped section. The angled shoulders are of flat section with sides diverging towards the bezel (with a maximum width of 7.5mm), before narrowing and thinning at the bezel. The bezel is of solid sub-octagonal form (with a width of 9.2mm and a thickness of 4.2mm). There is now no applied decoration evident on the bezel or the shoulders. The surface has a brown patina with areas red brown iron staining.
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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