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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy finger-ring of Henig Type IX (Guiraud type 9a). The finger-ring is polygonal in profile with seven external facets (heptagonal) and is oval internally. The bezel forms one facet and has a central raised flat circular projection. The projection may have a recessed design on the top but this is now too worn to interpret. The facets flanking the bezel (the shoulders) have a central raised ridge running down them with the front angled away to either side; the other facets are all flat. This ridge creates a projecting angle at each end of the bezel so it is hexagonal in plan. The back two facets are even in width at 3.6mm while the sides widen gradually and consistently to the bezel with is also even in width at 7.1mm. It is 22.3mm wide by 21.3mm externally including the projection on the bezel and 16.9mm by 15.5mm internally. It weighs 3.42 grams.Henig (1974, 50) suggests that polygonal rings are a third century type while Crummy (1983, 49, ref. 1788) notes that polygonal hoops tend to be fourth century in date. Johns (1997, 41) also suggests a slightly earlier, Middle Empire range.
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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