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Description: | A late-Medieval to post-Medieval gold finger-ring with a misshapen hoop and oval collet, the setting is missing. Treasure case no 2012 T688.The collet is oval in plan and the upper edges project inwards in order to secure a rectangular setting. The indentations on each side of the collet are suggestive of petals. At each corner of the collet there is a cluster of dots. Each shoulder is decorated and has a fluted ridge adjacent to the collet, a smaller plain ridge below and then a foliate design which extends about half way down the hoop. The remainder of the hoop is plain.22.44mm (height); 16.96mm (width). Weight: 1.66g. Collet: 7.41 x 5.99 x 3.02mm.A broadly similar finger-ring has been recorded from Mattishall, Norfolk, NMS-7DA3A7 (2010 T138). The foliate decoration on the hoop and the possible petal design on the collet are similar to a finger ring of comparable date, SUSS-BE9316 (2004 T370).The find contains a minimum of 10% gold and predates 1712. It thus qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 in terms of precious metal content and age.
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