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Description: | A Roman a copper alloy penanular finger ring decorated with snake head terminals of c. AD 100-300 date. The hoop is sub-circular in plan and D shaped in cross section. The hoop is regular in thickness around its length before noarrowing towards the snakehead terminals. The two snake head terminals are rendered in three dimensions with heads that overlap and conjoin. A ridge divides the head of each snake into two parts. The eyes and mouth of each snake are shown but are now very worn. Similar style of snakeheaded rings can be seen in Catherine Johns 'Snettisham Roman Jewellers hoard' pp 35-37. This style of ring can be sub-classified using her system as a type Bi. The hoard at Snettisham is dated by the coin evidence as being deposited 154-5 AD, however the style of finger-ring is relatively long lived. As such it is likely that this example dates from the second - early fourth century AD (100-300 AD)
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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