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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper-alloy ring dating to the period c. AD 43 - 410. The ring is broadly ovular in plan. It features an ovular bezel within which is a design of three rectangles, two of which are placed one at each opposing end of the bezel, with a third rectangle placed centrally below them, connected to each rectangle by one corner, creating two fields within which traces of enamel are still visible. The upper field contacins trances of red enamel. The colour of the enamel in the lower field is uncertain. The bezel measures 13.04mm in lenth and 9.96mm in width. The band narrows from the shoulders and terminates in two old breaks.The finger ring measures 19.43mm in length, 12.58mm maximum width (across the bezel), 4.22mm minimum width and weighs 5.41g.
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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