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Description: | A complete finger ring of Roman date of Henig Type IX (Guiraud type 9a).The hoop is polygonal in plan with eight external facets (octagonal), although the inside surface is circular in shape. Each facet is flat and plain and there is no sign of any surface treatment.This ring measures 22.50mm in external diameter, 19.08mm in internal diameter, 6.60mm in width, 1.67mm in thickness, 4.43g in weight.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. There are similar examples recorded on the PAS database (HAMP-4A3EA7), (IOW-6A52C5), (WILT-A76445), (HAMP-D47894).
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