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Description: | A complete copper alloy Roman finger ring probably dating from the late Iron Age to Early Roman period. The object is formed of a coiled wire probably dating to the 1st century BC - 2nd century AD. The finger-ring is circular in plan and formed from an oval sectioned wire that has been looped around in a spiral three times. The terminals are both flattened but show no sign of an uneven break, suggesting they are complete. One terminal has been bent backwards and pushed inside the hoop. Where it starts to turn inwards the object has been damaged and the patina missing. Here the wire measures 1.26mm in diameter while elsewhere it is c. 3.44mm. The object has a rough and pitted surface with a dark green patina.A similar example can be found in Crummy (1996: 48, fig. 50, no. 1759) dated to the 1st-2nd centuries AD, and examples on this database recorded as Iron Age through to the later Roman period (SOMDOR-89E565, SWYOR-5966D0, SUSS-DD0786, NLM-7AB307).
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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