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Description: | Copper alloy finger-ring probably of Roman dateThe finger-ring is incomplete and distorted, missing the setting and is fragmented at the base of the hoop (with a distorted length of 17.8mm and with a weight of 2.6g). The hoop is of D-shaped section and gradually expands from the base of the hoop to the shoulders (with a minimum width and thickness of 5mm and 2.2mm respectively) and bezel. The bezel is of oval form (8.9mm wide and 2.3mm thick) and is distorted and torn. The bezel has a recessed oval cell (11.6mm x 8.8mm), which would have contained a glass paste, enamel or stone setting. The underside of the bezel is flat with rounded edges. The surface has a dark-green patina and areas of stripped red-brown surface.Damage to the finger-ring and few surviving diagnostic attributes makes a confident identification difficult but the general form is consistent with some Roman period rings and may possibly of Henig's (1978)[1] Type II/III suggesting a late 1st or 2nd century AD date [1] Henig, M., 1978 (2nd ed.); A Corpus of Roman Engraved Gemstones from British Series; BAR British Series 8
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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