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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy finger-ring of Henig Type IX (Guiraud type 9a). The finger-ring is polygonal in profile with seven external facets (heptagonal) and is circular internally. The facets are all flat. Each is 9.25mm in length. The ring is 19.90mm in diameter externally, 17.20mm internally. There are no markings or decoration to be seen. It weighs 0.91g.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.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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