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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy wire finger ring of possible Roman or later date. It is formed from a single strand of copper-alloy wire that is circular in fross section and wound to form two coils. One end is wrapped two times around the coils to keep them together and terminates in old breaks. The opposite end flares to a flattened oval shaped terminal decorated on its upper surfaces with a central longitudinal groove, presumably intended to be a stylised snakes head. The entire object has very worn surfaces and has been partially flattened due to post-depositional damage. It measures 22.07mm in width, 18.65mm in length, 7.10mm in maximum thickness (1.93mm at the wire), and 3.29g in weight.This is an incomplete and worn probable finger ring. Similar rings have been recorded through the PAS, including examples interpreted as being of Roman date (e.g. LANCUM-A42B94) and Post-Medieval or later date (e.g. SWYOR-188F47). The current example may therefore be as early as the Roman period, although a later, Post-Medieval, date range cannot be ruled out entirely.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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