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FINGER RING
Unique ID: BERK-5CDB60
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
This gold posy ring with d-shaped hoop has a plain exterior and is inscribed on the inside in lower case: "My happie choyce eT only ioy".
A similar inscription is recorded by Joan Evans in English Posies and Posy Rings (1931), but this reads "My hapie choys my secret ioy" and Evans does not give a dated source for it. This is a type which continued into the 18th century, and as it stands there is not enough evidence to confirm that it is pre-1707.
Inscription:
My happie choyce & only joy
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being declared not Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2007T568
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 4.81 mm
Thickness: 1.49 mm
Weight: 5.2 g
Diameter: 21.22 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2007 T568
Treasure case number: 2007T568
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
To be known as: Bampton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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