Silver gilt ring in the form of a broad band with single beaded edges. The inner face is engraved with legend LEVE +TO +DYE \u2663 in Roman capitals, with crosslets between words, and a trefoil at the end. The hoop, which has a fracture across it, has an internal diameter of 18.6mm. Weight 5.1g.<\/p>\n
Approx. metal content: silver, 98%; copper, 2%. The ring has a form and style of lettering typical of a 17th-century date. The inscription may be compared to mottoes such as 'Lets live & die in unity', 'Thee and i will louers die', 'thinke on me;' (Dalton 1912, nos 1234, 1300, 1302). The style is lettering may be compared with that on a 17th-century posy ring inscribed PITYE THE POOWR, with similar crosslets and floral stop, from Aldwych, London (Murdoch 1991, no. 124).<\/p>","notes":null,"old_findID":"NMGW-9F38B2","id":"244908","objecttype":"Finger ring","classification":null,"subclass":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2009-01-23 16:46:29","broadperiod":"POST MEDIEVAL","updated":"2011-07-06 11:28:00","treasureID":"200716","secwfstage":"3","secuid":"0014979F46501E87","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"2007-05-01","datefound2":null,"createdBy":"47","curr_loc":"National Museum of Wales","inscription":null,"reason":null,"subsequentAction":"Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure"}],"record":[{"id":"244908","old_findID":"NMGW-9F38B2","uniqueID":"0014979F46501E87","objecttype":"Finger ring","classification":null,"subclass":null,"length":null,"height":null,"width":null,"thickness":null,"diameter":"18.6","quantity":"1","other_ref":"Treasure (Wales): 2007.16","treasureID":"200716","broadperiod":"POST MEDIEVAL","numdate1":"1700","numdate2":"1800","description":"
Silver gilt ring in the form of a broad band with single beaded edges. The inner face is engraved with legend LEVE +TO +DYE \u2663 in Roman capitals, with crosslets between words, and a trefoil at the end. The hoop, which has a fracture across it, has an internal diameter of 18.6mm. Weight 5.1g.<\/p>\n
Approx. metal content: silver, 98%; copper, 2%. The ring has a form and style of lettering typical of a 17th-century date. The inscription may be compared to mottoes such as 'Lets live & die in unity', 'Thee and i will louers die', 'thinke on me;' (Dalton 1912, nos 1234, 1300, 1302). The style is lettering may be compared with that on a 17th-century posy ring inscribed PITYE THE POOWR, with similar crosslets and floral stop, from Aldwych, London (Murdoch 1991, no. 124).<\/p>","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2009-01-23 16:46:29","updated":"2011-07-06 11:28:00","secwfstage":"3","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"2007-05-01","datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":null,"museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"5","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":null,"dateToCertainty":null,"dateFoundFromCertainty":null,"dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":null,"subPeriodTo":null,"reason":null,"username":"mlodwick","fullname":"Mark Lodwick","institution":"NMGW","usernameUpdate":"hlouth","fullnameUpdate":"Harriet Louth","primaryMaterial":"Silver","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":null,"surfaceTreatment":"Gilded","completeness":null,"preservation":null,"cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"POST MEDIEVAL","periodTo":null,"culture":null,"discmethod":"Metal detector","finder":null,"identifier":"Mr Mark Lodwick","secondaryIdentifier":null,"recorder":" M Redknap","county":"VALE OF GLAMORGAN","parish":"Penllyn","district":"Vale of Glamorgan","easting":null,"northing":null,"gridref":null,"fourFigure":"SS9777","map25k":"SS2917","map10k":"SS97NE","address":null,"postcode":null,"findspotdescription":null,"lat":null,"lon":null,"knownas":null,"source":"From Map","obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"die_axis_name":null,"category":null,"type":null,"emperorID":null,"mintid":null,"reverseType":null,"i":"200203","f":"DH002763_05.jpg","imagedir":"images\/mlodwick\/"}]}