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FINGER RING
Unique ID: KENT-2B13D0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy Medieval finger ring (1400 - 1700 AD). The ring is made of a single loop of copper, and it has a flat profile. It has various cross and linear designs within rectangular divisions around the band. 17.05mm D x 4.92mm H x 1.73mm T. 2.06g weight. Similar finger rings can be seen in Egan & Pritchard 1991 p331.
Notes:
The object comes from a collection of finds found by a detectorist who searched the spoil from a dredged sewer drain in Sandwich. The material was then given to DoverMuseum. No other information is available on the findspot.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 4.92 mm
Thickness: 1.73 mm
Weight: 2.06 g
Diameter: 17.05 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Linear
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
To be known as: Sandwich
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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