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FINGER RING
Unique ID: SOM-AE1DA5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete Roman copper-alloy finger ring of Henig type VII dating to the 3rd century. The hoop and half of one shoulder are missing to old, worn breaks and the remaining fragment is badly corroded. The ring has a broad, flat bezel with convex curved sides and tapers evenly in width down the shoulders to the hoop. In the centre of the bezel is a raised oval transverse panel with bevelled sides and evidence of some indents in the flat top, but any design is unclear due to corrosion. The complete shoulder is flat and kneeled with a distinct carination between the shoulder and bezel and shoulder and hoop. It is 21.9mm wide, 14.7mm wide, 1.8mm thick excluding the panel on the bezel, 4.1mm including it. it weighs 4.65 grams.
Class: Henig type VII
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 200
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.9 mm
Width: 14.7 mm
Thickness: 4.1 mm
Weight: 4.65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Yeovil reciept E322
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: South Somerset (District)
To be known as: Martock
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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