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FINGER RING
Unique ID: CAM-C7A202
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Incomplete Roman silver finger ring weighing 7.97g, oval in plan. Approximately a quarter of the D sectioned hoop is missing. The oval bezel is empty as the setting is missing, except for a deposit of white fixative. The shoulders are convex with an arc of patterning made of incised dots and small dashes in two lines curving towards the hoop of the ring, away from the bezel, over the shoulders. Around the edges of the ring is a slightly uneven perimeter rib, which varies in width and is partially missing along the side of the bezel.
Dimensions: External diameter 23.89mm, Internal diameter 18.13mm, Height approximately 16.27mm, Bezel Width 13.86mm, Setting 10.35 x 7.72mm.
Roman: probably late 2nd - 3rd century AD.
Treasure Annual Report: 2004 p. 49-52 &p. 244-246, fig 37.1 & 37.2 (2004T464), fig 38.1 & 38.3 (2004T74), fig 39.1 & 39.2 (2004T208), fig 47 (2004T160)
2001 p. 20 fig 12 (P&EE 108)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2012T478
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 150
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 13.86 mm
Weight: 7.97 g
Diameter: 23.89 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 23rd June 2012
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2012T478
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
To be known as: Old Weston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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