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FINGER RING
Unique ID: HAMP-62C152
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Date: 16th/ 17th century
Description: A Post-Medieval gold finger-ring (or posy ring) in the form of a belt or garter and inscribed + HOPE * IS * MI HOLDE around the outside of the hoop and TILL * HAP * SHALL * HELPE around the inside of the hoop. The hoop is rectangular in cross-section and 2.55mm wide. The buckle frame is a double-looped type, with moulded projections at either end of the axis bar. The pin is visible piercing the strap, which curves underneath the hoop to the back and then to the front again, tucking itself underneath the strap again. The strap has five visible 'holes' for the pin, a sixth possibly being half-hidden by one edge of the buckle frame. The strap appears to have a 'strap-end' with projecting ornamentation.
Cf. a similar example from Gloucestershire, GLO-244613, 2009 T135.
Dimensions and metal content: The finger-ring measures 19.53x18.38mm (internal 17.08x16.12mm) and weighs 2.75g.
As the object contains at least 10% gold and is at least 300 years old, it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Katie Hinds Judy Rudoe
Finds Liaison Officer, Hampshire The British Museum
Inscription:
+ HOPE * IS * MI HOLDE // TILL * HAP * SHALL * HELPE
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Declared Treasure but returned to Finder as Museum unable to acquire
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2012T805
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1500
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.53 mm
Width: 18.38 mm
Weight: 2.75 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th August 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Winchester Museums Entry Form No.3532
Treasure case number: 2012T805
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Hursley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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