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FINGER RING
Unique ID: NARC-41DB75
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Report: The small rectangular raised bezel from a Roman silver 'Brancaster type' finger-ring. A grey-coloured accretion on the back face is probably decayed solder, the original fastening medium. The front face has three short lines of deeply-incised un-punctuated lettering in serifed capitals:
LEGO
N I IV
S* VIV
* the letter S is reversed.
The lettering does not readily resolve into a name or known phraseology, though the last line recalls the VIVAS ('Long life to you') or VIVAS IN DEO ('May you live in God') formula encountered on several of the Brancaster type rings.
Date: Roman, 4th - early 5th century AD.
Dimensions: 8.5 x 8.2 x 2.5 mm.
Weight: 1.5 g.
In age and precious metal content the object qualifies as Treasure under the terms of the 1996 Treasure Act.
Ralph Jackson
Dept. of Britain, Europe & Prehistory
British Museum
22nd May 2014
It has been published by Gerrard and Henig (2017, 247/pl. 4.29; cat. 29).
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Class:
Henig Type XV
Sub class: Brancaster type I
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: British Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2014T139
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 350
Date to: Circa AD 450
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 9 mm
Width: 8 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 1.43 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Gerrard and Henig 2017, cat. 29
Treasure case number: 2014T139
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Tiffield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6952
Four figure Latitude: 52.16196891
Four figure longitude: -0.99269849
1:25K map: SP6952
1:10K map: SP65SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerrard, J. and Henig M. | 2017 | Brancaster type signet rings | Bonn | LVR-Landesmuseums Bonn | 247/pl. 4.29 | 29 |
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