Copper alloy finger ring. Drawn wire of diameter 0.9mm wound to form a single strand band, around which are wrapped five and three coils to form shoulders, the latter continuing to form a spiral bezel of four or five tightly compressed coils. The type is often ascribed to the Viking Age, but such neat examples tend to be placed between the Roman and Middle Anglo-Saxon periods (Leahy and Lewis 2020, 270, citing LVPL-302794 and WILT-9D4288); this is an unusually small and neat version of a form of ring which would appear uncomfortable to wear. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Early Medieval, 50-700
Internal diameter: 13.2mm, Width (at bezel): 9.9mm, Weight: 1.36gms
Copper alloy finger ring. Drawn wire of diameter 0.9mm wound to form a single strand band, around which are wrapped five and three coils to form shoulders, the latter continuing to form a spiral bezel of four or five tightly compressed coils. The type is often ascribed to the Viking Age, but such neat examples tend to be placed between the Roman and Middle Anglo-Saxon periods (Leahy and Lewis 2020, 270, citing LVPL-302794 and WILT-9D4288); this is an unusually small and neat version of a form of ring which would appear uncomfortable to wear. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Early Medieval, 50-700
Internal diameter: 13.2mm, Width (at bezel): 9.9mm, Weight: 1.36gms
A RDF representation of NLM-21399E
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NLM-21399E
NLM-21399E
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Copper alloy
Primary material of object
Complete
9.9
Width
13.2
Diameter
1.36
Weight
By Attribution 3.0
The period from for the object
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