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FINGER RING
Unique ID: SF2018
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Gold finger ring; constructed of three separate flat bands of gold; an upper and lower which expand towards the bezel, are decorated at their widest point with applied lozenge motifs with internal granules; the thinner central band which is sandwiched between the inner edges of the outer bands, is in the form of an undulating length of gold wire with a straight section where it passes through the bezel; internal diameter = 16mm
Notes:
Disclaimed Treasure Act case
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.3 mm
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1999
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Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Near Halesworth
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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