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PENANNULAR RING
Unique ID: HAMP-D6F928
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Bronze age, plain, penannular gold ring of roughly circular cross section. One terminal is damaged revealing that the piece comprises a gold covering over a base metal core. The covering is also split in one place.
Notes:
Non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analysis of the surface of a penannular ring from Fawley Hampshire, indicated a gold content of 77-79 %, silver content of 16-18 %, the remainder being copper. The ring has a core of copper alloy and in its current uncleaned state it weighs 3.72 grams.
Class: Gold Plated Penannular Ring with Copper Alloy Core
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Declared Treasure but returned to Finder as Museum unable to acquire
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2006T485
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Exactly 1150 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.3 mm
Width: 14.8 mm
Weight: 3.72 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 30th September 2006
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2006T485
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: New Forest (District)
Parish or ward: Fawley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4500
Four figure Latitude: 50.797822
Four figure longitude: -1.362851
1:25K map: SU4500
1:10K map: SU40SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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