HAMP-9B0B21: Medieval 'fide' finger-ring

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FINGER RING

Unique ID: HAMP-9B0B21

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete but very slightly squashed late medieval silver-gilt ‘fide’ finger-ring, the bezel formed of two incised clasped hands with ridged shoulders either side, possibly representing cuffs. The hoop is plain, seemingly of base silver. For 15th-century ‘fide’ finger-rings with clasped hands see Treasure Annual Report 2002, nos. 101, 102.

Notes:

This record was made at a Finds Event (Gosport, 16 July 2007) and may thus fall below our usual standards of recording. As this find was made in the 1980s it was not 'Treasure' under the contemporary common law of Treasure Trove.

Class: fide

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1525

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.25 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Diameter: 22.4 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1982 - Thursday 1st January 1987

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Multiple
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Hursley (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU4528
Four figure Latitude: 51.049593
Four figure longitude: -1.359404
1:25K map: SU4528
1:10K map: SU42NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
DCMS		Treasure Annual Report 2002				101, 102

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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