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FINGER RING

Unique ID: SF5542

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Unusual 15th/early 16th century signet ring, perhaps from the lower end of the market. The hoop is D-shaped or biconvex, 4 mm wide, and large (c. 25 mm external diameter). The bezel is a raised oval 9 x 10.5 mm and 2.5 mm thick, which is very shallowly engraved with an initial I between two branches. Some lines at the top of the I may have been intended to represent a crown. There is no border. Signet rings with initials of this date usually have a hoop flattened to accommodate a deeply engraved bezel.

Class: signet

Subsequent actions

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Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1400
Date to: AD 1550

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.23 g
Diameter: 25 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st November 2000

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK CLAYDON

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Recording Institution: SF
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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