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FINGER RING
Unique ID: NARC-D37D61
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver finger ring with a red stone (red jasper or carnelian) intaglio. Roman. As the ring is more than 10% silver and over 300 years old, it has been reported as treasure under the stipulations of the 1996 Treasure Act. Treasure reference number 2010 T113.
Approximately 50% of the ring remains, with the back part of the frame missing. The ring has a diameter of 22mm. The front part of the ring is 8mm wide and holds an oval red stone, possibly carnelian, which is 6mm long and 4.5mm wide. the stone is raised 1.5mm above the frame of the ring and appears to have an oval or eliptical shape etched into it. The ring tapers down fron the front to 4mm at the breaks.The silver is tarnished.
British Museum report:
Fragment of Roman silver finger ring. Only the upper part of the hoop and the bezel survive. The hoop expands and swells to a flattened bezel set with a small ovoid orange-red carnelian intaglio, decorated with a crude design of a crescent moon and a poorly rendered six-pointed star.
Discussion: for a parallel see Henig no. 409.
Date: late 1st to 2nd century AD
Wt.: 3.4g Outer d.: 21.7mm
Note: this item is made substantially of silver and is more than 300 years old, and thus qualifies as treasure as stipulated in the Treasure Act 1996.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Submitted for consideration as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2010T113
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 150
Date to: AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 8 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 3.45 g
Diameter: 22 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 3rd March 2010
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2010T113
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Secondary material: Gem
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: East Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Lowick (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP9780
Four figure Latitude: 52.409415
Four figure longitude: -0.575432
1:25K map: SP9780
1:10K map: SP98SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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