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FINGER RING
Unique ID: NARC-70B966
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy finger ring with a central sunken oval bezel, designed to hold a glass or stone intaglio. Some white residue remains inside the sunken bezel, which suggests a paste was used to fix the stone or glass in place. The frame of the ring has been squashed slightly post depositionally.
The bezel is 12mm wide, narrowing gradually to 3mm wide at the back of the frame.
This style of ring is typical of 1st to 2nd Century AD Roman styles. The ring is pitted but in generally good condition.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 45
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 12 mm
Weight: 5 g
Diameter: 19 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Wappenham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6245
Four figure Latitude: 52.099872
Four figure longitude: -1.096291
1:25K map: SP6245
1:10K map: SP64NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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