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FINGER RING
Unique ID: DUR-B30433
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy Post Medieval finger ring, 18th century in date.
It has ac circular hoop which is flat all the way around. The outer face is decorated with vertical lines all around the diameter. On the inner face there are three lions stamped, this is presumably the makers mark.
The Norfolk FLO had a case where a copper alloy finger ring had been stamped with a lion and the word GOLD, presumably to try to fool someone into thinking it was a gold ring. The marks on this finger ring may be something similar.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 4.63 mm
Weight: 1.5 g
Diameter: 18.83 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Hand made
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Easingwold (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5168
Four figure Latitude: 54.105366
Four figure longitude: -1.221501
1:25K map: SE5168
1:10K map: SE56NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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