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RING
Unique ID: WMID-36C297
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy ring of uncertain date. It is possibly a finger ring, although this does not seem likely as the interior of the loop is not smoothed and it has a fairly small diameter (interior 12.9 mm, exterior 19.29 mm). It is more likely that the ring is a strap or harness fitting or some similar object. Such rings were in use throughout history, and so dating it outside of a context is very difficult. It is 3.6 mm high, 2.84 mm thick and weighs 3.4 grams. It has a dark green patina yet where it is corroded it is a paler green and parts have a purple hue.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 2.84 mm
Thickness: 3.6 mm
Weight: 3.4 g
Diameter: 19.29 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 23rd January 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
Parish or ward: Wall (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK0808
Four figure Latitude: 52.669653
Four figure longitude: -1.883134
1:25K map: SK0808
1:10K map: SK00NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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