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FINGER RING
Unique ID: WMID-A3E4C7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper-alloy Roman finger ring. The ring is missing much of its bezel and hoop. The bezel was originally oval in shape, tapering from the shoulders towards the hoop. The bezel has the remains of an oval cell which would have held a setting, possibly an engraved intaglio, now missing. Traces of gilding survive on the interior of the ring, although elsewhere this has worn away. The ring is D shaped in section. It has a worn brown patina with areas of green copper-alloy corrosion. It measures 14.35 mm long and 12.16 mm wide. It weighs 1.9 grams. It is likely to date from the first to third centuries AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 14.35 mm
Width: 12.16 mm
Thickness: 2.96 mm
Weight: 1.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 25th January 2011 - Tuesday 29th March 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Rudge (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8197
Four figure Latitude: 52.570487
Four figure longitude: -2.281766
1:25K map: SO8197
1:10K map: SO89NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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