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FINGER RING
Unique ID: GLO-D67CD3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Description: Gold posy ring with a D-shaped hoop. Inscribed on the inside is "Hearts content cannot repent". When engraved hearts was misspelt as heats, the engraver realising their mistake added a small 'r' above the a and t.
Notes:
Discussion: The style of the lettering is consistent with 17th century rings of this type. Posy rings were also used as love tokens, with the inscription remaining secret to all but the wearer.
See posy ring in the British Museum collections, AF.1266, for an example of this inscription (Hearts content canot repent) dated 17th -18th century.
Joan Evans notes that this inscription is recorded in the 17th century but in the absence of a datable maker's mark we cannot confirm that this posy ring is pre-1712
Kurt Adams Judy Rudoe
Finds Liaison Officer The British Museum
Gloucestershire and Avon
Reference: J. Evans, English posies and posy rings, Oxford, 1931
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being declared not Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2012T273
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1700
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 5.47 g
Diameter: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011 - Saturday 29th October 2011
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2012T273
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
Parish or ward: Coleford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO5712
Four figure Latitude: 51.80497622
Four figure longitude: -2.62504196
1:25K map: SO5712
1:10K map: SO51SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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