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FINGER RING
Unique ID: SUSS-3D38A5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A Post Medieval gold finger-ring, gold band in the form of a series of discs inscribed inside in lower case: I am yours til death. There is no maker's mark. In the absence of a datable maker's mark this ring cannot be securely dated to pre 1712 and as such falls outside the remit of the Treasure Act 1996.
Dimensions: Diameter: 19mm; Thickness: 1.08mm; Weight 3.50g.
Notes:
Judy Rudoe
Curator of Renaissance & Later Collections
Department of Prehistory & Europe
The British Museum
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being declared not Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2012T555
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1700
Date to: Circa AD 1900
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.08 mm
Weight: 3.5 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th May 2012
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2012T555
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Wealden (District)
Parish or ward: Uckfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ4821
Four figure Latitude: 50.969411
Four figure longitude: 0.106453
1:25K map: TQ4821
1:10K map: TQ42SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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