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FINGER RING
Unique ID: LEIC-66CD92
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Gold 15th-century posy ring, 18mm in diameter, with a hoop of consistent width throughout. The exterior surface is decorated with an unbroken groove running along the upper and lower edge, with floral sprays engraved into its surface in between. Punctuating the decoration are three black-letter words. One is easy to read, 'a'; another may be 'ma'; the third appears to be 'vie' which would read 'a ma vie' (to my life, or [he/she] has my life).
Compare LANCUM-082840 and PAS-9E5727.
Notes:
Found before the Treasure Act 1996 was passed.
Class:
posy
Inscription:
a ma vie
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1400
Date to: AD 1499
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1 mm
Diameter: 18 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1991
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold
Decoration method: Engraved
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
Parish or ward: Burbage (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP4493
Four figure Latitude: 52.533096
Four figure longitude: -1.352786
1:25K map: SP4493
1:10K map: SP49SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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