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FINGER RING
Unique ID: NLM-F28D17
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy finger ring fragment. A D-section band with an oval bezel standing proud at its widest point. The shoulders are slightly crimped immediately next to the bezel. The vertical wall of the setting presumably confined a separate stone (now lost). The band is missing opposite the bezel. Suggested date: Late Roman, 200-300.
Internal diameter: 19.5mm, Width (at bezel): 10.4mm, Thickness (at shoulder): 2.2mm, Weight: 3.87gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 200
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 10.4 mm
Thickness: 2.2 mm
Weight: 3.87 g
Diameter: 19.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 30th November 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM24048a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Scawby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9705
Four figure Latitude: 53.53270953
Four figure longitude: -0.53801091
1:25K map: SE9705
1:10K map: SE90NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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