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FINGER RING
Unique ID: SWYOR-3FE143
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A complete undecorated copper alloy finger ring of probable Roman date. The finger ring is plain. It has a smooth hoop without a bezel, decorated only with a plain band at each edge flanking the convex centre of the hoop. The patina on the outside is turquoise and pitted in places showing reddish metal beneath. In side the hoop, the patina is less damaged and is a well developed olive green. The internal diameter is 21.1mm.
Plain finger rings of this style can be hard to date accurately but are usually assigned to either the Roman or Post Medieval periods. Compare WMID-4C0667 and YORYM-09F2B6. This example is possibly Roman because of the well developed patina.
Class: Plain
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 8.93 mm
Weight: 9.02 g
Diameter: 26.86 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 11th December 2012 - Tuesday 10th December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2133
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Adwick (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5707
Four figure Latitude: 53.556538
Four figure longitude: -1.14103503
1:25K map: SE5707
1:10K map: SE50NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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