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FINGER RING
Unique ID: LIN-4D3E76
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A Roman copper-alloy TOT ring dating to the second or third centuries. The ring is of Henig type XI, and has a broad oval bezel and tapering shoulders. The perimeter of the shoulders and bezel is set back from the main body. The bezel is decorated with diagonally hatched rectangular frame containing the letters TOT, an abbreviation for the Celtic god-name Toutatis (or Totatis).
TOT rings are especially well known in Lincolnshire.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st February 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Caistor (Civil Parish)
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