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FINGER RING
Unique ID: HAMP-4ADC12
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Roman (AD c.200-300) copper-alloy finger-ring of Henig type XII, missing most of the hoop.
The incomplete ring measures 16.78x12.15x8.70mm and weighs 1.94g.
The bezel is oval with a slightly raised rim and the internal area (now empty) measures 6.97x6.06mm. It would have originally accommodated a setting of glass, gemstone or perhaps enamel. At this point the ring is at its widest, 8.70mm and 3.27mm high. To either side the shoulders (pointed-oval in cross-section) narrow into the hoop (from c.7.5 to 3.6mm). Only a small part of the hoop survives beyond one shoulder, measuring 1.97x0.81mm at the break.
Class: Henig type XII
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 200
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.78 mm
Height: 8.7 mm
Width: 12.15 mm
Weight: 1.94 g
Diameter: 20.24 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 13th February 2012
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Nether Wallop (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU2735
Four figure Latitude: 51.11366056
Four figure longitude: -1.61566369
1:25K map: SU2735
1:10K map: SU23NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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