CAM-FEB7C4: Roman : Incomplete Finger-ring

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FINGER RING

Unique ID: CAM-FEB7C4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Fragment of a copper alloy Roman finger ring of keeled type, decorated with pellets on the circular bezel and pellets in ellipses on the shoulders. Traces of tinning remain.

Date: Roman, c. 3^rd century AD

Weight.: 2.22g

Note: although this item is more than 300 years old it is not made of precious metal so does not qualify as treasure as stipulated in the Treasure Act 1996.

Dr Richard Hobbs, Curator, Romano-British Collections, Britain, Europe & Prehistory, The British Museum, 20^th June 2014.

Class: keeled

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being declared not Treasure

Treasure details

Treasure case tracking number: 2014T251

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.22 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 17th March 2014

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Other reference numbers

Treasure case number: 2014T251

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Central Bedfordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wrestlingworth and Cockayne Hatley (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL2647
Four figure Latitude: 52.10698624
Four figure longitude: -0.16162006
1:25K map: TL2647
1:10K map: TL24NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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