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FINGER RING
Unique ID: LVPL-B09B39
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy spiral finger ring of late Iron Age to early Roman date, about 200 BC to AD 200. The ring is made of copper alloy wire which is D-shaped in cross-section and has a width of 4.54mm. It is coiled in a single turn with both terminals overlapping. The internal terminal tapers to a rounded end while the outer terminal is incomplete due a probable ancient break. The internal diameter of the object is 15.55mm and the external diameter 20.74mm. The object has a smooth olive green patina.
A spiral finger ring can be found in Crummy (1996: 48, fig. 50, no. 1759) dated to the 1st-2nd centuries AD, and examples on this database recorded as Iron Age through to the later Roman period (SOMDOR-89E565, SWYOR-5966D0, SUSS-DD0786, NLM-7AB307).
Class:
Zoomorphic
Sub class: Boar
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 200 BC
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 5.91 mm
Thickness: 2.86 mm
Weight: 4.6 g
Diameter: 20.74 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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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: Nottinghamshire (County)
To be known as: Collingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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