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FINGER RING
Unique ID: DOR-9533D0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A gold finger ring. A stirrup-shaped finger ring with an oval setting containing a small cabuchon of green emerald or glass. Flanking the setting, the tapering shoulders of the ring are decorated with a row of three triple lozenges on each. The hoop is narrowed from the shoulders and oval in cross section. The hoop is distorted.
Date: Medieval - c. 1200 - 1400
Dimensions: 23.21 mm x 19.58 mm x 3.04 mm
Weight: 1.58 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Submitted for consideration as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2015T669
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1200
Date to: Circa AD 1400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.21 mm
Width: 19.58 mm
Thickness: 3.04 mm
Weight: 1.58 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 25th July 2015
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2015T669
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
To be known as: Spetisbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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