Rights Holder: North Lincolnshire Museum
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Unique ID: NLM-74D2F2
Object type certainty: Certain
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Silver finger ring with circular-section hoop that expands and swells to a flattened bezel set with an oval orangey-red carnelian intaglio. This has been crudely cut with a helmeted figure of Mars Gravidus, advancing left and carrying a spear across his body and a trophy.
Discussion: for parallels for the intaglio, see Henig 2007, nos. 70-74.
Date: second half of 1st century AD to first half of 2nd century AD
Wt.: 6.69g Ext. d.: 24.7mm Int. d.: 18.8mm
Notes:
This item is more than 300 years old and composed of more than 10% precious metal so qualifies as treasure as stipulated in the Treasure Act 1996.
Class: Henig Type II
Current location of find: North Lincolnshire Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure case tracking number: 2015T796
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 300
Quantity: 1
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 8.5 mm
Weight: 6.68 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 7th October 2015
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Other reference: NLM30166
Treasure case number: 2015T796
Primary material: Silver
Secondary material: Gem
Decoration style: Other
Completeness: Complete
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Henig, M. | 1974 | A Corpus of Roman Engraved Gemstones From British Sites | Oxford | British Archaeological Reports 8 | 70-74 |