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FINGER RING
Unique ID: NMGW-2663CB
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
The circular bezel is engraved with a capital letter W surrounded by three sprigs, within a single row pellet border. The bezel has a diameter of 12.3 x 13mm; the internal diameter of the hoop is 23.4mm; external hoop diameter 27,8mm; thickness of hoop 1.5mm; weight 16.29g.
In terms of form and style, the signet ring is a well known early post-medieval type. It is very similar to a brass signet ring with 'W' ensigned by a coronet, probably found in Monmouthshire and of late medieval/early modern date (Williams 1993, no. D37). On the basis of letter form and hoop style, with characteristic bevel to hoop either side of the bezel, the St Dogmaels matrix is late fifteenth- or sixteenth- century in date.
Class:
Signet
Inscription:
W
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2012TW14
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1460
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.5 mm
Weight: 16.29 g
Diameter: 23.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 6th June 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ST 2016.32
Treasure case number: 2012TW14
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Ceredigion (Unitary Authority)
District: Ceredigion (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Cardigan (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SN1745
Four figure Latitude: 52.07304584
Four figure longitude: -4.67159302
1:25K map: SN1745
1:10K map: SN14NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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