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FINGER RING
Unique ID: BH-E31E98
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A late-Medieval or early Post-Medieval silver-gilt finger ring, dating to the period c. AD 1450 to 1550.
Description: The hoop is circular in shape and approximately hemispherical in section with a circumferential rib and groove. The ring's hoop possesses alternating diagonal bands of decoration marked out with double incised lines. They comprise horizontal rows of incised dots, flanked by plain panels. Gilding and file marks are visible on the interior of the finger ring.
Measurements: 21mm in diameter, 6mm wide (the band is 2mm thick) and 4.8g in weight.
Discussion: This ring is an example of a genre of ring popular during the late medieval period, commonly silver-gilt with banded zones of various configurations containing granular decoration. eg. reference 1853,0627.70 in the collection of the British Museum. Similar examples have been reported and declared treasure such as 2007T136 (ESS-6EB935 ) and 2016 T903.
Notes:
In terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it fulfils the requirements of Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 and was submitted for consideration as treasure.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Declared Treasure but returned to Finder as Museum unable to acquire
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2017T308
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1450
Date to: Circa AD 1550
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 6 mm
Weight: 4.8 g
Diameter: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 13th November 2016
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2017T308
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
Parish or ward: Blackthorn (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6321
Four figure Latitude: 51.88401033
Four figure longitude: -1.08609648
1:25K map: SP6321
1:10K map: SP62SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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