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FINGER RING
Unique ID: WAW-5426EA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman (2nd to 3rd centuries) finger ring: The ring has been cast, and has a horizontal oval cell bezel. The cell has no traces of the original filling but has a high-relief linear design in the form of three vertical lines within a penannular oval . The shoulders are undecorated and taper towards the loop, of which only a small portion remains. The breaks of the loop are not too recent. The loop has an oval section.
The surface of the ring has an incomplete dark green patina.
It measures 20.8mm long from the hoop terminals, 6.47mm wide across the bezel and weighs 1.48g.
The finger ring is Roman and dates to the 2nd to 3rd centuries.
Class: Daubney Type 5d
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.8 mm
Width: 6.47 mm
Weight: 1.48 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017 - Saturday 1st July 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Bidford-on-Avon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP1150
Four figure Latitude: 52.1481791
Four figure longitude: -1.84065755
1:25K map: SP1150
1:10K map: SP15SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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