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FINGER RING
Unique ID: WILT-9A7E3C
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy Roman finger ring dating to the period c. AD 43 - 410. It measures 26.04mm in diameter, 21.37mm internal diameter), is 20.71mm high, 15.70mm maximum width, tapering to a width of 2.88mm, 3.52mm thick, tapering to a thickness of 1.23mm at the bottom of the loop and weighs 6.99g.
The finger ring has a D-shaped loop and exhibits an oval bezel with a ridge forming a raised oval reserve for a glass or paste setting which is missing. The ring tapers in width from from the bezel into the shoulders. The band features a continuous groove running from the bezel to approximately halfway down the loop on either side. Between the grooves the shoulder is raised.
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Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 16.9 mm
Width: 26.25 mm
Weight: 7.46 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: WHM 2017-42
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Potterne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9959
Four figure Latitude: 51.3300956
Four figure longitude: -2.01573877
1:25K map: ST9959
1:10K map: ST95NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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