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Unique ID: SOM-85E9A7
Object type certainty: Certain
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Fragment of a Roman copper alloy finger ring. The ring consists of the bezel and shoulders. The hoop is missing due to old breaks at each end of the shouders.
The shoulder widen and thicken from the broken ends to the circular bezel and are D shaped in section with a flat back and a shallowly convex on the outer side. The shoulders measure 7.9 mm in width where they flank the bezel, narrowing to 4.6 mm at their furthest remaining section. The bezel has a central circular cell which would have held enamel, none of which now remains, leaving a raised design of five raised pellets in cross formation. Each pellet has a hole in its centre.
The finger ring measures 18.1 mm in length,13.2 mm in width, 2.3 mm in thickness and weighs 3.35 g
The ring is of Guiraud type 2a, Henig type 2, such rings with enamel decoration on the bezel were very popular in the 2nd century and come in a wide range of geometric designs and enamel colours. Rings with similar decoration recorded in this database are SWYOR-0A7FC6,SWYOR-5537821 and SWYOR-0A4CD6, generally dating from AD 100 to 200.
Class: Guiraud type 2a, Henig type 2
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.1 mm
Width: 13.2 mm
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 3.35 g
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Other reference: SCC Receipt no. 19939
4 Figure: ST7444
Four figure Latitude: 51.19462243
Four figure longitude: -2.37346039
1:25K map: ST7444
1:10K map: ST74SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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