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FINGER RING
Unique ID: PUBLIC-F044BA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy seal matrix, probably the detached bezel from a signet ring. The object is a flat disc with slightly curved sides 15.2mm in diameter and 2.3mm thick. The front face has an incised retrograde letter S centrally located which is surrounded by a border of seven irregularly spaced indentations, and there are short incised vertical lines to either side of the S, and a crude arrow shape formed of three lines (possibly an attempt at a palm) between one of them and the outer edge.
The rear has a broad mark running transversely across, presumably left by the solder where the hoop was formerly attached.
Similar to WAW-B2CDE1, DENO-7E7BE4, HESH-F687C4 and KENT-732CEB
Probably of late medieval or early post-medieval date.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1400
Date to: Circa AD 1600
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.3 mm
Weight: 1.67 g
Diameter: 15.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 4th November 2018 - Sunday 4th November 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
To be known as: Osbaston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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