2024-03-28T21:49:08+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/rsshttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/atomhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/kmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results2110Somerset100County1Metal detector2013T813.jpg105782013From a paper map101072712013T813RODistrictCertain1SOM10687150Restricted Accessx41218263522311.87West Somerset117282014-05-23T16:54:46ZReturned to finder after being disclaimed as TreasureSouth WestCirca
Treasure case 2013 T813: Disclaimed, returned to finder
Description: Fragment of Roman silver finger ring which has been broken at the shoulders with the hoop missing. The fragment is a flat oval in section with only slightly convex external and internal faces and rounded edges. The bezel is oval, thicker and wider than the hoop or shoulders and flat on top. It is not stepped up in thickness above the shoulders and is only defined by indented triangles at each corner running in from each edge. Any engraved decoration on the bezel is now illegible. The fragment narrows gradually and consistently from the bezel to the breaks.
Dimensions: It is now 17.2mm long, 2.8mm thick at the bezel and weighs 1.87 grams.
Discussion: The simple shape of the ring, relatively flat oval section and a lack of any distinguishing later features, such as a carination or expanded shoulders, means that it is probably a Henig type III, dating to the period AD 50 - 150 (Henig 2006, 4).
Consequently, in terms of age and as the object contains a minimum of 10% precious metal it qualifies as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996.
Laura Burnett, Somerset FLO, March 2014
Laura Burnett117.222CarhamptonSOM-CAEC475897291FINGER RINGRestricted Accessfinds-589729112.86SOM-CAE9E4Fragment50images/rwebley2/1469568PAS529CAE9E0018B342013-12-02T16:00:30ZCertainx412182013-10-20T23:00:00ZROMANSilver41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:11:30.903ZSomerset100County19.41Metal detectorSOM-EAD7B0.JPG105782014From a paper map18110423110879RO3.1DistrictCertain4SOM10495250Restricted Accessx4121826352207South Somerset106272014-10-06T13:02:07ZReturned to finderSouth WestCirca
A complete Roman copper alloy finger ring with black glass intaglio. The bezel is widened and flattened; the shoulders are also relatively wide before tapering to a thin hoop around half way down the sides (min. W.: 2.8mm). There are some abrasions to the edges of the hoop and a recess formed through corrosion on the underside of the bezel. The bezel is very slightly raised in around the setting. The intaglio is bevelled externally leaving a flat oval central zone with design set in. The design (on the intaglio) is of a human figure, probably female, seated left and turned to the viewer. Their arms are to their sides, one extending beyond the seat perhaps to hold something. Details are obscured by an old diagonal crack which travels through the neck and along the line of the extended arm. The ring's shoulders curve down gradually from the bezel. The hoop is flat internally and externally.
The form of the finger-ring is of Henig type III/Guiraud Type 2d dating to the 1st to mid-3rd century AD. The ring has been slightly distorted at the base of the hoop following old damage.
Robert Webley21.27Kingsdon CPSOM-EAD840640182gem1SCC receipt 16732FINGER RINGRestricted Accessfinds-6401821112.56SOM-EAD7B0Complete50images/rwebley2/1486875PAS542EAD7B00106042014-10-03T15:06:51ZCertainx412182014-07-19T23:00:00ZROMANCopper alloy41427RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainGlassCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:12:00.587Z