Record ID: HAMP-513887
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: City of Portsmouth
Workflow stage: Published
A Post-Medieval gold posy ring, probably 17th century in date and inscribed on the inside of the hoop: *BE.TRVE.TO.THY.FRYNDE. (The stops being triangular punches). The exterior of the hoop is keyed all over to take enamel, with traces of a green enamel remaining. Flanking each edge is a narrow flange. The hoop of the ring is 3.12mm wide and D-shaped in cross-section (being 0.89mm thick). It has a diameter of 16.27mm and weighs 1.20g.
Created on: Wednesday 9th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 27th May 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-1A2A1B
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: City of Portsmouth
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Roman silver finger-ring, dating to the period AD 43-410. It is incomplete insofar as the intaglio which would have been set in the bezel is now missing. The frame of the ring is still complete. It is a Henig Type VIII, measuring 20.57mm in height, 25.58mm in width and weighs 5.89g. The thickest part of the ring, around the hoop, measures 2.01mm in thickness. The bezel measures 1.05mm thick. The hoop has no decoration, until just before the shoulders. On one side, there are two pairs of diagonal incisions, one pair either side. The pair of lines are approximately para…
Created on: Monday 13th February 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Portsmouth', grid reference and parish protected.