Record ID: BM-4CB2AF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
Two fragments of an copper-alloy finger ring, with melted glass setting in imitation of an intaglio dating to the late second or third century . The fragments comprise most of the hoop, one shoulder and the bezel with its setting. The hoop is lentoidal in section and expands to form an exaggerated shoulder, before narrowing again to meet the bezel. The bezel is oval in plan and cylindrical in section, with a setting for a gem. This setting is filled with a melted glass bead in two shades of red on which is stamped a ?dancing figure advancing left. For similar 'Romano-British imitation…
Created on: Saturday 20th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 3rd June 2019
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