Record ID: NARC-8DDE3C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description: A complete silver Finger Ring of Roman date (AD 43-250). Henig Type II/ Guiraud Type 2d. The object is broadly oval in plan and D-shaped in cross section at its narrowest point opposite the bezel and widens and thickens, becoming lentoid in cross-section at the bezel. The ring's band is plain and undecorated. The bezel retains an oval setting, centrally located with an engraved intaglio of orange stone or glass. The intaglio is engraved with the helmeted figure of Mars Gravidus, advancing left and carrying a transverse spear and trophy. This finger ring…
Created on: Monday 6th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-26CA69
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Finger Ring of Roman date (AD 43-100). Guiraud type 1. The object is composed of a plain cast upstanding oval bezel with while infill retained within. The shoulders narrow to the lower band. Height: 31.05mm, Width: 22.95mm, Diameter (internal): 18.47mm, Thickness (bezel): 9.86mm, Thickness (band): 2.50mm, Weight: 10.0g
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-90DD23
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy finger ring, probably of Roman date (c. 1st-3rd century AD), with a large flat oval or sub-hexagonal bezel, 11.6mm wide which sits in-line with the hoop and has incised decoration comprising four short lines apparently radiating from a pair of punched dots. The hoop has an internal diameter of 17.8mm with a sub-triangular section. It tapers sharply and smoothly from the bezel ending in breaks on either side. The alloy has a high tin content and is patinated a deep grey-green with pitting.
Created on: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 25th October 2023
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Record ID: NARC-17B50D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Finger Ring of Roman date (AD 100-200). The object is composed of an ovate bezel and tapered shoulders, both of which terminate in transverse breaks resulting in the loss of the band. The inner surface is flat and undecorated. The bezel has a recessed ovate central portion with a curvilinear (triskele style) trefoil motif. No enamel is retained within the bezel. Height: 15.59mm, Width: 11.16mm, Thickness: 2.75mm, Weight: 1.8g The metal is dark green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Schem…
Created on: Monday 25th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 26th September 2023
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Record ID: NARC-A99415
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Finger Ring of Roman date (AD 100-300). The object is composed of an ovate bezel and tapered shoulders, both of which terminate in transverse breaks resulting in the loss of the band. The inner surface is flat and undecorated. The bezel has a recessed ovate central portion with two raised semi-circular motifs. No enamel is retained within the bezel. Height: 12.07mm, Width: 18.80mm, Thickness: 3.61mm, Weight: 3.0g The metal is dark green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: OXON…
Created on: Friday 21st July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
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Record ID: NARC-754884
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy finger ring of Roman date (AD 200-300), of Henig Type VIII. The object is composed of an oval profile and rectangular sectioned band, with a raised central circular bezel which has an incised motif composed of a central annulet with short radiating lines around. The shoulders are keeled and the band tapers in toward the lower portion. The shoulders are decorated with an incised chevron flanking the bezel, forming a lozenge, with a single punched dot on the outer edge of each shoulder, and repeating short transverse lines on the outer edges of the shoul…
Created on: Wednesday 31st May 2023
Last updated: Friday 2nd June 2023
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Record ID: NARC-CA8C64
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Finger Ring of Roman date (AD 100-200). The object is composed of the bezel and shoulders, with the lower band section missing due to old, abraded breaks.  The object is C-shaped in section and rectangular in plan. The bezel is ovate and has four recessed quadrants leaving a raised cross between, forming four cells. Two of the cells, one upper and the other opposing diagonally within the lower quadrant, retain blue enamel. The remaining two cells retain no enamel. Length: 19.14mm, Width: 9.93mm, Thickness: 3.99mm, Weight: 2.4g The metal …
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 25th May 2023
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Record ID: BUC-402934
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete, copper alloy, Roman finger ring, AD.100-400. The object comprises the bezel, shoulders and band of the ring, there is a break in the band and it is heavily corroded. The shoulders widen from the narrow band and have an incised V shape on them with the open end facing the bezel. The bezel is a raised lozenge in whihc is a punched or incised design of four open C shapes arranged in a cruciform
Created on: Tuesday 15th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 15th May 2023
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Record ID: NARC-9EB022
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy key Finger Ring of Roman date (AD 100-300). The object is composed of a partial hoop which is D shaped in section with both ends terminating in old, abraded breaks. From the hoop projects a key shank with bit, the shank is hollow and circular in cross-section. The bit extends at right angles creating an 'L' shape. There are two rectangular wards, one inside near the shank the other on the outer edge toward the bottom edge. There are repeating shallow teeth along the lower edge of the bit. Length: 18.94mm, Width: 18.57mm, Thickness: 2.64mm, Weight: 4.6g …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
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Record ID: NARC-546DCC
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper-alloy Finger Ring of Roman date (AD 43-410). The object is a snake-form finger ring and is composed of a single strip of metal which has been wound to form the finished object. The form is of a snake recurved so that the head a tail meet, the tail end terminates in an old abraded break. The flat-sectioned ring flares towards the head before angling inwards to form the face. The outer surface is decorated with pellet eyes, between which is a chevron to denote the head. The remainder of the body have crosshatching to denote scales. Diameter: 20.05mm, Thickn…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2022
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Record ID: NARC-4EDB7E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete gold Finger Ring of roman to Modern date (AD 43-1900). The object is composed of a thin possibly lightly hammered wire, with a sub-circular section, the form is slightly distorted. Thin gold wires might form parts of Roman pendant ear rings, though a much later use as a finger ring or necklace component, or an origin as debris from craftwork is equally possible. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 43-1900 Length: 21.59mm, Width: 14.08mm, Thickness: 1.03mm, Weight: 0.6g Similar examples can be seen on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database: NLM…
Created on: Wednesday 17th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th November 2021
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Record ID: BUC-332F3D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman copper-alloy finger ring, dating to c.AD 250-450. The finger ring appears to have been made from a cut-down multiple motif bracelet or armlet, also dating to the same period. The object is sub-penannular in plan and D-shaped in cross-section. One terminal appears to be complete and is formed of a narrow moulded rib. Following this, the ring's motif is comprised of: groove, plain rectangular panel, groove, raised rectangular panel, groove, central raised rectangular panel decorated with four central longitudinal dots and diagonal oval grooves radiating off of …
Created on: Thursday 17th September 2020
Last updated: Thursday 13th May 2021
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Record ID: BUC-4ADCF1
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman finger ring of Henig's Type VIII and dating to the period AD 200-300. The finger ring is comprised of a sub-lozenge shaped bezel, decorated with lozenge-shaped indentations around its circumference.  It is surmounted by a smaller, circular raised bezel decorated with an incised 'X' flaked on either side by incised circles.  The shoulders are triangular in plan; the base of the triangle expands from either side of the bezel and apex tapers into the remains of a trapezoid-sectioned hoop.  The shoulders…
Created on: Thursday 25th June 2020
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: NARC-877F1A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Finger Ring of Roman date (AD 43-200). The object is a Henig II; Guiraud Type 2b. The object is composed of tapering flat shoulders forming an ovate bezel and tapers in towards the loop, of which only a small portion remains due to an old and abraded break. There is an oval recess in the bezel, which probably held a glass or gemstone intaglio. The metal is dark green in colour with areas of lighter green corrosion and a pitted patina. Length: 19.78mm, Width: 6.09mm, Thickness: 2.83mm, Weight: 1.1mm
Created on: Thursday 17th October 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd October 2019
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Record ID: CAM-559369
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Roman finger-ring that has broken into two pieces. Probably a Henig Type VIII which dates to the second or third century AD. The artefact weighs 3.44g, with the smaller fragment accounting for 0.56g of the total weight. The hoop has a width of 21.2mm and height of 19.6mm. The lower half of this finger-ring has a semi-circular shape however, the upper half is faceted so that the overall shape of the hoop cannot be described as circular. This lower half possibly has a tighter arcing curve than it originally did due to being squashed inwards from the sides. The lower h…
Created on: Friday 10th May 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 21st December 2022
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Record ID: BH-09E96C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy finger ring dating to the Roman period (c. AD 43-100). The ring consists of the raised circular-shaped bezel with broken tapering shoulders either side. The rest of the hoop, which is oval in cross-section, is missing. The bezel is inset with the remains of red, white and blue glass. The ring has a surviving external diameter of 18mm while the bezel has a diameter of 9mm and a thickness of 4mm. The surviving hoop is 3.1mm wide and 1.5mm thick. The ring weighs 2.46 grams As Henig Type I or Guiard Type Ib.
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 1st February 2019
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Record ID: NARC-3B165C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a copper alloy finger ring of Henig Type VIII of Roman date (AD 200-300). The object is composed of a projecting circular central bezel with narrowed and expanding D sectioned sub-ovate shoulders, each of which terminates in an old and abraded break. The bezel is decorated with a series of ten stamped dots, two centrally, the remainder forming a border. One shoulder has an incised transverse line. The inner surface of the object is undecorated. The metal is a mid-green in colour with a slightly pitted patina. Length: 15.16mm, Width: 7.71mm, Thickness: 2.88mm…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2018
Last updated: Monday 7th January 2019
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Record ID: NARC-A79D19
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy finger ring of Roman date (AD 43-200). The object is composed of an oval hoop which is D-shaped in section and expands to wide shoulders and narrows toward the hoop. The object is broken at the lower portion of each shoulder with an old and abraded break. There is an ovate cell in the centre of the retained portion which would have formed the bezel and would have held an intaglio, probably composed of glass. Neither surface of the object is undecorated. The metal is a mid-green in colour with some areas of dark brown. The majority of the objet has a pitted …
Created on: Monday 20th August 2018
Last updated: Saturday 6th October 2018
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Record ID: NARC-4400AF
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Finger Ring of Roman date (AD 43-200). The object is composed of an oval hoop which is D-shaped in section and expands to wide shoulders and narrows toward the hoop. The object is broken at the lower portion of each shoulder with an old and abraded break. The retained shoulders and hoop are decorated with an incised pattern, which is symmetrical on each side of the intaglio. The pattern is composed of two transverse rows of repeating dots, below which is a curvilinear line. Below the line are two more transverse rows of dots. There are two incised transverse…
Created on: Wednesday 15th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 15th August 2018
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Record ID: NARC-F715AE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver finger ring of Roman date (AD 200-410). The object is a keeled type and is missing part of one should and the majority of the band due to old and abraded breaks. The object has an oval hoop with a thick rectangular cross-section, on the bezel and shoulder, and a circular sectioned lower band. The shoulders are triangular and taper in toward the band.The outer face is decorated with two, diagonal, incised lines to either side of the raised circular bezel. The bezel also has an incised circular linear border. There is no evidence of a design or inscription within th…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 16th September 2020
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