Record ID: OXON-097302
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper alloy Roman finger ring. About one quarter of the ring survives including part of a D-section band with a convex outer surface and flat reverse. This expands from the shoulder to an incomplete bezel that would have been oval shaped. At its centre are the remains of a recessed incomplete oval cell which is empty of the intaglio that it might have held. The finger ring is a medium green colour colour. The finger ring is 12.4mm long, 12.2mm wide, 2.5mm thick and weighs 1.53 grams. There are numerous similar partial finger rings o the database such as …
Created on: Thursday 29th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirtlington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-08DAE5
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper alloy Roman finger ring dating to c. AD 100-300. Most of the hoop is missing but the entire bezel survives. The hoop would have been oval in plan and the surviving fragment is also oval in cross section. It expands across the shoulders to the bezel which is flatter in cross section and also an oval shape in plan. The bezel is decorated with two circular cells alongside each other. Between them there ins one vertical incised line and one further crescent line. Their is an incised border running around the bezel just inside its edge. The surface …
Created on: Thursday 29th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: OXON-384268
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy finger ring of Medieval date (c.1300-1500). The ring is circular in plan and D-shaped in cross-section with slightly bevelled inside edges. The exterior surface of the ring has incised decoration consisting of three groups of letters. These groups of letters are interspersed by a motif (perhaps flowers or stars) - three of these occurring on the band in all. Corded borders run along the top and bottom edges of the ring. The interior surface of the ring is plain. The ring has a dark brown patina and quite a pitted appearance. It measure…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Thursday 22nd February 2024
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Record ID: OXON-0EBBD9
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman ring dating to AD 43-200. The ring consists of the bezel and shoulders. Most of the hoop is missing due to old breaks at each end of the shoulders. The bezel is flat and oval and contains two voids each now empty but may have contained some form of decoration or enamelling (one does contain dirt). The bezel is 15.79mm in length, 10.10mm in width and 1.57mm in depth. The band of the ring narrows from the shoulders and terminates in two old breaks. In between the voids is a diagonal incised line and surrounding them following the edge of the be…
Created on: Wednesday 24th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
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Record ID: BUC-8358FA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, copper alloy, Post-Medieval, finger ring, AD.1500-1750. The object comprises the complete band of the finger ring which is formed of 14 joined, domed, knops. While there are too many knops for the ring to be a 'decade' or rosary ring, its construction is very similar to  WILT-774013 only it lacks any bezel. On the inside of the band are file marks where the internal casting flash has been removed. The ring has a brown patina.
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2023
Last updated: Friday 5th January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-B61B9A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but warped cast gold finger ring with incised bezel. The finger ring is made of a circular hoop that consists of a mostly straight sided, D-shaped (flat inside, slightly domed outside edge) band. This widens towards th bezel. This has a raised oval section which is 9.8mm long and 8.5mm wide. This has incised decoration consisting of six dots in a transverse line. Below these are two columns of three incised dots. The hoop is slightly warped out of its originally circular shape. The inside of the band has no decorative features such as an incsription or hallmark however…
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Garsington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-366B4D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper alloy Roman finger ring possibly of Guiraud type 4 dating to the 3rd century AD 200-300. Part of the hoop and the entire bezel survive. The bezel is sub-rectagnular in plan with rounded corners. It hjas high sides creating a deep sub-rectangular cell which is filled with white cement material. The hoop projects from both narrow edges of the bezel. This is D-shaped in cross section with a flat back and convex front . Intially the shoulders extend diagonally (keeled) and are flattend being oval in shape. they then become thicker and narr…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-3644EA
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman bracelet repurposed to become a finger ring dating to the period c. AD 280- 410. It consists of a single strip with two quared terminals created by old transverse breaks. The fragment is made of a strip which is rectangular in cross section and even sided (5.2mm wide). The fragment has been deliberatelybent over 360 degress to form an irregular circle that doesn't quite overlap. The outer face is decorated with a series of incised lines. Two transverse lines are placed just after one terminal evenly spaced over half…
Created on: Tuesday 14th November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-E3E687
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy finger ring. The finger ring is made of a copper alloy strip that is D-shaped in cross section with a convex front and flat reverse. This strip has been folded into a sub-circular hoop with its two squared off terminals crossing over one another only slightly (c.7.1mm). The hoop has an even width and thickness across its length (3.9mm wide 2.3mm wide) and has a dark brown orange glossy patina. The finger ring is 20.2mm in diameter, 7.2mm wide and weighs 3.12 grams. Finger rings made of copper alloy wire twisted into wire may date to many periods. There are f…
Created on: Friday 10th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-E201C0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of  a cast copper alloy finger ring of a similar type to Henig Type XII, Guriaud Type 2 dating to the period AD43-200. It is missing its stone and most of the hoop beyond the shoulders of the ring. The finger ring has an oval hoop which is D-shaped in cross section with a flat inner surface and convex outer surface. It is thinnest and narrowest (4.55mm wide and 2.6mm thick) at the opposite end to the bezel. from this point it expands to 11.18mm wide and 3mm thick just before the bezel. The bezel is sub-oval in shape and is particularly wide with a slightly rais…
Created on: Friday 10th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-0CD75A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman cast copper alloy finger ring, keeled type of Guiraud's (1989) type 2h possibly intended as a signet ring. The hoop of the finger ring is D-shaped in cross section with a convex outer surface and flatter inner surface. The lower 2/3s of the hoop are circular in plan and then the shoulders then turn at a diagonal towards the bezel. The bezel is flat and thinner than the hoop of the finger ring. It is circular in plan and has a plain but worn upper surface. This might have either have been inscribed or had a separate bezel attached to it. The fin…
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 31st October 2023
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Record ID: SUR-7D23E3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy ring, possibly a finger ring, of uncertain date but possibly Romano British. The ring has been made from a coil of copper alloy which appears to have been worked by hammering into a hoop with an internal diameter of 17.5mm. The section is D-shaped, 2.5mm wide and varies in thickness from around 1.1mm to 2.3mm due to the uneven construction and heavy surface corrosion and loss in places. There is no evident decoration.
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Friday 13th October 2023
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Record ID: OXON-7C4144
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A fragment from a medieval gold finger ring consisting only of the bezel and the stone it held. The biconical bezel is oval in plan, hexagonal in cross section and hollow. On the lower edges of the long sides there are the remains of the attachment between the bezel and hoop surviving as trapezoidal projections. To the side of one of these, the frame is cracked and broken missing small fragments of its plate. At top of the bezel is an oval hole leaving space for a cabochon purple gemstone. This is free of the bezel after it was cleaned by the finder. Dimensions: The…
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 12th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hortum-cum-Studley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-16537C
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A fragment from a cast copper alloy Roman finger ring possibly of Hening Type XII/Guiraud type 2d dating to the first and second centuries AD 43-200. The hoop of the finger ring is plano-convex in cross section, almost sub-rectangular with rounded shoulders which transition into a flat bezel. The hoop is truncated by two breaks and is slightly warped. The bezel is sub-oval in plan narrowing slightly towards the shoulders. In the oval region is a raised circular feature that is 7.3mm long 6.8mm wide and 1.4mm high. The  narrow from 6.6mm to 3mm at their breaks. …
Created on: Monday 25th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aston Rowant CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-B2BF31
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper alloy Roman finger ring possibly of Hening Type XII/Guiraud type 2d dating to the first and second centuries AD 43-200. The hoop of the finger ring is plano-convex in cross section, almost sub-rectangular with rounded shoulders which transition into a flat bezel. The hoop is truncated by two breaks and is slightly warped. The bezel is sub-oval in plan narrowing slightly towards the shoulders. In the oval region is a raised rectagnlaur feature that is 5.4mm long 4.4mm wide and 0.5mm high. The finger ring is a light green colour. The ri…
Created on: Friday 8th September 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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Record ID: OXON-DFEA68
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy finger ring dating to the Roman period (AD 43 - AD 410). The bezel is sub-rectangular in shape (11.7mm by 7.43mm) with a central circular cell, which is now empty of any contents. The hoop tapers in width from the shoulders, 7.43mm wide to 2.47 mm wide at its base. The ring has incised decoration. This consists of incisions extending diagonally upwards towards the bezel from the sides of the hoop. The metal orange-brown in colour.  The ring is 19.9mm from base to top and 19.7mm wide. The top is 7.37mm wide and …
Created on: Tuesday 29th August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 6th September 2023
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Record ID: OXON-DEBDDE
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy finger ring of Henig Type X, Guriaud Type 2. It is missing its stone. The finger ring has an oval hoop which is D-shaped in cross section with a flat inner surface and convex outer surface. It is thinnest and narrowest (5.2mm wide and 2.2mm thick) at the opposite end to the bezel. from this point it expands to 13.1mm wide and 4.8mm thick just before the bezel. The bezel is sub-oval in shape and is particularly wide and thick (17.7mm wide and 5.5mm thick). It has a deep sunken oval cell. This is 16.7mm long, 13.6mm wide, 2.8mm thick. The ring is a medium g…
Created on: Thursday 17th August 2023
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanford in the Vale CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-FB4649
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Description:  A complete cast gold posy ring of Post-Medieval date, c.AD 1625 - 1800. The object is a finger ring composed of a hoop which wis circular in plan and a shallow D-shape in cross-section with a convex outer surface and flat inner surface. The ring is plain barring an inscription on the inner surface of the hoop. This reads ” Let love endure ~” with no traces of a makers mark The finger ring is still a clear gold colour but has several scratches on its outer surface. Dimensions: The finger ring has a maximum diameter of 21.8mm, is 6.0mm wide, 1.5mm thick …
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Watlington CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-550A3A
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy Medieval to Post Medieval signet ring dating to . The ring is made of a circular hoop with an expanded sub-oval bezel. 3.6 2.3 The hoop is D-shaped in cross section (3.6mm wide, 2.6mm thick) with a convex outer edge and flat inner surface. The outer surface is decorated by a series of incised parallel slightly diagonal lines that run the width of the ring. Each line is separated from the other by c.1.4mm. The hoop expands to the bezel along its shoulder which retain the same incised decoration.  The bezel is sub-oval shaped in plan and…
Created on: Wednesday 5th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2023
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Record ID: GLO-D958D6
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A narrow gold finger ring with a D-shape cross-section hoop. The outside of the hoop is decorated with a curving line that arches from one side of the ring to the other and surrounds the whole circumference. This line is a vile with slight branch protrusions at the apex of each of the arches. Residing within each of the arches is a variety for flower and forms ranging from examples with four to six oval petals to examples with spiked petals. The flat inside is engraved with the inscription reading “my affection is my affliction” followed with the makers mark C.  A p…
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 10th July 2023
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