Record ID: NMS-C93A25
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold ring, probably a large and heavy finger-ring. It is a plain hoop without a bezel, oval or D-shaped in cross-section with rounded edges; the outer face is more rounded, and the inner face gently convex. The surface is uneven with slight facets, and has some small pits; it may have been cast and hammered to shape. Dimensions: External diameter 25.8 - 26.1mm. Internal diameter 19.9 - 20mm. Thickness 3.6 - 3.8mm. Weight 7.81g. Discussion: The object appears hand made. There are several parallels on the PAS database, all of si…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Norfolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-54BB84
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description: Heavy but small gold finger-ring set with an intaglio engraved with a horse facing right (left in impression). The ring is of Guiraud's type 2c and Henig's type II. The hoop is biconvex in cross-section, flaring from a minimum of 2.6mm wide and 2.2mm thick at the point furthest from the bezel into smooth, undecorated shoulders which in turn swell into the oval bezel. The oval intaglio is pale brown in colour. It is raised from the surface of the bezel and its sides are sloped and rounded, exploiting the layered nature of the stone so that the horse is cut ag…
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2023
Last updated: Sunday 31st March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-90F486
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Gold finger-ring with bezel set with a dark red intaglio gemstone. The gemstone is complete, and although the gold components are now broken and crushed, they are also largely complete. The hoop is made from three strands of beaded wire arranged to form a triangular cross-section, with two strands side by side forming the inner surface and the third strand added in the centre. The third strand, standing proud on the outer surface, is now very worn. At the shoulders, the three strands flatten out and spread, with the central strand butting up…
Created on: Wednesday 27th April 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd February 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-F7910D
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold finger-ring. Oval colourless translucent flat-topped glass within a raised box-setting surrounded by a roped flange. Flat hoop of constant width, with two twisted roped wires applied to it and bordered on each edge by finely milled wires. Two globules at junction of hoop and bezel on each side. 4th century. The oval box setting is oriented longitudinally to form the bezel of the finger-ring. It is formed from a strip of gold bent to fit closely around the slightly irregular piece of glass. The 'roped flange' is a piece of twisted gold wire around the base of the box setting.…
Created on: Tuesday 8th December 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 8th December 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-601732
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Incomplete Roman gold finger ring of keeled type. It has a plain, flat circular bezel with the shoulders tapering to either side. Both shoulders are flat and have moulded scrollwork decoration. At the tip of each shoulder the loop becomes D-shaped in cross-section, decorated on either side with three radiating lines. The loop terminates in an old break on either side. One long edge is squashed and abraded. Dimensions: Length (bent) 31mm, maximum width 8.5mm, minimum width 2mm, maximum thickness 2.5mm, minimum thickness 0.9mm, weight 3.8g. Discussion: This fing…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-24C88E
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Description: Fragment of a Roman gold finger ring of Guiraud's (1989) Type 4g. The bezel is missing. The remaining portion of the D-sectioned loop exhibits an old break at either end and has been flattened out. One end remains slightly hooked. At the shoulder are two applied oval knops which would have flanked the bezel on either side. Date: c. AD 43 - 409. Dimensions:Length: 26.9mm maximum width: 6.3mm, minimum width: 3.1mm, thickness (including shank): 2.5mm, weight: 2.4g. Discussion: Similar examples reported as Treasure and recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme databas…
Created on: Friday 7th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sporle with Palgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-065376
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman 'Brancaster type' gold finger ring. Flattened D-sectioned band expanding smoothly to two integral transverse projections which support the separate soldered, engraved rectangular bezel, leaving a transverse rectangular aperture below. The bezel is now slightly distorted at an angle to the band. Internal diameter 13 - 15mm. External width 19mm. Height 18mm. Bezel 7 x 7mm. Weight 3.7g. 4th - early 5th century AD. The intaglio inscription, in three lines, reads (in impression) DOM/NICA/VIVA[S], translating as 'Long life to you, Domnica (or Dominica)'. The name Domnica is atte…
Created on: Monday 24th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 22nd July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Fakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-BFEEA4
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman gold finger ring. Flat-sectioned band expanding smoothly from the rear to the bezel with a separate strip of gold soldered to form an oval setting for a cabouchon stone, probably garnet, which appears black in daylight, but red under strong light. The ring is complete but distorted. Mid - late Roman, 200 - 400 AD. Width at bezel 7.5mm. Weight 4.6g. Original external diameter (estimated) 16mm. For similar rings with flat, expanding bands and separate settings or bezels, see FAPJW-AB59E5, LIN-22EEF2 and NCL-772344.
Created on: Monday 14th October 2013
Last updated: Monday 20th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Ellingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8B1007
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman gold finger-ring with red glass convex fronted setting in an oval collet surrounded by a scalloped collar. The hoop is a narrow strip that widens into sub-triangular shoulders with scalloped edges and two pairs of oblique grooves. External diameter 18.5mm. Internal diameter17.5mm. Collet 12.5 x 10.5mm. Weight 2.65g. 3rd - 4th century.
Created on: Friday 2nd December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 11th March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sedgeford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-03E2C3
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A gold finger ring, now distorted, with a flat-sectioned hoop with an overlapping soldered join. The hoop is decorated externally with unevenly spaced transverse hammered depressions, which are very worn in one area. There is a crack across the hoop, possibly across an old break which, in antiquity, has been mended internally with gold solder. There are no internal marks. Width of hoop 3mm. Thickness 1.5mm. Original external diameter c. 22mm. Similar to an example in Crummy (1983, 48, fig.50, no1770). Probably Roman.
Created on: Thursday 21st April 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 15th April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pulham Market', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-AF4E73
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment (about a quarter) of a gold 'Brancaster-type' finger ring with a wide hoop, flat on the reverse and very slightly convex on the outer face. The hoop expands very slightly before the raised rectangular bezel, which is engraved with a bird standing on the ground, holding a leafy branch in its beak, with its head turned to face its tail. The band is broken to either side of the bezel. A small part of one break has been polished by the finder to test the quality of the metal. Roman. Late 4th - beginning of 5th century. Bezel 7 x 7mm. Band 5mm wide at break. Weight 2.11g.. I…
Created on: Monday 10th January 2011
Last updated: Monday 24th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gosberton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-CBBA11
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold fragment, probably of a late Roman finger ring. A lozengiform setting, now empty, with a border of gold pellets around the outer edge, with clusters of projecting pellets at intervals. The backplate has been cut to fit the projecting pellets, except where it extends slightly beyond the setting at one corner of the lozenge, which may have been part of the shoulder of the ring, and at the opposite corner, where the breaks are ragged. Granulation as a decorative technique became more popular in the fourth century, although this trend began in the third (Johns, 1996, 50). 3rd - 4th c…
Created on: Friday 27th March 2009
Last updated: Monday 7th December 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Pulham Market', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMS-E9F975
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Description of find Tiny gold Roman finger ring, probably for a child. Damaged along the edges. Faceted band divided into nine oval segments, each with a median arris. At seven of the constrictions between segments are two transverse engraved lines, presumably missing from the other two due to wear. Additional Measurements Internal diameter 11.5mm, external diameter 15mm, Band width c. 4mm. Weighing 1.4g.
Created on: Friday 20th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 5th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Beeston with bittering', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS901
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Gold Roman finger-ring, two transverse incised lines define flat rectangular bezel, rounded shoulders on either side taper to very narrow back of hoop (now bent and distorted, internal width 17mm, weight 2.79g)
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'BUXTON WITH LAMMAS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS177
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Roman openwork gold finger-ring, now flattened, but not otherwise damaged. The hoop consists of two square-sectioned wires giving a width of 6-7mm, joined with a series of tightly-coiled C-shaped volutes also in square wire. There are ten of these, facing inward at the bezel from the centre back. The bezel is backed with a rather rough square of gold sheet and is virtually circular; there are four small gold grains where the hoop wires are attached. The setting is about 7mm in diameter, and contains a cabochon-cut garnet with an almost flat surface. The ring appears to be late Roman, …
Created on: Tuesday 13th March 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 7th July 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK CAWSTON', grid reference and parish protected.