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Roman finger ring (x2 Profile and plan).
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Angie Bolton, 2014-11-26 10:30:20
Title
Roman finger ring (x2 Profile and plan).
Description
English: Report on potential Treasure for HM Coroner

2014 T297 Elmley Lovett, Worcs.

Roman gold finger-ring of 'keeled' type. Narrow hoop of square-section, rather crudely shaped, that expands to flat triangular shoulders decorated with a pair of diverging grooves in the centre with a volute on each side. The flat ovoid bezel has a gold applique soldered to it, which enclosed a rubbed over bluish-grey intaglio, probably nicolo. The outer ring of the applique forms a collar, which is decorated with spaced punched hemispherical indents.

The intaglio is very worn and the device is rather difficult to interpret. It may depict a standing bird with a long neck and head turned down to lie flat against its body, perhaps a stork (cf. Henig 2007, no. 669). However the 'bird' lacks feet, so it might alternatively show a standing amphora with a ?bird sat on its shoulder.

Ext. d.: 17.6mm Int. d.: 15.1mm Wt.: 3.90g

Date: c. 3rd century AD

Depicted place (County of findspot) Worcestershire
Date between 200 and 300
Accession number
FindID: 616069
Old ref: WAW-0DBDE5
Filename: WAW-0DBDE5.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/494413
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/494413/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/616069
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