File:2008 T724 (FindID 239997-292587).jpg

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2008 T724
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The British Museum, Ian Richardson, 2010-08-06 12:32:11
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2008 T724
Description
English: A damaged and distorted Roman gold filigree finger-ring. The hoop is slender, of softened rectangular cross-section. The shoulders and bezel comprise an openwork design based on an eye-shaped frame of beaded wire enclosing two concentric filigree wire circles (the outer plain, the inner beaded), with a symmetrical arrangement of four circular pellets (one missing) at the centre. One of the shoulders preserves two (of, probably, three) similar pellets, but all are missing from the other shoulder. The outer face of the bezel displays traces of heavy or prolonged wear.

For the similar use of gold filigree wire, granulation and openwork heart-shaped shoulders see, for example, the gem-set ring YORYM-FB2362 (2006T351; TAR 2005/6, no. 126, p. 64), from York.

Date: probably 4th century AD.

Dimensions: 23.2 x 20.5 mm. Bezel width 13.7 mm. Weight: 3.78 g.

Non-destructive surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated a gold content of 69-72% and a silver content of 24-26%.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Northamptonshire
Date between 300 and 410
Accession number
FindID: 239997
Old ref: NARC-5489E3
Filename: 2008T724bezel.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/292586
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/292586/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/239997
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