File:Copper alloy Romano-British finger ring inscribed 'ToT'. (FindID 189101).jpg

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Copper alloy Romano-British finger ring inscribed 'ToT'.
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None, Adam Daubney, 2007-08-07 09:58:56
Title
Copper alloy Romano-British finger ring inscribed 'ToT'.
Description
English: Large copper alloy finger ring. The ring has a circular bezel and wide tapering shoulders. The shoulders are D-shaped in cross-section.

The bezel is highly decorative and bears the inscription TOT within a pelleted border. The upper and lower bars of both 'T's are concave and have three pellets at each terminal. The letter 'o' is shown in the lower case and has a pellet in the centre. The perimeter of the hoop is decorated with a row of pellets, and another row runs down the centre of the hoop. Either side of this centre line is a row of semi-circles with three-pellet terminals, identical to the terminals seen on the letters 'T'.

The inscription 'ToT' is an abbreviation of the Celtic god Toutatis, or 'Totatis' as he is better known in Britain. The series of finger rings bearing this inscription is distinctively Romano-British and are found especially in Lincolnshire. The majority of finger rings are found in the territory of the Corieltauvi, which covered parts of Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire south of the River Trent.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Nottinghamshire
Date between 100 and 300
Accession number
FindID: 189101
Old ref: LIN-71BD32
Filename: LIN5814.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/146696
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/146696/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/189101
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