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Roman ear-ring
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2012-05-19 15:04:11
Title
Roman ear-ring
Description
English: A distorted sub-oval gold wire ring with an integral loop at one end flanked by small coils of fine gold filigree wire, one damaged. Probably an ear-ring.

Date: probably Roman, 1st - 4th century AD.

Dimensions: length 31.3 mm; width 14.6 mm; thickness of wire 1.5 mm.

Weight: 2.58 g.


Non-destructive surface metal analysis conducted at the British Museum indicated a gold content of 87-90% and silver content of 9-11%.


In age and precious metal content the object qualifies as Treasure under the terms of the 1996 Treasure Act.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Central Bedfordshire
Date ROMAN
Accession number
FindID: 459039
Old ref: BH-FC2C71
Filename: Roman_ring_2011_T481.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/382030
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/382030
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/459039
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