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KENT-792C65
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Kent County Council, Jen Jackson, 2010-08-03 12:49:46
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KENT-792C65
Description
English: A Roman gold finger-ring of simple form, with plain slender hoop (slightly distorted) and expanded oval bezel (worn) incised with the image of a Genius to right with cornucopia.

Date: probably 1st century AD.

Dimensions: width 21.2 mm. Internal 18.4 x 16.8 mm. Bezel width 6.6 mm.

Weight: 4.4 g.

In age and precious metal content the object qualifies as Treasure under the terms of the 1996 Treasure Act.

Ralph Jackson

Dept. of Prehistory & Europe

British Museum

2nd August 2010
Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 43 and 100
Accession number
FindID: 291124
Old ref: KENT-792C65
Filename: 2010T116hoop.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/291954
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/291954/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/291124
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Object location51° 12′ 42.12″ N, 0° 39′ 08.62″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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