Ancient Roman Gilt Signet Ring – Chalcedony Intaglio Water Birds – English Found

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Date: Late 1st - 2nd Century AD:

Size: UK ring size: R and at 7.26 grams:

Here we have a fine gilded Roman signet ring with a thin lower band and high rising shoulders, which are typical for rings of the late 1st to 2nd Century AD. The bezel sits above the finger and is centered with an oval flat-topped chalcedony intaglio, which shows two expertly carved [in miniature] water birds, perhaps cranes or flamingo feeding at the waterside. The ring appears to be made from a copper alloy, which may have received some gold gilding:

Provenance : The ring was detected by me in 2007 not far from the Roman settlement that was centred in the modern-day village of Braughing in Northern Hertfordshire:

Braughing Notes – AP:

Late Iron Age occupation in the area is represented by several ditches and enclosures, which can be viewed from the Farm-shop car park just off the A10 (Roman Ermine Street]. There are also some excavated rectilinear buildings and Celtic coins of Tasciovanus [c.20BC – AD10] are known from the site:

Soon after the conquest of Britain and the construction of Ermine Street and Staine Street, The Braughing settlement began It appears to have had two population centres, on Wickhan Hill and Skeleton Green, The occupied area of the Roman town covered an area of at least thirty six hectares: Areas of crop marking close to the old railway station still produce street layouts in crop marks, if the soil conditions are correct - please see picture 7: I studied Roman Braughing while working on my Certificate in Archaeology:

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  • Condition: Very Fine complete with ancient calcification and metallic gilt patination tones:
  • Type: Rings
  • Provenance: Ownership History Available
  • Material: Gilded Bronze
  • Colour: Gold

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