Medieval Gold Ring

Medieval Gold Ring
Medieval Gold Ring
Medieval Gold Ring
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iBase ID
18048
Title
Medieval Gold Ring
Description
A medieval gold finger ring with iron stone in fluted bezel. Found near Waltham-on-the-Wolds with a metal detector.

Gold ring with an iron setting from Waltham on the Wolds, Melton. There are two lion heads either side of the setting.

Gold finger-ring. The hoop is triangular in section and is crudely engraved with letters. An iron stone is set into a fluted bezel which is supported by two animal heads. A small cross has been punched into the hoop at its narrowest point, opposite the bezel. The inscription occupies the two registers of the ring formed by its triangular section. It is difficult to decipher but may be amuletic in character.
LCC ID. No.
X.A77.2003.0.0
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On display at Melton Carnegie Museum
(Visit Melton Museum)

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