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Roman Snake Ring
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Sussex Archaeological Society, Stephanie Smith, 2011-08-18 17:44:25
Title
Roman Snake Ring
Description
English: A Roman silver penannular finger-ring fragment comprising one terminal and approximately half of the hoop, with rounded-square cross-section. The surviving terminal, originally confronted by its pair, takes the form of a neatly-worked stylised snake head.

The ring is an example of Johns Type Bi (C. Johns, The Jewellery of Roman Britain (UCL Press, London, 1996), 45).


Date: Roman, 1st to 3rd century AD.

Dimensions: external diameter c. 24 mm; internal diameter c. 18 mm.

Weight: 3.9 g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Sussex
Date between 1 and 300
Accession number
FindID: 400482
Old ref: SUSS-EA4646
Filename: 2010T427.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/342053
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/342053/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/400482
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