Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Roman gold finger ring with intaglio

Finger ring of Type VI with pale green plasma intaglio in very good condition. Depicts the Dioscuri standing towards the front and facing each other. The god on the left holds a spear in his left hand and a sword in his right, a chlamys over his right arm; the other bears his attributes in the opposite hands. Above each figure is a star.

This ring dated 200-250 was found near Pentre, Rhondda. At about this time the Emperor Severus permitted solders to wear gold rings.

LI1.7

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

55.83

Find Information

Site Name: Pentre, Rhondda

Collection Method: chance find
Date: 1929

Notes: picked up from loose earth turned up from the excavations for electricity pylons on the mountain east of Pentre.

Acquisition

purchase, 14/2/1955

Measurements

diameter / mm:35 x 31
maximum width / mm:14
width / mm
weight / g:96.3
length / mm:14 [intaglio]
width / mm:10 [intaglio]

Material

Gold
Plasma

Location

location verified by EMC

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