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Roman iron finger ring (Sol)
A complete green jasper setting with a single dark red-brown patch set in an oval iron bezel, much decayed. Depicts Sol standing in a quadriga drawn by four horses, all rearing up on their hind legs, and pulling the chariot to the right. Sol has his left hand raised in salutation, and carries a whip across his right shoulder. There is little or no trace of wear on the stone.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
81.79H/6.4 (stolen)
Find Information
Site Name: Caerleon Fortress Baths, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1978-1979
Notes: from the site of the frigidarium at the baths
Acquisition
Donation, 6/8/1981
Measurements
length / mm:17.8 (intaglio)
width / mm:13.4 (intaglio)
thickness / mm:2.8 (intaglio)
internal diameter / mm:17.5 x 17.0
diameter / mm
width / mm:16.0 (bezel)
Material
jasper
iron
Location
stolen
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