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Medieval / Post-Medieval gold ring (electrotype)
With a plain hoop of rectangular cross-section. The flat, rectangular bezel is cast in one piece with the hoop, which is slightly misshapen. With the Digby crest: an ostrich with a horseshoe in its beak.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
35.268
Find Information
Site Name: Kidwelly Castle, Carmarthenshire
Date: 1933
Notes: the original was found during reparation work beneath a modern wall, and is now in the British Museum
Acquisition
Purchase, 29/5/1935
Measurements
maximum diameter / mm:26.0 (hoop)
diameter / mm
minimum diameter / mm:23.0 (hoop)
diameter / mm
width / mm:8.0 - 11.0 (hoop)
thickness / mm:1.5 - 2.0 (hoop)
Material
electrotype
Location
In store
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