MEDIEVAL RING

1200

13th-18th Century. Medieval-Post Medieval. Copper alloy, crudely cast, 'mystery' ring. Length 27.7mm, Width 26.3mm, Thickness 2.8mm, Diameter 27.7mm, Weight 3.4g. Mass produced, multi-functional possible harness ring, belt fitting, tally stick counter, base for cloth covered button or tapestry ring. Irregular annular ring with flattened sexfoil cross-section with bevelled inside and outside edge together with hand file finishing marks. Rather corroded with a few patches of surface dark green patina. Ref. History Beneath Our Feet, Brian Read, Anglia Publishing Ipswich 1995, page 69 No. 392 and Finds Identified, Gordon Bailey, Greenlight Publishing 2000, page 54-55 No. 4.