Lot Essay
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A ROMANO-BRITISH GOLD 'CLASPED-HANDS' MARRIAGE RING
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
The angular shouldered hoop with oval bezel with beaded border, decorated in relief with a betrothal motif of two clasped right hands or dextrarum iunctio
.5/8 in. (1.5 cm.) across hoop
3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
The angular shouldered hoop with oval bezel with beaded border, decorated in relief with a betrothal motif of two clasped right hands or dextrarum iunctio
.5/8 in. (1.5 cm.) across hoop
Provenance
Found in 1995 at Mileham, near Litcham, Norfolk.