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Five gold children's rings
Ca 1st-3rd C CE.
London, British Museum

- Registration number : 1772,0314.32
provenance :
Dimensions : Diameter: 1.3 centimetres (max)
Acquisition date :1772
Purchased from Sir William Hamilton

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Registration number: 1772,0314.34
Diameter: 1.3 centimetres (max)
Acquisition date :1772
Purchased from Sir William Hamilton

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Registration number: AF.425
Excavated/Findspot Faversham (Europe,United Kingdom,England,Kent,Faversham)
Period/Culture
Romano-British (scope note | all objects)
Acquisition date : 1897
Bequeathed by Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks

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Registration number: SL.43

Romano-British (scope note | all objects)

Description
Small gold finger-ring with flattened bezel area on which is engraved a phallus in intaglio.
Dimensions
Diameter: 15.8 millimetres (outer)
Diameter: 13.8 millimetres (inner)
Acquisition notes
Object has Sloane label.

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Registration number: 1772,0314.24
Acquisition date : 1772
Purchased from Sir William Hamilton
Exhibited : 2010 Jan - April, Nottingham, Lakeside Arts Centre, The University of Nottingham, 'Roman Sexuality: Images, Myths and Meanings'

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