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A Late Roman Gold Finger-Ring from Silchester, Hampshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

M.G. Fulford
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Reading
M. Henig
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, Oxford
C. Johns
Affiliation:
British Museum

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Britannia , Volume 18 , November 1987 , pp. 279 - 281
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Copyright © M.G. Fulford, M. Henig and C. Johns 1987. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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21 O.S. land parcel 2900, east of the stream.

22 We wish to record our thanks to the landowner Mr J. Cook and his farm-manager Mr D.J. O'Connell for all their ready assistance.

23 The XRF analysis was carried out in the British Museum Research laboratory by Mr Duncan Hook.

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38 We are very grateful to George Boon for his identifications.

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