🥇 BANNER Roman Gold Ring again!!!!!!

[Westfront]

Went back to the No. 1 field today and standing the storm was worth every minute. Barely could hear the signals in the headphones...
This site isn't producing much but the finds are excellent. Gridding the area of the main building yields an ok Sestercius and a stunning ring. Roman gold is very hard to come by and this is the second gold ring from this site!

 

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[Steve in PA]

Wonderful Roman ring. I also wonder what the letters stood for? I will throw a banner vote at this find!

 

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[Plumbata]

I can't tell if it is in Latin or Greek. The "A" characters look like Lambdas. It is a truly incredible find, I hope you can contact some experts in classical language and artifacts. It might be a very important discovery. Beautiful and wonderful ring, thanks for sharing. Definitely banner.

 

[AC1955]

Incredible find! Banner for sure! Congratulations. I can't ever imagine finding something that old (besides rocks)!

HH,
Anita

 

[Westfront]

any idea what the letters signify?

I haven't a clue...

I don't know what that key-like item is in the fifth picture...but it reminds me of a broken hand-cuff key.

Oh and nice gold.

Would be a nice decorated one then! Want to find the cuffs! In fact it's a watch winder. The buckle is a small one, so the winder looks big. It's smaller than an inch.

I can't tell if it is in Latin or Greek. The "A" characters look like Lambdas. It is a truly incredible find, I hope you can contact some experts in classical language and artifacts. It might be a very important discovery. Beautiful and wonderful ring, thanks for sharing. Definitely banner.

Yes, Lambdas. But i found no meaning of 'L' and 'F' in latin...

 

[Westfront]

Thanks all for the votes! Nice to see Roman up there again!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Fantastic find there! That is one that many will only dream of. Congratulations on the well-deserved banner, my friend.

Best Wishes,

Buck

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

The ring looks amazing and congrats on it making the Banner.
All the best,
ZDD

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Incredible find that us here in the states can only dream about. Congrats on the banner, and please let us know when you decipher the inscription.

 

[CRUSADER]

Dad had a similar thought to me. But instead of guessing I have fired off an email to an expert (fingers crossed because its been some years since I emailed him last & the email maybe redundant??).
Here are Dads thoughts:

A bit of a lateral thought but I wonder if Westfront’s ring and the inscription might be a signet ring for a Roman cavalry unit. The ALA indicating cavalry and the F indicating Cohort section – if the L is an I then it might just be a person’s name? Of course if the F is an E and the L is an L – then ALAE was the roman name for a cavalry unit.

I actually think it looked like ALAF. I agree the ALA is a short version for a Roman Cavalry unit & maybe the 'F' was for 'Frontoniana', or a better fit is Firma Catafractariae:
File:Reitergrabmal Rotenbach und Cannstatt.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

The Frontoniana is a little less likely?
ALA PRIMAE TUNGRORUM

Whatever, my gut says Roman Soldiers Ring.

 

[Silver Searcher]

The letters on the ring are probably Roman Cursive script, which is very hard to decipher, and the actual letters could translate to different letters that we recognize.

SS

 

[Gemini Alpha]

Awesome Ring, Westfront!

 

[Breezie]

WOW what an awesome ring! Congratulations for making a well deserved BANNER find! I look forward to hearing more information about it.

Breezie

 

[Westfront]

Fantastic find there! That is one that many will only dream of. Congratulations on the well-deserved banner, my friend.

Best Wishes,

Buck

Thanks Buck! You know what could happen when detecting old farmland!

The ring looks amazing and congrats on it making the Banner.
All the best,
ZDD

Thanks Dave!

Incredible find that us here in the states can only dream about. Congrats on the banner, and please let us know when you decipher the inscription.

WOW what an awesome ring! Congratulations for making a well deserved BANNER find! I look forward to hearing more information about it.

Breezie

Thanks!
It's difficult. We try our best here and and the UK friends are working on that too!

 

[Jeff95531]

I feel honored and privileged to even see a pic of that ring. Thanks for sharing! Congrats on the banner and an ultimate find!

 

[Westfront]

Dad had a similar thought to me. But instead of guessing I have fired off an email to an expert (fingers crossed because its been some years since I emailed him last & the email maybe redundant??).
Here are Dads thoughts:

A bit of a lateral thought but I wonder if Westfront’s ring and the inscription might be a signet ring for a Roman cavalry unit. The ALA indicating cavalry and the F indicating Cohort section – if the L is an I then it might just be a person’s name? Of course if the F is an E and the L is an L – then ALAE was the roman name for a cavalry unit.

I actually think it looked like ALAF. I agree the ALA is a short version for a Roman Cavalry unit & maybe the 'F' was for 'Frontoniana', or a better fit is Firma Catafractariae:
File:Reitergrabmal Rotenbach und Cannstatt.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

The Frontoniana is a little less likely?
ALA PRIMAE TUNGRORUM

Whatever, my gut says Roman Soldiers Ring.

Thanks for your and Crudads help! The pieces come together now.
Here's a pic of an officers ring http://romanofficer.com/Images/ala-ll-fl-ring.jpg of the ALA II FLAVIA. Unfortunately were they based not close by. Ala Frontoniana is better. Here are some more roman military related rings. http://romanofficer.com/PermcolB.html

 

[DanKnug]

Pulchra anulum!

 

[Westfront]

All together

Here is a shot from the top three finds from that site.

And the two rings

 

[Deepdiger60]

Great unearthed history beautiful ring Jim

 

[Silver Searcher]

Dad had a similar thought to me. But instead of guessing I have fired off an email to an expert (fingers crossed because its been some years since I emailed him last & the email maybe redundant??).
Here are Dads thoughts:

A bit of a lateral thought but I wonder if Westfront’s ring and the inscription might be a signet ring for a Roman cavalry unit. The ALA indicating cavalry and the F indicating Cohort section – if the L is an I then it might just be a person’s name? Of course if the F is an E and the L is an L – then ALAE was the roman name for a cavalry unit.

I actually think it looked like ALAF. I agree the ALA is a short version for a Roman Cavalry unit & maybe the 'F' was for 'Frontoniana', or a better fit is Firma Catafractariae:
File:Reitergrabmal Rotenbach und Cannstatt.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

The Frontoniana is a little less likely?
ALA PRIMAE TUNGRORUM

Whatever, my gut says Roman Soldiers Ring.

I actually thought it read ALAF as well, until I looked up the Greek alphabet, the letters could be Greek and the inverted letters that look like V, would infact be L in Greek (LAMBDA), Latin capitals (Roman) are written I believe like what we used today...interesting though. LAMBDA also is the 11th letter in the Greek alphabet (perhaps a link to the 11th legion), LMBDA was also a shield pattern of the Spartan army, this stood for Lakedaimon.

SS