🥇 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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[Aussie]

Can't wait to hear the results of the inscription, fantastic find! Well done.

 

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[Aussie]

And btw, found a half dozen pull tabs today, would you consider sending me over a bucket or two of dirt to check through? Lol

 

[HISPAN]

Congratulations on the Banner and the great find!
is a great find the effort deserved all these years ... some people think that these findings are easy to hunt in Europe ... but I can assure you find a Roman gold ring is one of the hardest things to find around here ... most common Roman rings were made in iron , only a few Bronze and very very few Gold ... the Roman Gold rings were only worn by the Roman consuls, generals of the legions or the rich patricians ... rings of legionary soldiers were all Bronze and slaves and poor people wore rings Iron, I just find two Roman Bronze rings in my life ... This is an extraordinary discovery .. sorry late for the vote.

 

[Westfront]

Congratulations on the Banner and the great find!
is a great find the effort deserved all these years ... some people think that these findings are easy to hunt in Europe ... but I can assure you find a gold ring is one of the hardest things to find around here ... most common Roman rings were made in iron , only a few Bronze and very very few Gold ... the Roman Gold rings were only worn by the Roman consuls, generals of the legions or the rich patricians ... rings of legionary soldiers were all Bronze and slaves and poor people wore rings Iron, I just find two Roman Bronze rings in my life ... This is an extraordinary discovery .. sorry late for the vote.

Thanks my friend! It took over 20 years of detecting and thousands of holes with scrap metal to find roman gold...

 

[HISPAN]

Thanks my friend! It took over 20 years of detecting and thousands of holes with scrap metal to find roman gold...

You hunt a two Roman gold rings in 20 years? ... husted is lucky or attract the Roman Gold mentally ..... keep looking and get the Roman gold coin in this life or the you next reincarnation.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Westfront I now believe the inscription is written in Greek, although I don't know exactly what, I believe the letters are... LCLF in Greek, the letter F (Digamma) is no longer in use in the Greek alphabet, it was in use right up to the 5thC. The letter F or DIGAMMA is also the 6th letter of the old Greek alphabet, perhaps a reference to a 6th legion.

SS

 

[Westfront]

Westfront I now believe the inscription is written in Greek, although I don't know exactly what, I believe the letters are... LCLF in Greek, the letter F (Digamma) is no longer in use in the Greek alphabet, it was in use right up to the 5thC. The letter F or DIGAMMA is also the 6th letter of the old Greek alphabet, perhaps a reference to a 6th legion.

SS

Thats why i didn't found the 'F' when first researching the greek alphabet, so i took Lambda for an 'A'. But that didn't bring us a step further. What can LCLF mean?

 

[Silver Searcher]

QUOTE=Westfront;3625255]Thats why i didn't found the 'F' when first researching the greek alphabet, so i took Lambda for an 'A'. But that didn't bring us a step further. What can LCLF mean?[/QUOTE]That's the $1000000 question, what does it mean, perhaps it's the letters referring to numbers, as in F being 6

SS

 

[bill from lachine]

Westfront,

Stunning ring and a well deserved banner addition.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[uglymailman]

Sorry I didn't get to vote banner Lu. Well deserved. Much more rare than a gold coin most of us will never find. Thanks to Crue for his input too. WTG!!!!!

 

[joeyfresh]

The Roman gold ring is outstanding..even better if it is military. Makes my finds feel so insignificant.

 

[yo6oej]

Incredible find my friend "westfront" !
Congrats ! Big like !

 

[chrischch]

Excuse my ignorance but how can you tell it's a roman ring and not a later period in history?

 

[Westfront]

Excuse my ignorance but how can you tell it's a roman ring and not a later period in history?

I know from style, from the site it was found and experience that's a roman ring.
Much easier is. Post it on this forum with a lot of really experts. Say it's roman and wait a couple minutes....

 

[Fletch88]

I know from style, from the site it was found and experience that's a roman ring. Much easier is. Post it on this forum with a lot of really experts. Say it's roman and wait a couple minutes....

You can say that again! Awesome find!

 

[birdman]

Another one!! I can't even comprehend such a find. Congrats bigtime on another wonderful recovery.

 

[CRUSADER]

Dads thoughts on the unbarred A's:

I am sure it is ALA with the As having no cross bar. Silver Searcher may not realise that the Romans often used an inverted V as an A. If they did not then the Greek letter theory would hold good. However, you only have to look at the Domitian coin exampled on Wildwinds to see how the As are inverted Vs. So the ring is likely to be earlier e.g when the Romans used inverted Vs.

 

[DiggityDiggity]

Dads thoughts on the unbarred A's:

I am sure it is ALA with the As having no cross bar. Silver Searcher may not realise that the Romans often used an inverted V as an A. If they did not then the Greek letter theory would hold good. However, you only have to look at the Domitian coin exampled on Wildwinds to see how the As are inverted Vs. So the ring is likely to be earlier e.g when the Romans used inverted Vs.

The second "A" on the ring looks different than the first. Could it be a different character or just a slightly flawed variation of the first letter?

 

[Westfront]

The second "A" on the ring looks different than the first. Could it be a different character or just a slightly flawed variation of the first letter?

I think it's just flawed. Remember wich size we're talking about and all that without magnifying glasses...

 

[Westfront]

Dads thoughts on the unbarred A's:

I am sure it is ALA with the As having no cross bar. Silver Searcher may not realise that the Romans often used an inverted V as an A. If they did not then the Greek letter theory would hold good. However, you only have to look at the Domitian coin exampled on Wildwinds to see how the As are inverted Vs. So the ring is likely to be earlier e.g when the Romans used inverted Vs.

The question is: If ALA is rigth is the meaning of F a cohort? All letters looks like they have the same gaps. Should the F then needs a bit more gap like ALA F?