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Found in Gedney, Lincolnshire, by Mrs Joanna Birdseye while searching with a
metal detector.
An elaborate gold finger-ring. The hoop is fashioned into two gloved hands which terminate in a lovers'
knot. The undulating hoop contains a scroll at the back which carries an
amatory inscription; this is difficult to read, but begins AMO ----.
By James Robinson, British Museum
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