# Signet ring with a lion seal, Hatteras Island

> X-ray fluorescence in 2017 showed early modern brass with no gold or gilding.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke/artifacts/ART0CQCCN1C61PD/signet-ring-with-a-lion-seal-hatteras-island  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

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**ART** 0CQCCN1C61PD·Artifact · object

# Signet ring with a lion seal, Hatteras Island

Objectpublisher; linked, not copiedFound 1998 among artifacts of 1670–1720

[Cite]

**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/mystery-roanoke-endures-yet-another-cruel-twist-180962837/).

X-ray fluorescence in 2017 showed early modern brass with no gold or gilding.

Smithsonian magazine, 1998. publisher; linked, not copied

## Copies 1

**Photo** Smithsonian magazine · smithsonianmag.com · 2017-04 · publisher; linked, not copied1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/mystery-roanoke-endures-yet-another-cruel-twist-180962837/)

## Where it was made

[Buxton and Frisco, Hatteras Island (Croatoan)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQCC0RY39W4/buxton-and-frisco-hatteras-island-croatoan) · Island

## Sources 1

- [The mystery of Roanoke endures yet another cruel twist](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQCBXV63SFJ/the-mystery-of-roanoke-endures-yet-another-cruel-twist)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Signet ring with a lion seal, Hatteras Island [Artifact ART0CQCCN1C61PD]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CQCCN1C61PD
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Key

**ART** 0CQCCN1C61PD

Kind

Object

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unknown

Dated

found 1998 among artifacts of 1670–1720

Licence

publisher; linked, not copied

Place

[Buxton and Frisco, Hatteras Island (Croatoan)](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQCC0RY39W4/buxton-and-frisco-hatteras-island-croatoan)

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[Lost Colony of Roanoke](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-colony-roanoke)

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