Rare Scandinavian Viking Silver Finger Ring c. 9th - 10th century A.D. Size 8

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Rare Scandinavian Viking Silver Finger Ring c. 9th - 10th century A.D. Size 8:
$302.12

This is a Scandinavian Viking silver finger ring, dating to the 9th - 10th century A.D. The ring is formed from a strip of silver, decorated with two horizontal rows of punched triangles, which point apex to apex. The band is quite wide, the ring folded and hammered without any signs of a join. This ring was clearly well used judging by the wear to outer surfaces.

Viking rings of similar strip form and style of decoration are recorded from a number of sites in Scandinavia, e.g. on Gotland, Sweden (M. Stenberger, Die Schatzfunde Gotlands der Wikingerzeit, vol. 2, KVHAA, Lund 1947, figs. 38: 6, 87, and 109: 2). A complete, punch-decorated silver finger-ring, but with a broader band and knotted ends, has previously been reported as Treasure from Great Finborough, Suffolk (Treasure Annual Report 2002, no. 52) and the testing nicks on the present piece further confirm a date in the Viking period, around the 9th-10th century.

This is an interesting example of the type, in good excavated condition. The ring bears an old stress crack and other marks from burial. As is the ring can still be worn with care, considering its great age.

OBJECT: Finger Ring

CULTURE: Viking

DATE: c. 9th - 10th century A.D.

MATERIAL: Silver

RING SIZE: 8(US)Q(UK)

SIZE: 21.61mm x 22.32mm x 3.83mm

WEIGHT: 6.28 grams

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