Description: Date: Circa: 10th Century AD Physical Properties: UK Ring Size: V: USA Ring Size: 10.5: weight: 3.4 grams: Here we have a very fine example of a large silver gilt Hiberno-Norse [variant] finger ring formed from a single square-sectioned silver core with an gold gilt external wire frame: The method of manufacture is typical of Scandinavian workshops in the Anglo -Viking period Condition: Very Fine: The band of the ring is finger oval perfect and areas of gilt remain in excellent ancient condition with no damage seen: The silver details an excellent silver-oxide dark patina and external calcite areas are also present on the outer surfaces of the ring: Reference material and further reading: Where possible ancient artifacts may be referenced to similar material observed in the following publications within my collection:British Artefacts Vol.1, 2 and 3: Brett Hammond [Greenlight Publishing 2010]:Celtic & Roman Artefacts: Nigel Mills [Greenlight Publishing 2007]:SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome: Mary Beard [Profile Books 2015]:50 Bronze Age Artefacts: Portable Antiquities Scheme: Dot Boughton [Amberley Publishing 2021]:Pottery in Britain 4000BC to AD 1900: Lloyd Laing [Greenlight Publishing 2003]:British Iron Age Coins In The British Museum: Richard Hobbs [British Museum 1996]:Swords of The Viking Age: Ian Peirce: [The Boydell Press 2003]:Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society Volume 85: [Cambridge University Press2019]Mesolithic Europe: Geoff Bailey / Penny Spikins [Cambridge University Press 2008]Viking Art: James Graham-Campbell: [Thames & Hudson, London 2018]Roman Coins Vol. 1, 2 & 3: David R Sear: [Spink London 2000]:The Roman Cavalry: Karen R. Dixon: [B. . Batsford 1997]:Rome’s Saxon Shore: Coastal Defenses of Roman Britain AD 250 – 500: Nic Fields [Osprey Publishing 2006]:Amulets of Ancient Egypt: Carol Andrews: [University of Texas Press / British Museum Press 1994]:The Uniforms of the Roman World: Military dress, weapons, artillery, ships, siege engines and fortifications: Kevin F. Killey: [Anness Publishing 2017]:Where possible finger rings may be referenced to similar material observed in the following publications within my collection:Victorian and Albert Museum CATALOGUE OF FINGER RINGS 1930: C.C.Oman [Anglia Publishing. 1991 – Now out of print]:Finger Rings: Diana Scarisbrick / Martin Henig: [Ashmolean Museum Oxford. 2003]:Ancient Rings An Illustrated Collectors Guide: T. N. Polio: [McFarland & Co Inc. 2018:1000 Rings: Inspiring Adornments of the Hand: Le Van, Marthe; Ebendorf, Robert [W: Lark Books 2004]: Copyright Ancient Pasts 2023 - All rights reserved Provenance: The ring was detected in 2018 and here are the approximate Google Earth coordinates: 52°27'33.23"N - 0°17'13.88"W:
Price: 175 GBP
Location: Peterborough
End Time: 2024-12-15T00:07:42.000Z
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Brand: Danish Anglo-Viking
Style: Scandinavian/Nordic
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