VIKING WARRIOR’S WEDDING RING, 800-1050 AD, SIZE 8 14 3/4 The band is made with

The band is made with overlapping ends rather than continuous

particularly among the common people

According in detail with an example found in the Fishpool Hoard

That feature is specific to Viking rings and thought to derive from avoiding the circle for which was sacred

Elegant elongated barrel shape with thickened ends

VIKING WARRIOR’S WEDDING RING, 800-1050 AD, SIZE 8 14 3/4 The band is made withGilt bronze, made by the interior core casting method and never finished. Low rounded face. 5. 5mm width, size 8. Cast with a central core to distribute the metal and heat. The core then laboriously removed by hand, but that removal never completed here and significant remnants of the core remain. Professionally refurbished with the 24karat gold surface restored. Surface textured from burial. Jewelry gift boxed with a certificate of authenticity.