Viking finger-ring, gold, 9-10thC
Gold finger-ring: a broad, punch-decorated band tapering sharply at each end to drawn-out wire terminals which were originally twisted together (but now almost untwisted); on either side of a very worn, beaded median rib the band is punched with two rows of interlocking triangles containing triple pellets; distorted while in the ground
Findspot: England, Nottinghamshire, Newark










