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LOT 564

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,875

VIKING GOLD PLAITED RING
(Gold, 15.74 grams, 30 mm external diameter (Approximate size UK X½; USA 11¾; Europe 26.92; Japan 26).).

9th-11th century AD. A large Viking period gold finger ring formed from four expanding strands, plaited into a chain; the ends hammered and drawn out to fine rods, twisted around each other.

PROVENANCE:
Ex Stark collection.

CONDITION