Viking Age Silver Expandable Ring

CIRCA 9TH-10TH CENTURY A.D.

7/8 in. (4.60 grams, 23.19 mm overall, 19.29 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S 1/2, USA 9 1/4, Europe 20.63, Japan 19)).

With broad hoop tapering to extensions forming a coiled continuation of the hoop; Baltic Semigallian type. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired 1970s.
From the private collection of a Northern Ireland gentleman.
Ex private Merseyside, UK, collection.

Literature

Cf. Griciuviene, E., Žiemgaliai. The Semigalians, Vilnius, 2005, item 525.

CONDITION

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LOT 1474