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LOT 1692
Viking Bronze Pseudo Interlaced Ring
9TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (4.84 grams, 26.80 mm overall, 19.07 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16)).
Comprising a braided band of wire, butted on the underside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
LiteratureCf. Sedov, B.B., Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhi Srednevekovija, Moscow, 1987, pl.CXXXVII (15).
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