**First Time At Auction**

Northern Europe, Viking or Norse culture, ca. 800 to 1100 CE. A beautiful and wearable ring, cast from bronze to present a thin band and a thick top portion with incised diagonal grooves, giving it a spiralized appearance. Rings like this example would have been worn as a visible sign of wealth, and could have been used as currency, deposited in a river as offerings to the gods, or buried with their owners. Size: 1" Diameter (2.5 cm); ring size: 5.25

Provenance: private Carmichael, California, USA collection, acquired in the 1990s

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#167448

Wearable as shown. Some nicks and abrasions, commensurate with age. Otherwise, intact and excellent.