Baltic Viking 'Ropework' Finger Ring
Copper-alloy, 2.79 grams, 24.77 mm ext.dia. 10th-13th century AD. A late Viking period female finger ring cast with the thickened upper shank in the form of a ropework band. Reference: cf. Sedov, V.V. Finno-Ugri i Balti v Epokhy Srednevekoviya, Moscow, 1987, p.437 fig.11. Good very fine condition. Provenance: from an old collection, found Continental Europe.