Pale gold [Electrum], 1.63 grams, 20.64 mm ext.dia. (British size V½, USA 10¾, Europe 24.40) 9th-11th century. A Viking finger ring formed as a single lozengiform sheet. The flat hoop expands to a broad bezel with repoussé roundels along the outer edges and rows of punched-point detailing in the middle. The ends of the hoop are twisted about each other. Reference: cf. punched ring fragments from Stige, Medelpad, Sweden in Hårdh, B.Silver in the Viking Age - A Regional-Economic Study, Stockholm, 1996, fig.26. Extremely fine condition. Provenace: John Cummings Ltd [Old sales ticket included with this sale]; from the Lord McAlpine collection.