Copper-alloy, 4.86 grams, 21.16 mm across. Internal dia. 18.90 mm [UK size R½, US size 9, Europe size 19.38]. Circa 10th-12th century AD. A flat-section band with expanding shoulders and discoid bezel. The shoulders bear incised decorative 'starburst' motifs. The bezel contains an elliptical panel with pecked surface texturing enclosing an incised pentagram motif which was used in medieval times as an emblem of the five wounds of Christ. Reference: Oman, C.C. Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Rings 1930, reprinted Ipswich, 1993, p.62 item 221. Good very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.