Copper-alloy, 2.71 grams, 24.35 mm, int.dia. 20.41 mm (British V, US 10¾). 9th-11th century AD. A narrow finger ring featuring a ropework effect section for the bezel imitating the popular twisted wire rings of the Viking age. Reference: cf. the Estonian Kostivere hoard finger rings in Härdh, B. Silver in the Viking Age: A Regional-Economic Study, Stockholm, 1996 fig.30. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old European collection.