Copper-alloy, 2.72 grams, 23.94 mm, int.dia. 19.66 mm (British T½, US 9¾). 9th-11th century AD. A slender 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.