Gilt copper-alloy, 8.93 grams, 29.12 mm ext.dia. 19.38 int.dia. (British size S½, European 20.98, USA 9½). 9th-11th century AD. A substantial finger ring of Viking or Anglo-Scandinavian type comprising an expanding cast band with modelled spiral detailing, imitating the classic form of expanding twisted wire rings from Scandinavia. Reference: cf. twisted silver wire rings in the Norwegian Malvik hoard in Hårdh, B. Silver in the Viking Age: A Regional-Economic Study, Acta Archaeologica Lundensia 25, Stockholm, 1996 p.148. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection, found Derbyshire, England 1983.