9th-11th century AD. A silver finger ring with braided hoop, ends forge-welded together. See Hårdh, B. Silver in the Viking Age. A Regional-Economic Study, Acta Archaeologica Lundensia no.25, Stockholm, 1996. 8.32 grams, 28.16mm overall, 20.80mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2, Europe 21.26, Japan 20) (1"). From a private UK collector; previously the property of an East Anglian collector; acquired in Europe in the late 1940s. [No Reserve]