EARLY CHRISTIAN RING, 5TH-8TH CENTURY AD, SIZE 8 1/2 2 3/4 Surface texture overall from burial

Surface texture overall from burial obscuring the detail

of faithfulness to this betrothed

The shape makes sizing difficult but it is small

6mm width with angular reeded or roped surface hand cut by a Viking craftsman 1000 years ago

That practice is believed to derive from the custom of providing a bride’s price or dowry

EARLY CHRISTIAN RING, 5TH-8TH CENTURY AD, SIZE 8 1/2 2 3/4 Surface texture overall from burialThe Dark Ages, after the fall of Rome. Gilt bronze, size 8 with 2. 6mm rounded face band flaring to the hatched shoulders (worn). Oval bezel with a quatrefoil representing the cross in foliate form which could be explained as decorative only in the face of persecution. Surface textured from burial. Professionally refurbished with the 24karat gold surface restored for contemporary wear. Jewelry gift boxed with Certificate of Authenticity.