Code: 11482
This is a lovely Merovingian silver finger ring, dating to the 6th - 7th century A.D. The ring is formed from a rod of silver to form the hoop, the shoulders decorated with granulation as clusters. The bezel decorated with incised geometric design. It is intact but in excavated condition.
OBJECT: Finger Ring
CULTURE: Merovingian
DATE: c. 6th - 7th century A.D.
MATERIAL: Silver
RING SIZE: 8 1/2 (US) Q 3/4 (UK)
SIZE: 24mm x 22mm x 2mm (bezel 15mm x 5mm)
WEIGHT: 1.88 grams
PROVENANCE: Formerly in a private collection. Hertfordshire.