Code: 12516
This is an early Medieval silver signet ring, dating to the 10th - 12th century AD. Round bezel engraved with a Patriarchal cross. The signet would have been used to seal and authenticate letters and transactions by a merchant or nobleman. It is an excavated ring, and the shank bears fracture marks and so this is not a wearable ring but suited for museum display!
OBJECT: Signet Ring
CULTURE: Viking/Slavic
DATE: c. 10th - 12th century A.D.
MATERIAL: Silver
RING SIZE: 10 1/2 (US) U 1/2 (UK)
SIZE: 20.9mm x 22.2mm x 3.3mm (bezel 14.1mm dia)
WEIGHT: 2.35grams
PROVENANCE: Formerly in a private collection in Canada.
