VIKING COIL RING C.850-1050 AD, SIZE 3 3/4 03/12/2024 This example has a similar

This example has a similar motif

with a rounded face and of broad 3

2mm band with double incised bands resulting in a five rank section

0mm low rounded face band flaring to the stepped shoulders

Vikings exchanged rings on the pommel of the groom's sword

VIKING COIL RING C.850-1050 AD, SIZE 3 3/4 03/12/2024 This example has a similarRare variation of a favorite Viking form. The coil or helix was a favorite Viking figure which probably had spiritual significance. Evidently the coil or overlapping form was used to avoid the closed circle form. By contrast, Viking wedding rings were always of the closed circular form, sometimes with a spiral or helix superimposed. This example represents an extreme Formed as a typical band but with a tapered overlap comprising about 1 3 of its