VIKING WARRIOR’S SHIELD RING, 10TH CENTURY AD, SIZE 7 1/2 09/05/2023 Some texturing from burial but

Some texturing from burial but the detail well preserved

with early form heart bezel

Oval bezel undecorated

near foil thickness with the decoration embossed and easily wear with small holes appearing

VIKING WARRIOR’S SHIELD RING, 10TH CENTURY AD, SIZE 7 1/2 09/05/2023 Some texturing from burial butGilt bronze, size 7 probably made for a woman warrior, now well documented. 3. 3mm width at the bottom expanding to shield shape on top and pierced with bands of circular holes, a well known Viking pattern. The pierced arrangement is symmetrical but for one end having an additional circle. Probably that the arrangement had supernatural significance, and the piercings represent celestial bodies which, for Vikings, were gods. Professionally refurbished