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Finger Ring
12017-05-22T09:58:16-07:00Moira McConnell710633400590ea38533ea3412c01fc5056288180164562A copper-alloy finger ring, made in a twisted fashionplain2017-05-22T10:03:14-07:00Basford, Frank. Finger Ring. Still Image, September 14, 2015. IOW-3AA603. Portable Antiquities Scheme. http://finds.org.uk:443/database/artefacts/record/id/742128.800-1100IOW-3AA603CC BY"50.6938, 1.3047" copper-alloyPortable Antiquities SchemeIsle of Wight, England8th-11th CenturyMoira McConnell710633400590ea38533ea3412c01fc5056288180
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12017-05-22T09:56:10-07:00Finger Ring4A copper-alloy finger ring, found in the Isle of Wightplain2017-09-21T17:22:07-07:00Finger Rings in the Viking Age were mostly ornamental, used by men and women for decoration and a symbol of wealth as well as a form of currency. This is a possibly 9th to 11th Century Anglo-Scandinavian ring, discovered in September of 2015 on the Isle of Wight with a metal detector. It is a copper-alloy ring, likely made from two strands, twisted together to create a rope-like hoop, although it is possible that it was been cast into one piece. Similar designs are known in the Viking Age, but it was also used in other periods, so it cannot be determined to be exclusively “Viking.”[1]
Rings in the Viking Age, much like modern rings, display wealth and are a form of decoration.[2] Though common on women, they are also worn by men. But many rings were traded as a form of currency. These goods wouldn’t just include finger rings, but arm rings and necklaces as well. If a viking went off on a trading voyage, rings and other forms of jewelry were an extra form of payment, especially if one didn’t have enough funds on hand to pay for something, depending on the weight of the jewelry, it would suffice as payment.3 This particular ring, though, being made of copper-alloy, would not likely be traded. Silver was very valued at the time and would be more likely to be used as a form of currency. Instead, this ring would have been used as decoration.