Jan 27, 2015
Offcut; arm-ring; Viking; 9thC-10thC; Shotton Hall; Sunderland
Ring of twisted wire; gold; part of the assemblage is part of double wire arm-ring; another piece of wire is thicker, hammered and has nicking on inner edge, joined directly at end, connected at other end by smaller looped offcut, probably taken from hammered wire.
British Museum - Image gallery: offcut / arm-ring