Gold Ring

Germanic

Ashmolean Museum

19th Century

Migration period ring: bezel has three fold design of animal heads, surrounded by a ring of pellets. Runic inscription inside the hoop: I give luck, protection, health, and the sign of the god Tyr. Found on the south side of the Austro Bavarian frontier. May be northern in origin. Suspected that this ring may be a forgery.

• Medium: gold
• Art Fund Grant: £59 ( Total: £309)
• ArtFunded in: 1939
• Vendor: Sotheby's

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