Early Medieval Rings

	Early Medieval Rings (6th-10th centuries)
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Gold rings from the Thetford treasure, Roman Britain, 4th century Gold ring with a cross in garnets and mother-of-pearl, Frankish, 450-525 Ring with cloisonné, Merovingian France, c. 475-550 (also here and here) Gold ring, c. 5th-7th centuries Gold signet ring inscribed "ROSA," Merovingian France, 6th century Gold signet ring inscribed "TRASILO," Merovingian France, 6th century Gold signet ring, Merovingian France, 6th century Gold ring with a green stone, Merovingian France, 6th century (also here, here, and here) Undecorated gold ring, Merovingian France, 6th century (also here and here) A jet ring in the Bréban grave group, Merovingian France, early to mid-6th cnetury Engraved gold ring with a beryl, Byzantium, mid-6th century Wedding ring with an inscription relating to Queen Arnegonde, c. 570 Gold ring, Merovingian France, 6th-7th century Gold ring with missing stone, Merovingian France, 6th-7th century (also here and here) Gold ring with a pyramid-shaped garnet, Merovingian France, c. 500-620 The Gumedruta ring (a gold seal-ring with a female bust and inscription), Lombardic or Ostragothic Italy, 6th-early 7th centuries Gold ring with an engraved top, Merovingian France, c. 600 (also here and here) Gold ring inscribed with the names Dromacius and Betta and the figures of a man and woman, Merovingian France, late 6th-early 7th centuries Gold ring with pearls, Byzantium, 7th century Gold wedding ring, Byzantium, 7th century Silver-gilt ring with a garnet, Merovingian France, 7th century (also here and here) Gold ring set with glass beads, Anglo-Saxon (found in Oxfordshire), 7th century Pair of royal finger rings engraved (with niello) with inscriptions relating to an Anglo-Saxon king and queen, England, 9th century Silver ring formed from a strip of rectangular-section silver, the ends of which have been tapered for coiling around each other; found in northern England and dated to the 9th-10th centuries Copper-alloy ring of the late Anglo-Saxon period (c. 9th-11th century), found in Kent Silver rings in the Cuerdale hoard, possibly made in Dublin c. 900 Silver and gold rings from early medieval Sweden: twisted gold (2485:3), silver (SHM 4858:8), and silver (SHM 4858:9).

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Gold rings from the Thetford treasure, Roman Britain, 4th century
Gold ring with a cross in garnets and mother-of-pearl, Frankish, 450-525
Ring with cloisonné, Merovingian France, c. 475-550 (also here and here)
Gold ring, c. 5th-7th centuries
Gold signet ring inscribed "ROSA," Merovingian France, 6th century
Gold signet ring inscribed "TRASILO," Merovingian France, 6th century
Gold signet ring, Merovingian France, 6th century
Gold ring with a green stone, Merovingian France, 6th century (also here, here, and here)
Undecorated gold ring, Merovingian France, 6th century (also here and here)
A jet ring in the Bréban grave group, Merovingian France, early to mid-6th cnetury
Engraved gold ring with a beryl, Byzantium, mid-6th century
Wedding ring with an inscription relating to Queen Arnegonde, c. 570
Gold ring, Merovingian France, 6th-7th century
Gold ring with missing stone, Merovingian France, 6th-7th century (also here and here)
Gold ring with a pyramid-shaped garnet, Merovingian France, c. 500-620
The Gumedruta ring (a gold seal-ring with a female bust and inscription), Lombardic or Ostragothic Italy, 6th-early 7th centuries
Gold ring with an engraved top, Merovingian France, c. 600 (also here and here)
Gold ring inscribed with the names Dromacius and Betta and the figures of a man and woman, Merovingian France, late 6th-early 7th centuries
Gold ring with pearls, Byzantium, 7th century
Gold wedding ring, Byzantium, 7th century
Silver-gilt ring with a garnet, Merovingian France, 7th century (also here and here)
Gold ring set with glass beads, Anglo-Saxon (found in Oxfordshire), 7th century
Pair of royal finger rings engraved (with niello) with inscriptions relating to an Anglo-Saxon king and queen, England, 9th century
Silver ring formed from a strip of rectangular-section silver, the ends of which have been tapered for coiling around each other; found in northern England and dated to the 9th-10th centuries
Copper-alloy ring of the late Anglo-Saxon period (c. 9th-11th century), found in Kent
Silver rings in the Cuerdale hoard, possibly made in Dublin c. 900
Silver and gold rings from early medieval Sweden: twisted gold (2485:3), silver (SHM 4858:8), and silver (SHM 4858:9).