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English: "Gold finger-ring; plain hoop expanding at the shoulders, which with the bezel are chased with Trewhiddle style designs upon a nielloed ground. The bezel is circular with a pearled border; it is ornamented with a medallion inscribed in a quatrefoil and containing the Agnus Dei between two letters; the leaves of the quatrefoil and the spaces between them are chased with foliage. Each shoulder has a semi-circular panel with pearled border, containing an animal on a ground of niello. Inside the ring is engraved with an inscription." From the collections page for the ring, British Museum
Date 9th century
date QS:P,+850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source @Trustees of the British Museum
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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Late Anglo-Saxon, Trewhiddle style, gold finger-ring

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