RARE COPPER VIKING RING, 900-1050 AD JEWELRY, SIZE 12 05/16/2023 Heavy wearable example

Heavy wearable example

As found condition with dark mottled patina

Size 7 1/2

size 5 ¾ with 2

1mm slightly rounded band flared to the shoulders

RARE COPPER VIKING RING, 900-1050 AD JEWELRY, SIZE 12 05/16/2023 Heavy wearable exampleSize 12. 4. 9mm width with low rounded face. Made by the lost wax process with a disk originally filling the center to distribute the molten bronze and provide uniform heat for proper cooling. The core was then laboriously removed with the remnant evident. Mottled red brown patina. Vikings were expert metallurgists. The use of pure copper is rare and suggests a supernatural significance as alloys were much more durable. Jewelry gift boxed with