Ancient Coins and Antiquities

Medieval, Viking, A silver neck or armlet ring, 10th century, 71.28g, 9.4cm diameter by 1cm thick; multiple twisted rods braided together, tapering in size and then beaten flat at both ends into a rectangular plate decorated with triangular stamped punches each with three pellets; there are four rows of identical punches separated by a ladder punched design; eye and hook terminals. Very fine but one end plate has detached £1,200-£1,500

From the deceased estate, a Captain in the Polish cavalry during the Second World War who settled in the UK in 1945

The style is typical of an Eastern Viking provenance.