I have a huge stack of references but they seem to mostly cover museum
quality gold
rings. Cheaper bronze
rings are mostly ignored.
I did find one reference to a ring of this shape. It was described as a "trumpet" bezel
type (it
had a cabochon
stone vice this engraving) and was dated "dark ages."
Any
help with improving the description, correcting or narrowing the date or geographic
area will be greatly appreciated.
Early
Medieval Europe, Bronze Ring with Incised Design, c. 500 – 1000 A.D., bronze ring, plain hoop band, high round trumpet
head incised with scroll, star and
cross, 4.449g, inside
diameter c. 20.8mm (US size 11.5 - 12).
Thanks, Joe