archaicwonder: Ring of Æthelwulf, Anglo-Saxon, AD 828-858 Gold nielloed mitre-shaped ring, dec
archaicwonder:Ring of Æthelwulf, Anglo-Saxon, AD 828-858 Gold nielloed mitre-shaped ring, decorated with peacocks, crosses, rosettes, foliage and a tree. Found in a cart rut in Laverstock, Wiltshire, England. Æthelwulf was the King of Wessex (r. AD 836-858) and was the father of Alfred the Great. The ring, a particularly ambitious piece, was not the king’s personal ring, but was presumably given as a gift or as a mark of royal office. Its fine Trewhiddle-style ornament would certainly fit a mid ninth-century date. -- source link
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