VIKING ERA SILVER RING WITH PSEUDO KUFIC INSCRIPTION Ca. AD 800 - 1100. A silver ring with a flat, scalloped bezel engraved with a pseudo-Kufic inscription. The engraved lines are arranged to imitate Arabic script without forming coherent text. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 575. Size: D:18.34mm / US: 8 1/4 / UK: Q; Weight: 11.14g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s.