Who knows the origin of ring?

[ossi]

Hi friends.
This silver ring would be held to identify the great help I need .... Europa Saxon? Viking? Rome? Middle Ages? What might seem? I wait for ideas and tips.
Thanks Ossi

[lazooro]

wow amazing !!

maybe Bela III era

[AU24K]

Native American symbols?

Best,
Scott

[thrillathahunt]

Fascinating ring! Very primitive markings I have never seen before. Crudely made ring. Made from silver not gold, so probably not wealthy, but not made from iron so not poor either. One of the symbols repeat.

Symbols mean something, but what?

[Chug And Red]

Good question, my goodness the stories it could tell! I hope someone can help, the ring is amazing!!!! Red

[cw0909]

ossi i chopped up your pics,so the symbols can be seen all at one time/place
very cool find,did you find it in Hungary

[Unicorn]

An interesting find. I would suggest asking Crusader on TN he is the man most likely to know something.

[Silver Searcher]

Inscribed rings are quite rare to find in the UK , don't know about your country judging by the lettering, I would guess 12th-14c but just a guess, it could be earlier. ..nice find.

SS

[Dano Sverige]

Fascinating ring! Very primitive markings I have never seen before. Crudely made ring. Made from silver not gold, so probably not wealthy, but not made from iron so not poor either. One of the symbols repeat.

Symbols mean something, but what?

Silver was more prized than gold to the vikings...in the main. It's still the same today.I find very little gold on Swedens beaches here,but lots of silver.Both sexes will wear more silver jewellry than gold when out clubbing or beaching etc.
To give you an idea....more viking era English silver coins have been found in one Island region of Sweden (Gotland) than has ever been found in England!
They prized silver very highly, and the carvings/runes on this ring remind me very much of viking jewellry...although could be Germanic,Gothic etc. Nice find anyway.

[Gecko]

aloha,
beautiful ring you have there. the lines almost remind me of early runic script. similar to the ones here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runic_script though i don't see any that match exactly.

[thrillathahunt]

Hi Dano I know that the Vikings prized silver......but I am thinking older than that...Getae??.. purely conjecture though.

I am grasping at straws here.

[Roland58]

Amazing! Great find!! One of the runes is likely the symbol for the sun, Sowoli, the one that looks like an "S" made from straight lines. The others remain cryptic. Do some research on runes and you may find your answer. Here is a good place to start: http://www.sunnyway.com/runes/

[Noodle]

I think several folks have asked what country this "treasure" was found. So? Where on the planet earth was this found?

It does have a bearing on what it means when it comes to deciphering it. No GPS location required. Just North America, South America, Europe, Asia, etc. Thanks.

[cw0909]

here is another place to look

An alphabetical index of all the writing systems and languages
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/index.htm

[ossi]

Central Europe. Finding a place in Hungary. My help useful thank you, I expect even tip. Unfortunately, I do not know the origin. Ossi

[ossi]

All replied to so far thank you, thank you. Ossi

[Taranis]

Very beautiful and interesting piece. I see rune signs anyway. Celtic possibly Anglo-Saxon?
Would be worthy anyway to show what should do for a specialist. Archaeologist, graphologist?

[Taranis]

Isn't a specialist here? Are you between the acquaintances?
According to me very interesting find, but I don't have an idea unfortunately.

[Dano Sverige]

been thinking....Hungary was occupied by Germany during WW2. Nazi SS troops were very partial to these type of rings,so it's possible it was lost (or the wearer was killed) in the war. Just another idea.

[gauge]

Perhaps the symbols are ancient astrological signs , there are 12 of them.