The original finger ring was made of pure gold and once belonged to a wealthy Germanic woman who was buried at the age of 40 or 50 and must have belonged to the Iron Age aristocracy.
The ring dates from the 3rd century and is now in the possession of the Danish National Museum in Copenhagen.
These finger rings with the representation of serpents or dragons were very popular among the North Germanic people of the Scandinavian Iron Age and are known from various sites in Norway and Denmark.
The Iron Age ring is open and has parallel windings. This allows the ring to be easily reduced or enlarged by a few ring sizes and with only three different sizes it is suitable for almost any finger.