Ring left in cupboard for 30 years is ultra-rare 2,000-year-old artefact valued at £30,000

The ring was also classed as “stray” rather than treasure by a coroner when it was found 28 years ago in Knaresborough, meaning the metal detectorist was allowed to keep it.

This meant the ring went unnoticed due to the different legal circumstances that existed at that time. But the Treasure Act, which came into effect in  1996, changed how these kinds of discoveries are handled. 

It is believed to have been crafted at a gold workshop in Snettisham in Norfolk, where a similar hoard was also discovered in 1948.

Mr Mills, an antiquities specialist, said: “I instantly knew it was special. It would have been worn by a Corieltauvi tribal chieftain in the northeast along with a neck torc and armbands. The workmanship…is truly remarkable; it’s not until 1,000 years later that the Vikings would create similar pieces.”

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