Queen Arnegunde's real ring
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A copy of the seal ring of queen Arnegunde.
Arnegunde was the third wife of Clothar I and mother til Chilperich I.
On her thumb, a ring inscribed with a woman's given name, ARNEGUNDIS, surrounding a central monogramme that can be expanded to REGINE (queen). It was this same queen Arnegunde, wife of Clotaire I (511-561) and mother of Chilperic I .
She is thought to have been buried between 580 and 590.
The central disc is 15mm round, with 3 decoartive beads at either end of the shank.
Available in Gilded Silver and Gilded Brass.