Gold rings

Burial at Veien - inhumation grave dating to the transition between the Roman Iron Age and the Migration period
c.400CE

These two gold rings were discovered within "Kongshaugen," also known as the King's Mound, which housed an unburnt male grave. This mound, the largest at Veien, stood an impressive 7 meters tall and spanned 25 meters in width.

The gold rings found in "the Kings mound" show our timeless fascination with shiny objects like gold, silver, and gemstones. These materials are not only beautiful and valuable but also symbols of prestige and status. Gold was rare and represented wealth and the ability to travel to distant places and form alliances with powerful leaders. The gold rings suggest that the man buried in the “King`s mound” belonged to a higher social class.  

Most of the gold that reached Norway during the Early Iron Age likely arrived as war spoils, through trade, or as gifts exchanged between chieftains. In the 5th century, a substantial quantity of gold streamed out of the Roman Empire, serving as both tribute and spoils of war, in the aftermath of the fall of the Western Roman Empire. This influx of gold also made its way to Scandinavia, where much of it was melted down and fashioned into jewelry. It's possible that the gold rings discovered in the "Kongshaugen" share a similar origin.