3rd century AD. A gold finger ring with applied granule clusters to the outer face of the hoop, gold wire sleeves to the shoulders, ellipsoid bezel with applied granulation to the cell and inset amethyst cloison, intaglio eagle-on-branch motif. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, items 379-380 for type. 6.57 grams, 22.85mm overall, 19.98mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18 3/4, Japan 18) (1"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired London art market, 1970-1980.