3rd century AD. A gold finger ring with scooped facets to the hoop, granules to the shoulders, deep cell with inset facing cameo mask and pierced flange rim. Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L. Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, items 205, 128. 3.78 grams, 21.50mm overall, 18.94mm internal diameter (approximate size British P, USA 7 1/2, Europe 16.23, Japan 15) (3/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent.