2nd century AD. A silver finger ring with narrow D-section hoop, applied granule to each shoulder, braided filigree collar and inset probably an earlier carnelian cabochon with etched detailing. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 281 for type. 9.08 grams, 23.82mm overall, 20.14mm internal diameter (approximate size British U, USA 10, Europe 22.52, Japan 21) (1"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent.