16th century AD. A gilt penannular ring with one finial formed as a hand holding a heart, the other formed as a buckle; outer face engraved with 'NO TENGO MAS QVE DAR TE' for 'I have nothing more to give you' in Roman capitals; an applied round-section fillet to the inside. For a very similar ring recovered from the Spanish wreck of The Girona near the Giant's Causeway, see Ulster Museum, accession number BELUM.BGR.6.2.05 grams, 21.96mm overall, 16.29mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11) (3/4"). Property of a Birmingham collector; acquired TimeLine Auctions, sale 128, lot 519 [£2,540.00]; formerly in the Stratford collection, Suffolk, UK; acquired on the UK art market after 2000; accompanied by the original auction house invoice. The symbolism of this ring speaks of love and devotion, it was possibly given as a token of betrothal by a man to his future bride. The ring discovered from the wreck of Girona suggests a different possibility as the crew consisted of only men, many of them young noblemen taking part in the Armada enterprise. The ring could have been given by a woman to her lover or future husband, before he set sail for England. The Girona was a Spanish military ship returning home in October 1588 after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, when it was wrecked off Lacada Point, near the Giant's Causeway, County Antrim.