1st-2nd century AD. A silver finger ring with broad hoop, cell with inset carnelian cloison, intaglio advancing bird with tail extended. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 271, for type.4.96 grams, 20.67mm overall, 17.65 x 13.1mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 31/4, Europe 4.92, Japan 3) (3/4"). Property of a West Essex gentleman; formerly in a 1980s private collection.