ca. 300–600 AD. Sasanian. A wearable silver ring with a thick oval band, shoulders decorated with gold rosettes, a gilded elliptical bezel with applied garnet stone depicting a kneeling male figure with masculine features holding a laurel wreath (possibly an athlete).Provenance: From an old British collection, acquired on the UK art market in the 1990s.Size: D: 17.1mm / US: 6 3/4 / UK: N 1/2; 7.8g