1st-3rd century AD. A gold finger ring with rectangular-section hoop, flared shoulders, oval-shaped bezel set with later cameo, profile bust of the Emperor Augustus, clean-shaven and with short hair. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 349, for type. 2.58 grams, 19.17mm overall, 14.89 x 11.35mm internal diameter (approximate size British D, USA 1 3/4, Europe 1.15, Japan 1) (3/4"). Property of an East Anglian collector; formerly acquired on the European art market in the 1990s; accompanied by an independent specialist report and valuation, ref. no.177654/13/07/2021.