12th-13th century AD. A silver ring with D-section hoop, stepped shoulders and facetted rectangular-section bezel, hoop engraved with a stylised star at the base and stylised palm leaves(?) at the shoulders, the bezel bearing a stylised fleur-de-lys within a pointillé border. Cf. The Portable Antiquities Scheme Database, record id. NMS-2ED322, for a broadly similar type. 2.42 grams, 25.33mm overall, 17.66mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2, A 6 3/4, Europe 14.35, Japan 13) (1"). English collection formed before 1990s. Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman.