15th-16th century AD. A gold ring comprising a round-section hoop with large granule to each shoulder, pie-dish bezel with earlier inset banded agate cabochon, enigmatic inscription to the rim ''*M?'??M?M?N'. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 570. 6.11 grams, 28mm overall, 18.70mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18.75, Japan 18) (1"). Property of a Richmond gentleman; part of his family collection formed before 1980; thence by descent. Very fine condition. A large wearable size.