1st century AD. A silver finger ring comprising a narrow D-section hoop with incised strokes to the shoulders, flared octagonal bezel with ribbed angles, intaglio lion within a border. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 161 for type. 8.30 grams, 22.5mm overall, 17mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.41, Japan 13"). (1"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the late 1960s-early 1970s. Very fine condition.