5th-6th century AD. A gold ring comprising a flat-section hoop and lozengiform bezel with scooped edges, central cell with four radiating granule clusters, inset irregular garnet cabochon. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 482 for type. 2.73 grams, 22.74mm overall, 17.68mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7 1/4, Europe 15.48, Japan 15) (3/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent. Fine condition.