Fatimid Caliphate, 10th-12th century AD. A silver finger ring comprising a D-section hoop with teardrop panels to the shoulders and scaphoid to the underside, discoid bezel with addorsed pair of birds within a mesh of scrolled tendrils. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 525 for type. 10.72 grams, 24.06mm overall, 19.32mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18) (1"). Property of a European gentleman living in South Africa. [No Reserve] Fine condition. A large wearable size.