1st century BC. A bronze finger ring with inset glass cloison, intaglio profile portrait bust of an imperatorial portrait, possibly that of Pompey the Great. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 140. 10.9 grams, 26mm overall, 18.57mm internal diameter (approximate size British Q 1/2, USA 8 1/4, Europe 18.12, Japan 17) (1"). Ex an important Dutch collection; acquired on the European art market in the 1970s. [No Reserve]