5th-6th century AD. A substantial bronze finger ring with chamfered hoop and pad to the underside, discoid bezel with applied hollow-formed octofoil, central boss and knop, ring-and-dot detailing. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 482 for type. 18.7 grams, 36mm overall, 18.75mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 1/2, Europe 18.75, Japan 18) (1 1/2"). Property of a Dutch gentleman; formerly in an old collection formed in the 1970s. [No Reserve]