Late New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BC. A gold ring with round-section hoop and bifacial composition scaraboid bezel in gold frame; scarab design to one face, a cartouche flanked by uraei, wings to the centre, a throne with hieroglyph below. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 34, for type. 10.98 grams, 36.60mm overall, 29.61x14.32mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.24, Japan 10) (1 1/4"). From a very important London collection formed 1970-1999, the property of a deceased gentleman, by descent.