20th century AD. A hollow-formed gold ring with beaded wire collar and granule clusters, cell with inset carnelian cabochon, intaglio female portrait bust. Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 201, for type. 8 grams, 28.22mm overall, 19.59mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19) (1"). From the private collection of Edward Lucie-Smith, an English writer, poet, art critic, curator and broadcaster; the collection formed since the 1990s. [No Reserve]