5th century AD. A bronze finger ring with trumpet bezel, intaglio figure of a beast with wing extended and recurved tail, two clawed feet and head in profile. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 457, for type.6.45 grams, 29.33mm overall, 20.47mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.77, Japan 22) (1"). From a Dutch private collection; formerly in a European collection, acquired before 1980.[No Reserve]