Ca. 600-700 AD A bronze ring of a round thin hoop, slightly expanding towards the bezel featuring an engraved image of Virgin Hodegetria, an iconographic depiction of Virgin Mary holding the Child Jesus on her left shoulder, with a dignified gesture of her right hand pointing at him as the path of salvation. For similar example see The Walters Art Gallery, Zucker Family Collection, No. TL 10.1985.056. Size: D: 18.54mm / US: 8 1/2 / UK: Q 1/2; 5.96g Provenance: Formerly in a collection of W. Victor Hruby, 1984.