Ca. 200-500 AD. A bronze finger ring featuring a broad, circular hoop with vertically incised shoulders, and a circular bezel with stylised thunderbolts. Thunderbolts were a common motif in the Roman world and were believed to be symbols of power and divine will.Size: D: 16.92mm / US: 6 1/2 / UK: N; 5.93gProvenance: Private London collector, acquired on the Austrian Art market, formerly in an old USA collection formed since the 1970s.