Roman Solid Gold Ring with Dotted Bezel
3rd century A.D.. With facetted shank and fluted shoulders, rectangular bezel with outer bands and central plaque bearing two lines of impressed points. Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, item 180; Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 272, for type.
5.97 grams, 23.03 mm overall, 16.64 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G, USA 3 1/4, Europe 4.92, Japan 4) (1 in.).
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.