Gold and jasper, 6.41 grams, 21.43 mm. Internal 20.92 mm [UK size W½; US 11¼; Europe 25.66]. 1st-4th century AD. A Roman hoop finger ring with cast ropework decoration on the band, with everted scroll finials and granulation. The plain bezel contains a cabochon red jasper intaglio within a gold collet. The intaglio design consists of an altar with three human figures - perhaps attendants - one with a wand and another with a raised olive branch. Reference: Oman, C.C. Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Rings 1930, reprinted Ipswich, 1993, pl.IV item 71. Good very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection. This item is accompanied by an XRF ancient metal test certificate from Oxford X-ray Fluorescence Ltd.