Gold and amber, 7.23 grams, 28.49 mm. Internal 20.79 mm [UK size W½; US 11¼; Europe 25.60]. 4th-5th century AD. A complex openwork finger comprising a plain band which at each end divides into four strands which curve elegantly towards the bezel and return in hooked terminals. The bezel is formed as a radiating ribbed base enclosing a collet which holds a domed elliptical amber cabochon intaglio. The incised design is of a tall, slender anthropomorph wearing a helmet with thin arms, one holding a staff or spear. Reference: Oman, C.C. Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Rings 1930, reprinted Ipswich, 1993, p.58 item 161. Good very fine condition. Provenance: found Lincolnshire by eye in the 1930's. This item is accompanied by an XRF ancient metal test certificate from Oxford X-ray Fluorescence Ltd.