Gold and garnet, 4.06 grams, 23.42 mm. (Approximate size British U, USA 10¼, Europe 22.83, Japan 22.) Circa 3rd century AD. A gold finger ring comprising a triple-band hoop, the outer band segments expanding to openwork shoulders with granule infill and a square bezel with granule border. On the bezel is a square-section cell containing a garnet set en cloison, with a granule at the base of each face. Reference: Oman, C.C. Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Rings 1930, reprinted Ipswich, 1993 item 126. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Silver, 4.03 grams, 22.91 mm overall. (Approximate size British P, USA 7½, Europe 16.23, Japan 16.) Circa 2nd-3rd century AD. A cast silver finger ring with asymmetrical expanding hoop of elliptical section. On the shoulders are engraved bar-and-chevron designs. The bezel is a domed boss with an inscribed crux gammata motif symbolizing good fortune. Reference: Oman, C.C. Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Rings 1930, reprinted Ipswich, 1993 item 111. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.

Silver, 4.72 grams, 21.02 mm overall (approximate size British S, US 9 1/4, Europe 20.38, Japan 19). Circa 2nd-3rd century AD. A silver finger ring with a flat-section hoop rising to D-shaped shoulders with stamped chevron detailing and scrolled edges developing to ring-and-dot motifs; the bezel plain with scallopped edges. Reference: Oman, C.C. Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Rings 1930, reprinted Ipswich, 1993. Very fine condition, complete. Provenance: from an old English collection.