Silver, 3.90 grams, 21.25 mm. 4th-5th century AD. An octagonal finger ring with a couched elliptical bezel flanked by wide sub-triangular shoulders developing into a segmented band. The shoulders bear bilinear chevron decoration. There is some restoration to the band. The bezel is uninscribed. A very similar ring with a short text on its bezel, found in Cologne, is held by the Victoria and Albert Museum and was published in 1930. Reference: Oman, C.C. Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of Rings 1930, reprinted Ipswich, 1993 item 156. Good very fine condition. Provenance: found Continental Europe, ex an old English collection.