Ca. 500-600 ADA beautiful gold finger ring featuring a circular hoop with expanded shoulders and a nicely decorated trumpet-shaped bezel with flounced collar, set with amethyst cabochon. Above, the conical-shaped box projection is flanked by scrolls and decorated with a pearl bead secured with gold wiring. The item has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to confirm the metallurgical content suggesting its ancient origin and lack of modern trace elements.Size: D: 17.75mm / US: 7 1/2 / UK: P; 7gProvenance: Private UK collection; from an old Oxford collection formed in the 1990s.