12th-13th century AD. A gold finger ring comprising a round-section hoop with rib detailing to the outer face, drum-shaped bezel with claw setting, inset onyx cabochon with Kufic inscription. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 530 for type. 5.57 grams, 27.24mm overall, 20.17mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22) (1"). From an important North West London collection; acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.