16th century AD. A gilt penannular ring with the finials formed as a hand holding a heart and the other as a buckle, the outer face engraved with 'NO TENGO MAS QVE DAR TE' for 'I have nothing more to give you' in Roman capitals; an applied round-section fillet to the inside. For a very similar ring recovered from the Spanish wreck of The Girona near the Giant's Causeway, see Ulster Museum, accession number BELUM.BGR.6. 2.05 grams, 21.96mm overall, 16.29mm internal diameter (approximate size British L 1/2, USA 6, Europe 11.87, Japan 11) (3/4"). Ex Stratford collection, Suffolk, UK; acquired on the UK art market after 2000. The symbolism of this ring speaks of love and devotion, it was possibly given as a token of betrothal by a man to his future bride. The ring discovered from the wreck of Girona suggests a different possibility as the crew consisted of only men, many of them young noblemen taking part in the Armada enterprise. The ring could have been given by a woman to her lover or future husband, before he set sail for England. The Girona was a Spanish military ship returning home in October 1588 after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, when it was wrecked off Lacada Point, near the Giant's Causeway, County Antrim. [No Reserve] Fine condition.