3rd-2nd century BC. A dark blue glass finger ring, hoop with D-shaped cross section, the broad bezel of oval form with a recessed face and raised, bevelled edges. Cf. British Museum, object 1896,0201.122; and another ring at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object 91.1.1518; for an example in blue glass preserved in the Louvre Paris, cf. Arveiller-Dulong, V. and Nenna, M.D., Les Verres Antiques du Louvre, vcol. III, Paris, 2011, pp.246-7, nos.345-7.10.11 grams, 36.28mm overall, 20.89mm internal diameter (approximate size British K, USA 5 1/4, Europe 9.95, Japan 9) (1 1/2"). Property of an Austrian private collector since the 1970s. Very fine condition.