1st century BC-1st century AD. A gold ring with D-section hoop, expanding at the shoulders; oval-shaped setting holding a polished red garnet cabochon with intaglio scene of winged Eros (Cupid) chasing Psyche, who is represented in butterfly form; intaglio gemstone possibly Hellenistic, dating 2nd-1st century BC. See Chadour, A.B., Rings: The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, Leeds, 1994, pp.47-48, for type.1.74 grams, 21.60mm overall, 18.01mm internal diameter (approximate size British O, USA 7, Europe 14.98, Japan 14) (3/4"). Ex Mr L.W. in 2005; formerly in an old private Israeli collection, since the 1990s. Psyche was the Greek goddess of the soul, the Roman goddess who protected the maidens, and the wife of Eros. Fine condition.