5th-6th century AD. A gold finger ring with round-section hoop with central circular bezel flanked by five smaller round cells and a tear-shaped cell, each set with garnets. Cf. Menghin, W., The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item I.34.7, for a comparable example.5.89 grams, 21.39mm overall, 17.35mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13) (3/4"). Property of an English collector; acquired from John Moor, York, UK, in the late 1990s; accompanied by an independent specialist report and valuation by graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert Anna Rogers, GIA GG, BA, Gem-A, ref. no.168702/07/12/2020; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no. 10464-168702. [A video of this lot is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Very fine condition.