Byzantine Gilt Silver Architectural Ring

7th century AD. A silver finger ring with facetted hoop, square plaque with openwork 'architectural' bezel, gilt collar and dome with voids. Cf. Chadour, A.B., Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 495. 5.00 grams, 32.38mm overall, 17.34mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13) (1 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his father in the 1970s; thence by descent.
Condition Report: Fine condition.