1st century BC. A hollow-formed gold finger ring with conical bezel, inset amethyst cabochon with intaglio stylised heron feeding with neck extended. Cf. Chadour, A.B. Rings. The Alice and Louis Koch Collection, volume I, Leeds, 1994, item 142. 3.58 grams, 25.72mm overall, 15.86mm internal diameter (approximate size British G 1/2, USA 3 1/2, Europe 5.55, Japan 5) (1"). From a private collection, Lancashire, UK; acquired on the UK art market; previously in an early 1990s London collection.