Late 2nd-early 3rd century AD. A silver ring with tapering chamfered-section shank, shoulders flaring towards octagonal bezel featuring raised ellipsoid central panel bearing inscription 'VTE FELI' over two lines, a contracted form of 'VTERE FELIX', meaning ‘Use well / with luck!’. Cf. Ruseva-Slokoska, L., Roman Jewellery, Sofia, 1991, for comparable examples, item no.227, type VII, Variant 3, p.183. 11.40 grams, 26.42mm overall, 19.10mm internal diameter (approximate size British M, USA 6, Europe 12.46, Japan 12) (1"). Property of a Suffolk gentleman; previously in a 1980s UK collection. The expression utere felix (or sometimes uti felix) is one of the most common formula in the inscriptions of late Roman world, and was used to wish good luck, well-being and joy. Very often it was inscribed on dona militaria, rings or belts given to the soldiers as Imperial gifts. The formula, although not specifically Christian, sometimes appears in clearly Christian contexts.