Circa 500-600 AD A beautiful Byzantine electrum ring, featuring a circular hoop,posed of a single wire hoop and a finely decorated trumpet bezel. The bezel is set with rounded green glass with a single collet holding a pearl. The item has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to confirm the metallurgical content suggesting its ancient origin and lack of modern trace elements. Size: D: 17.97mm / US: 7 3/4 / UK: P 1/2; 9.6g Provenance: Property of a London Gentleman; formerly in a private UK collection formed in the the 1990s.