Ca. 1570-1070 BC.A finely modelled swivel ring featuring a gold bezel incorporating a glazed composition scarab inscribed to the underside. The ring is of a later period - possibly Victorian or Georgian. The swivel ring originated in Phoenicia and was extremely popular across the Mediterranean basin in Antiquity, similar items having been found in Cyprus, Greece, Egypt, and Etruria.Size: D: 16.71mm / US: 6 1/4 / UK: M1/2; 6.34gProvenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.