Ca. 200-500 AD. A bronze ring with a circular loop with ribbed decoration on the shoulders, and a slightly raised, oval-shaped bezel bearing incised spiral pattern. This item probably served as a signet ring used to seal letters or other documents and may have belonged to a Roman merchant.Size: D: 19.10mm / US: 9 1/8 / UK: S; 9.72gProvenance: Private London collector, acquired on the Austrian Art market, formerly in an old USA collection formed since the 1970s.