BYZANTINE HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH RED GARNET BEZEL Ca. AD 400 - 600. A gold ring with a broad hoop and sharply angled shoulders. The projecting bezel is set with a deep red rectangular garnet, and the hoop bears remains of incised decoration. For similar see: J. Spier, Byzantium and the West, Jewelry in the first Millennium, 2012, Cat. 13. p. 86. Size: D:12mm / US: 44928 / UK: A; Weight: 2.74g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s. Reviewed by Sami Fortune, an ancient jewellery specialist.