MEROVINGIAN HIGH KARAT GOLD RING WITH RED GARNET CABOCHON Ca. AD 400 - 600. A gold ring set with a circular red garnet cabochon in a round bezel. The hoop is flat, with lightly indented rectangular facets running along its surface. For similar see: Byzantium and the West; Jewelry in the First Millennium, fg. 5.2. Size: D:15.39mm / US: 4 1/2 / UK: I 1/2; Weight: 1.21g 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.