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Later 6th-early 7th century AD. A gold finger ring of Type 6c comprising a flat-section hoop with bands of applied filigree ropework and guilloche, square-section tapering bezel with granules to the shoulders, filigree ropework tendrils, cell to each corner with inset garnet(?) cloison, central emerald cabochon. Cf. Hadjadj, R. Bagues Merovingiennes - Gaul du Nord, Paris, 2007, item 114. 11 grams, 32mm overall, 19.02mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 9, Europe 19.69, Japan 19) (1 1/4"). Property of a Middlesex gentleman; acquired in the 1980s.