18th-19th century AD. A simple gold wedding ring with a thin circular loop. See Carpin, A., Il sacramento del matrimonio nella teologia medievale, da Isidoro di Siviglia a Tommaso D’Aquino, Bologna, 1991, for discussion. 1.51 grams, 21.02mm overall, 19.24mm internal diameter (approximate size British R 1/2, USA 8 3/4, Europe 19.38, Japan 18) (1"). Found Wiltshire, UK. Simple wedding 'rings' like this are widely represented in medieval and post-medieval paintings of the Marriage of the Virgin to Joseph, as in Raphael's famous Marriage of the Virgin (1504 AD, today at the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano"). [No Reserve]

Fine condition.