The gold band contains an engraved nicolo, or “onyx agate cut to leave a thin layer of faint whitish blue over a thicker layer of black,” according to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Old Gold Ring With ‘Venus the Victorious’ Carving, Alongside Unexpected 10th-Century Coins Archaeologists from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) discovered a ...

The ring, found in March, is engraved with sprigs of leaves as well as the rhyming motto in French, "Je desir vous Ceruir" A late medieval gold ring engraved with a declaration of love has been ...