Medieval gold ring discovered on April Fool’s Day to be sold at auction

Nigel Mills, consultant to Noonans, said: “The seal ring has a Medieval carnelian intaglio engraved with the image of a Griffin walking to the left, set in the centre of the gold oval bezel which has a flat border inscribed in lombardic script “GRIFFVnMATILIELEMATILIOVR” which may translate as ‘griffin Matilda the maternal countess’.