A GREEK SILVER RING WITH A SPHINX

CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.

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A GREEK SILVER RING WITH A SPHINX
CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
The hoop with elliptical bezel engraved with a winged sphinx seated in profile with one foreleg raised, adorned with a lotus-flower headdress; a Roman silver ring with cornelian truncated cone-shaped intaglio with a swimming dolphin, oval hoop, 2nd Century A.D.; a Roman bronze ring, the bezel with rampant lion, circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.; and another bronze ring, engraved with a cockerel, the hoop with high shoulders, circa 3rd Century A.D.
1.8 cm. av. across hoop (4)

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