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CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Details
A BYZANTINE GOLD FINGER RING
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
The plain hoop bevelled on the exterior, concave on the interior, with an inverted, truncated pyramidal bezel engraved with a lion leaping in profile to the left, its tail raised, a cross above
in. (2.3 cm.) wide; ring size 8
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
The plain hoop bevelled on the exterior, concave on the interior, with an inverted, truncated pyramidal bezel engraved with a lion leaping in profile to the left, its tail raised, a cross above
in. (2.3 cm.) wide; ring size 8
Provenance
Eastern European Private Collection, acquired in the 1980s.