Ring of Leontios
Unknown Artist
ca. 1000
Medium
Gold, niello
Dimensions
Overall: 11/16 × 7/8 × 7/8 in. (1.8 × 2.2 × 2.3 cm) Bezel: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm) Inside circumference: 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm) Thickness of band: 1/4 in. (0.7 cm)
Classification
Metalwork-Gold
Culture
Byzantine
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Rogers Fund, and Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1982
Accession Number
1982.282
Tags
Greek