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
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Greek