Ring of Leontios

Unknown Artist

ca. 1000

Ring of Leontios by Unknown Artist

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

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