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LOT 0989
Roman Bronze Ring with Head of Lion
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (2.99 grams, 24.31 mm overall, 16.94 mm internal diameter (approximate size British J, USA 4 3/4, Europe 8.69, Japan 8)).
Slender round-section hoop and a round bezel with a raised lion-head with recessed eyes. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found North Tamworth, Staffordshire, UK.
Acquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Literature
See for the type Mills, N., Celtic and Roman Artefacts, Witham, 2007, p.103, fig.RB317 (M182).
Footnotes
The shape of the ring belongs to the typologies of the Severan Age. Under Caracalla, the theme of the lion was popular on rings of civilians and soldiers, being the emperor's favourite animal. Stars and lions were, from the age of Caracalla, symbols of the Praetorian Guard.
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