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LOT 0944
Roman Bronze Ring with Leaping Lion
2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (11.25 grams, 25.66 mm overall, 19.35 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M 1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)).
Keeled hoop expanding at the shoulders, raised oval bezel with incuse stylised lion leaping left, star above. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK and EU art market before 2000.
From the private collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Cf. parallel for the shape in PAS, LIN-25CD0D.
FootnotesThe shape of the ring belongs to the typologies of the Severian Age. Under Caracalla, the theme of the lion was popular on civilian and soldiers' rings, the lion being the emperor's favourite animal. Stars and lions were, from the age of Caracalla, symbols of the Praetorian Guard.
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