Ring of Leontios

Unknown

ca. 1000 · Gold, niello · Medieval Art

The ring belonged to Leontios of the province of Opsikion, in what is now northwestern Turkey. Patrikios and komes were Roman titles that shifted in meaning during the Byzantine period; it seems likely that Leontios was the governor of the province or a high-ranking general.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1000

Medium

Gold, niello

Culture

Byzantine

Department

Medieval Art

Credit line

Purchase, Rogers Fund, and Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1982