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Ancient bronze ring with Hercules fighting lion, circa 4th-3rd century BC.

Bronze

£3,400

Ancient bronze ring with Hercules fighting lion. An oval bronze plaque carved with an intricate depiction of a nude Hercules fighting a lion, to a trumpeted tapering down to a solid heavy . bronze, approximate weight 7.13 grams in weight, 4th-3rd century BC.

For a ring featuring a similar engraving of Hercules and the Nemean lion in the British Museum Collection see museum number 1938,0315.4

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Reference Number 26267

Ring size: R 1/2

Size Guide

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Period Ancient Greek

TOTAL / RING Weight 7.13 grams

Metal Bronze

Condition

This ring is in fine condition, commensurate with its age.

Chairman's Notes

Hercules, the divine hero is widely known as the personification of strength and courage. The scene on this ring depicts Hercules' first labor, the slaying of the Nemean Lion, a symbol of his superhuman endurance and triumph over chaos as the lion could not be killed by mortal weapons. After wrestling the beast to death, Hercules wore its impenetrable skin as a cape, one of his most distinctive attribute. Hera later placed the lion among the stars as the constellation Leo. Such imagery resonated deeply in ancient Greek and later Hellenistic culture, where Hercules was revered as both a mortal hero and a divine protector.

Delivery & Returns

Inside diameter (mm)	USA	UK	China India	European
11.63	0
11.84	¼
12.04	½	A
12.24	¾	A½
12.45	1	B	1
12.65	1¼	B½
12.85	1½	C
13.06	1¾	C½		41
13.26	2	D	2	42
13.46	2¼	D½
13.67	2½	E	3	43
13.87	2¾	E½
14.07	3	F	4	44
14.27	3¼	F½	5	45
14.48	3½	G
14.68	3¾	G½	6	46
		H		47
14.88	4	H½	7
15.09	4¼	I		48
15.29	4½	I½	8
15.49	4¾	J		49
15.7	5	J½	9	50
15.9	5¼	K		51
16.1	5½	K½	10
16.31	5¾	L		52
16.51	6	L½	11
16.71	6¼	M	12	53
16.92	6½	M½	13
17.12	6¾	N		54
17.32	7	O	14	55
17.53	7¼	O½		56
17.73	7½	P	15
17.93	7¾	P½		57
18.14	8	Q	16
18.34	8¼	Q½		58
18.54	8½	R	17	59
18.75	8¾	R½
18.95	9	S	18	60
19.15	9¼
19.35	9½	S½	19	61
19.56	9¾	T
19.76	10	T½	20	62
19.96	10¼	U	21
20.17	10½	U½	22	63
20.37	10¾	V		64
20.57	11	V½	23
20.78	11¼	W		65
20.98	11½	W½	24
21.18	11¾	X		66
21.39	12	Y	25	67
21.59	12¼	Y½		68
21.79	12½	Z	26
22	12¾	Z½		69
22.2	13		27
22.4	13¼
22.61	13½
22.81	13¾
23.01	14
23.22	14¼
23.42	14½
23.62	14¾
23.83	15
24.03	15¼
24.23	15½
24.43	15¾
24.64	16

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Ancient bronze ring with Hercules fighting lion, circa 4th-3rd century BC.

Bronze

£3,400

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