Bidspirit auction | GREEK BRONZE RING DEPICTING HOPLITE

GREEK BRONZE RING DEPICTING HOPLITE - Ca. 400 BC.A slender bronze ring with a carinated hoop and the shoulders lightly expanded to support a large oval-shaped bezel, which is engraved with a standing figure of a hoplite warrior, facing right. This hoplite is depicted holding a long spear in one hand and a large shield in the other, embodying the classical ideal of the Greek warrior.For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 139, p. 64.Size: D: 19.56mm; US: 9 3/4; UK: T; weight 9gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.