Help with mark on Garnet Ring

[onenorthernlight]

I hope someone can help me with the mark on this ring.

I used a Optex 200x magnifier to try to capture an image. The diameter of the round band on the ring is 1mm which mean the mark is very small.

Thanks in advance.

[ValkyrieVixen]

Looks like 925.

[onenorthernlight]

Looks like 925.

Thanks for the reply.

That is what I thought at first when looking at it using a regular magnifying glass.

Than I had a Jeweller look at the mark and he said it was definitely figural but wouldn't elaborate.

I didn't want to prejudice any observations with my ideas. A friend and I are having a hard time figuring it out.

We both see a lion similar to the English Sterling Mark (between two other marks) but not exactly like any examples we have seen. The head is very detailed and it may be wearing a crown? Sometimes it also looks like, rather than a winding tail, it might have wings or a crown or something resting on its back? Also, there is a tiny impressed mark above animal's back which looks somewhat like a head in profile but not sure as it could also be a part of the ring.

Anyway, it is a mystery to us.