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19052
Object Number:29-126-58
Current Location: Greece Gallery
Currently On Display
Culture:Macedonian
Provenience: Mediterranean
Manufacture Location: Macedonia
Maker: Philip II
Period: Classical Greek Period
Date Made: 359-336BC
Early Date: -359
Late Date: -336
Section:Mediterranean
Materials:Silver
Iconography:Zeus
Youth
Horse
Palm
Inscription Language:Greek Language
Outside Diameter:2.6 cm
Credit Line:Received from various sources, pre-1929

Description

Head of Zeus r., laur. PHILIP POY Youth on horseback r., holds palm; beneath horse, cantharos.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Classical Gallery: Greece (1975 - 1989) View Objects in Exhibition
Ancient Greek World (08 May 1994) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Stolyarik, Yelena, and Romano, Irene B., and Romano, David G., and DeVries, Keith R., and White, Donald J. 1995. The Ancient Greek World:The Rodney S. Young Gallery.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 25View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Romano, David G. 1985. "Boycotts, Bribes, and Fines: The Ancient Olympic Games". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 27. no. 2. pg. 10-21 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 19, fig. 15View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] White, Donald J. 2011. "A View of the Horse from the Classical Perspective". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 53. no. 3. pg. 24-33 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 28, fig. 5View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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