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29-126-456

Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 29-126-456
Current Location Greece Gallery - On Display
Culture Rhodian
Provenience Mediterranean
Manufacture Location Rhodes
Period Classical Greek Period
Date Made 394-304 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Silver
Iconography Helios
Description

Head of Helios 3/4 r. Rose with bud; in l. field, bunch of grapes and E.

A rose, the Greek word for which is rhodon.

Frontal view of the radiate head of the sun-god Helios.

Outside Diameter 2 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929

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