Daric
29-126-516
Location: On Display in the Greece Gallery
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | 29-126-516 |
Current Location | Greece Gallery - On Display |
Culture | Persian |
Provenience | Mediterranean |
Manufacture Location | Persia |
Period | Achaemenid | Hellenistic Period |
Date Made | 500-485 BCE |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Gold |
Iconography | King | Quiver | Horseman | Bow |
Description | The Great King in kneeling-running attitude r. draws bow; quiver at shoulder. Oblong incuse, irregular ground. Edge punch marked with horseman riding r. The Wgt very light otherwise seems genuine, but very rare. |
Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
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