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Athena of the Parthenos Athena type. Pentelic marble, Greek copy from the 1st century BC after the original from the 5th century BC. Some 17th-century restorations: arms, ends of the belt, some folds of the peplos, aegis, tip of the nose.

Large: The three Graces. Marble, Roman copy of the Imperial Era (2nd century CE?) after a Hellenistic original. Restored for a large part in 1609 by Nicolas Cordier (1565-1612) for Cardinal Borghese.
Small: Provincial coin of Caracalla, ca. 200 CE.

Culture/period

Classical Greek term details

Date

480BC (circa)

Findspot

Excavated/Findspot: Pyrgos (said to be from)
(Europe,Greece,Boeotia,Tegyra)

Materials

bronze term details

Dimensions

Height:…

Top: Lugdunum, Roman Empire, Silver denarius.(obverse) Head of Augustus, bare, right.
(reverse) Capricorn right, holding globe. ca. 12BCE

Bottom: Eastern Roman Empire, Silver radiate.(obverse) Bust, radiate, draped and cuirassed.
(reverse)…

Rome, Italy. 44 BCE, silver denarius of Julius Caesar.(obverse) Wreathed head of Caesar right; behind, crescent and inscription; before, inscription. Border of dots.
(reverse) Venus standing left, holding Victory in right hand and sceptre in left…

Top:
Coin engraved by Euainetos, Sicily, Syracuse. ca. 408-390 BCE. Decadrachm,
(obverse) Head of Persephone left, wearing earring and necklace; hair turned up and behind, arranged in wavy curls, and bound with a wreath of corn-leaves; beneath,…

Electrum coin minted in Lydia, 7th c. BCE.

The Strangford Apollo

Greek, about 500-490 BC
Said to be from the island of Anáfi, Cyclades, Aegean Sea

Marble statue of a youth standing in the conventional pose of a kouros

Kouros in Greek means simply 'youth'. It is a term used to…