Two pairs of gold fibulae of Macedonian type

Unknown

ca. 330–300 BCE · Gold · Greek and Roman Art

Such fibulae (pins), which belong to a northern Greek type characterized by "paddle wheel" decoration, were normally worn in sets of six. Two more matching fibulae have been identified, one in Berlin and one in the Gans collection. Each hinge plate is decorated with the head of a woman wearing a lion skin–all produced with the same die. She can be identified as either Omphale, the queen of Lydia wearing Herakles' lion skin, or Artemis, the goddess of the hunt.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 330–300 BCE

Medium

Gold

Culture

Greek, Macedonian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1937