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Collections

Unknown
Coincirca 450 B.C.

On view:
Geffen Galleries, floor 1
Ancient silver coin with rosy-brown patina, showing a helmeted head in profile with scrollwork decoration and a visible earring
Ancient silver coin with toned, irregular edges depicting a struck relief of a frontal owl with large round eyes, flanked by an olive branch at left and Greek letters at upper right, with a small circular incuse at lower right.

Unknown, Coin, circa 450 B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Phil Berg Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Coin
Place Made
Macedonia
Date Made
circa 450 B.C.
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall (diameter): 1/4 × 1 in. (0.64 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
The Phil Berg Collection
Accession Number
M.71.73.75a
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture: Greek and Roman
Selected Bibliography
  • Berg, Phil. Man Came This Way: Objects from the Phil Berg Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971.
  • Townsend, Jen and Renée Zettle-Sterling. Cast: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity's Most Transformational Process. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2017.

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