About the Artwork
Olympic Coin of Philip II of Macedon
between 359 and 336 BCE
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Greek
Unknown
Gold
Overall: 1/8 × 3/4 inches (0.3 × 1.9 cm)
Numismatics
Greco-Roman and Ancient European
City of Detroit Purchase
30.331
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, reverse, below image [exergue], in Greek.
Provenance
(C. E. Seltman, New York, New York, USA)
1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Grose. Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins, vol. II. Cambridge, 1926, p. 44, no. 3311, pl. 121, no. 14.
"Family Art Game," Detroit Free Press (May 18, 1986): p. 25 (ill.). [DIA Advertising Supplement].
"Family Art Game: Vehicles of Imagination," The Detroit Free Press (April 24, 1994) p. 2 (ill.). [DIA Advertising Supplement].
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Greek, Olympic Coin of Philip II of Macedon, between 359 and 336 BCE, gold. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 30.331.
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