Cast Glass Medallion
Cast Glass Medallion
Place of OriginRoman Empire
Date1st century CE
DimensionsDiam: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
MediumMonochrome glass; mold-pressed.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1651
Not on View
DescriptionOpaque greenish glass.
Head of a boy in high relief (infant Hercules?).
Small, flat disk with molded relief of infant protome, facing right and wearing four prophylactic amulets around its neck, (a cornuto, horn, phallus and round object). Full face, small deeply-set eyes. Hole pierced horizontally through middle for stringing. Back is flat. Done in opaque greenish glass.
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Before 1880
Possibly 1st century BCE
Early Imperial Period, 1st century BCE - 2nd century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
1st century CE
1st century BCE - 3rd century CE
1st-2nd century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
1st century - 4th century CE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
425-350 BCE
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