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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.
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