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Medallion with Olympias   (  )
Arlunydd	Anonymous (Categori:Yr Ymerodraeth Rufeinig)Unknown author
Teitl	Medallion with Olympias
Disgrifiad	English: Together with 59.1 and 59.3, this piece is part of a series of large gold medallions that was commissioned to honor Emperor Caracalla, representing him as the descendant of Alexander the Great. These medallions, found at Aboukir in Upper Egypt, demonstrate the artistry and technical prowess achieved by an imperial mint, perhaps that of Ephesus or Perinthus (both cities in western Asia Minor). Olympias, mother of Alexander the Great, is depicted here in profile. The back shows a "nereid" (sea nymph), perhaps Thetis, the mother of Achilles, riding on a hippocamp, a mythical sea-creature. Thus, the medallion forms part of a double comparison: Caracalla is compared to Alexander, the conqueror of the East; Alexander is compared to Achilles, a hero of the Trojan War.
Dyddiad	circa 215 - circa 243 (Imperial Roman)
Cyfrwng	gold medium QS:P186,Q897
Hyd a lled	0.6 × 5.4 cm (d. x diam.)
Casgliad	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, Maryland, Unol Daleithiau America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Gwefan thewalters.org Rheolaeth awdurdod : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Rhif catalogio	59.2
Place of creation	southwest USA
Hanes perchnogaeth y gwaith	[Found at Aboukir, Egypt, 1902] P. Kytikas, Cairo [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase Dikran Kelekian, Constantinople and Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history	The Search for Alexander. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto; National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco. 1980-1983. Alexander the Great: Treasures from an Epic Era of Hellenism. Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), New York. 2004-2005.
Cydnabyddiaeth	Acquired by Henry Walters
Ffynhonnell	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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