SILVER GREEK & ROMAN COIN CUFFLINKS IN WROUGHT-IRON & 18KT YELLOW GOLD
SILVER GREEK & ROMAN COIN CUFFLINKS IN WROUGHT-IRON & 18KT YELLOW GOLD
HANDMADE BY MCTEIGUE AND MCCLELLAND
~ 7/8"
1 ROMAN DENARIUS, CIRCA 141 AD
OBVERSE: DRAPED DIVA FAUSTINA SENIOR FACING IN PROFILE.
REVERSE: STANDING PROVIDENTIA WITH RIGHT ARM OUTSTRETCHED AND GLOBE IN UPWARD FACING PALM. VEIL BLOWING OVER HER HEAD.
LIKELY MINTED WHILE HER HUSBAND, ANTONIUS PIUS, WAS 15TH EMPEROR TO THE EMPIRE.
1 GREEK DRACHM, CIRCA 306 BC
OBVERSE: ALEXANDER III AS HERCULES WEARING HEAD OF NEMEAN LION
REVERSE: ZEUS SEATED HOLDING EAGLE IN OUTSTRETCHED HAND AND A SCEPTER IN THE OTHER. ARTEMIS PHOSPERUS IN LOWER LEFT FIELD.
LIKELY MINTED UNDER LYSIMACHUS, ONE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT’S SUCCESSOR GENERALS.