Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · other

Medallion

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Description

Catalogue description: Culture Egypto-Roman Caption: Egypto-Roman. Medallion, 30 B.C.E.–100 C.E.. Glass, 1 1/8 × 7/8 × 1/4 in. (2.8 × 2.3 × 0.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.158.

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A coin featuring a profile of a human figure, possibly ancient.

The image depicts a coin with a raised relief of a human profile. The style is indicative of ancient coinage, with detailed hair and facial features. The coin is set against a measuring scale, which suggests an analysis of size. The design elements point towards a classical or Hellenistic influence.

unclear unknown good
Materials metal

Connections

Materials MetalGemstone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.158 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9434 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.