Two pairs of gold fibulae of Macedonian type
Such fibulae (pins), which belong to a northern Greek type characterized by "paddle wheel" decoration, were normally worn in sets of six. Two more matching fibulae have been identified, one in Berlin and one in the Gans collection. Each hinge plate is decorated with the head of a woman wearing a lion skin–all produced with the same die. She can be identified as either Omphale, the queen of Lydia wearing Herakles' lion skin, or Artemis, the goddess of the hunt.
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