Silvered bronze roundel with satyr head (one of a pair)

ca. 325–300 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 164

These roundels are phalerae, decorative metal bosses from a horse's bridle. Such elaborate bridles are known from the royal tombs at Vergina in Northern Greece and from numerous Scythian burial sites.

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Title: Silvered bronze roundel with satyr head (one of a pair)
Period: Hellenistic
Date: ca. 325–300 BCE
Culture: Greek
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: Diam.: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm)
Classification: Bronzes
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
Object Number: 06.1127
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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