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ClassificationsAncient Near Eastern Art

Lepton of Herod the Great

Place CreatedAsia

CultureRoman

PeriodRoman Period

Date40-4 BCE

MediumBronze

Credit LineGift of Thomas K. Glenn

Dimensions15/16 in. (2.4 cm)

Object numberX.0001.038

Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - Spring 2001
Michael C. Carlos Museum Morgens West Foundation Galleries of Ancient Near Eastern Art, November 10, 2018 - Present

ProvenanceEx coll. Thomas K. Glenn (1868-1946), Atlanta, Georgia.

Status

On view

Collections

Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art

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