/internal/media/dispatcher/1088072/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHead of a pin with lions, bees, an ionic capital, and foliageLate fifth century B.C.Height x width x depth: 7.7 x 4.9 x 5.1 cm (3 1/16 x 1 15/16 x 2 in.)GoldCatharine Page Perkins Fund96.7170The head of a straight pin. At the bottom are two globes, one above the other; above these globes, a four-sided Ionic capital; from the four volutes of the capital, rise lions, whose forepaws rest on the cone-shaped object at the center of the design, consisting of clusters of acanthus leaves. Between the forelegs of the lions rise spirals and between these are bees. The top of the pin head is a small rosette or flower. The pin has a fine mesh chain ending in snake's heads, probably to connect it to a similar pin worn at the same time.
Said to have been found with the gold sphinx pin 96.718, and the Athenian red-figure acorn lekythos 95.1402.Jewelry / Adornment7.70000000005.100000000018588801