Ram Head-Delphi silver pendant - Goat’s Head Facing between two Dolphins

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RAM HEAD - DOLPHINS SILVER PENDANT

Ram Head-Delphi Silver Pendant like Ancient Greek Coin - Phocis, Delphi-Reverse ,Goat’s Head Facing between two Dolphins Delphi.Trihemiobol Circa 460-448 BC. Obverse, Head of ram right, dolphin below. Reverse, Goat’s head facing between two dolphins swimming upwards all within incus square.

The types of this coin reflect the dual nature of the oracular sanctuary at Delphi. Although it was most famously a center devoted to Apollo and his riddling Pythia, it was also shared by the god’s brother, Dionysus, who was said to maintain the temple over the winter while Apollo was away to the north visiting the mysterious Hyperboreans. The ram’s head of the obverse represents the animal sacrifice appropriate to Apollo while the goat’s head on reverse is the preferred animal offering for Dionysus. The prominent use of dolphins as supplementary symbols stems from the fact that they are a punning badge for the city (”dolphin” in Greek is delphis). Local Delphian tradition also held that after choosing the site of his oracular shrine at Delphi, Apollo discovered that he had no priests to serve him. In order to solve this problem, the god leaped into the Aegean Sea and turned into a dolphin. In this new aquatic form Apollo gained the attention of a group of Cretan sailors who followed him to Delphi and became the first priests of Apollo Delphinios at Delphi. This pendant is handcrafted in Greece,with extra care in 925 Sterling Silver. Its diameter size is 2.3 cm and weighs approximately 13 g. This pendant is without the chain(55)

Details:

Condition:  New, Made in Greece

Material: Sterling Silver

Diameter: 2.3 cm

Weight: 13g

This pendant is without the chain

  • Condition: New without tags
  • Condition: New, Handmade item!
  • Brand: Handmade
  • Type: Pendant
  • Color: Silver
  • Style: Pendant
  • Theme: Ancient Greece
  • Metal: Silver 925
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Greece
  • Country of Origin: Greece

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