Such medallions were used for various decorative purposes, including as ornamentation on hairnets, cf. the example from the Stathatos Collection in National Archaeological Museum, Athens; and Princeton acc. nos. y1938-49, 50. For further discussion see Hoffmann & Davidson, Greek Gold. Jewellery from the Age of Alexander, Brooklyn, 1965, pp. 222-231. Such gold sculptural ornaments were made throughout the Hellenistic world, at a time when arguably the technical skill in goldsmithing was at its height. Such pieces have been found throughout the Mediterranean, Asia Minor, and the Levant.

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