HEAD OF OLYMPIAN ZEUS 



AFTER THE CHRYSELEPHANTINE STATUE BY PHIDIAS AT OLYM- 

 PIA. REVERSE OF A COIN OF HADRIAN (117-138 A. D.). 



BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE 



MEDAL OF EMPEROR HADRIAN 



STRUCK IN ELIS AND BEARING ON THE REVERSE A REPRESENTA- 

 TION OF THE GREAT CHRYSELEPHANTINE ZEUS OF OLYMPIA BY 

 PHIDIAS. POSSIBLY STRUCK TO COMMEMORATE THE DEDICATION 

 BY HADRIAN OF A REPLICA OF THIS COLOSSAL STATUE IN ATHENS. 

 2 DIAM. IN THE MUSEUM AT FLORENCE, ITALY 



