Golden pin with sphinxes, lions, and beesGreek -  Peloponnesian / Classical Period - Late 5th c

Golden pin with sphinxes, lions, and bees

Greek -  Peloponnesian / Classical Period - Late 5th century B.C.

The head of the pin begins with a ball, above which is a small shaft; from this rises an ornament in the form of a rosebud. Three lions crouch with their hind legs on the ball, and their forelegs on the bud. Between them, there are conventionalized petals. Above the lions are three bees, and between them three sphinxes, pressed flat. At the top, there is another small petal.