Heraldic Eagle. Decorated with a garnet and glass paste. Material: gold. Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6th-7th century. The Benaki Museum of Greek Culture is housed in one of the most beautiful neoclassical-style buildings in Athens, near the National Garden and the Hellenic Parliament. It was converted into a museum in order to shelter the collections of Antonis Benakis and was donated to the Greek nation by himself and his three sisters, Alexandra, Penelope and Argine. Following its most recent refurbishment (1989–2000), the building houses a unique exhibition on Greek culture arranged diachronically from prehistory to the 20th century.
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Leaf-shaped pendant in opus interrasile embossed and chased with a foliate design. Period: Early ...
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Pendant; material: gold; hollow box building; in the form of a bent leaf; obverse chased and conv...
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Earring; Period: Middle Byzantine circa: 10thC-12thC. Materials: gold. British Museum is closed 2...
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Gold Finger Ring; Early Byzantine. Period: 7thC – Early Byzantine. Excavated/Findspot: Smyr...
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Gold Finger Ring, Period: Early Byzantine (6 th. c.) flat hoop cut into eight alternating circula...
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Gold Earring; Square; on one face a cheque of triangular groups of pellets, above an animal’...
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Gold Signet-Ring, plain hoop and applied oval bezel depicts bust of Christ(?). Period: Late Rom...
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Pair of Loop Earrings; Materials: Gold. Period: Early Byzantine. 6thC-7thC. Subjects: Cross, Peac...
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Gold Earring; Period: Early Byzantine; consisting of a tower-like ornament attached to a gold cha...
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Gold coin. Ruler: Leontius II; Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 695-698; Minted in: Rome. British ...
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Gold coin of Constantine IV; Period: Early Byzantine Period; Date: 654-685; Minted in Rome. Briti...
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Plate of a buckle or brooch; gold; Period: 4th c., Late Roman/Early Byzantine. 3 hefty studs at t...
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Silver Dish; Period: Early Byzantine. 6th.c.(late) on a shallow foot; the centre decorated with E...
Hanging with Hestia Polyolbus, Period: Early Byzantine, First half of 6th Century. The museum is ...
Large Textile with a Hero Attacking a Lion, Period: Early Byzantine, 600-900 A.D. The museum is o...
Horse and Lion Hanging, Period: Early Byzantine, 6th century A.D. Materials: wool and linen. The ...
Paten with the Communion of the Apostles, Period: Early Byzantine (565-578 A.D.) Materials: silve...
Bowl with Hunting Scene, Period: Early Byzantine, 5th Century A.D. Material: silver. The museum i...
Chalice, Period: Early Byzantine, ca. 527 – 565 A.D. Materials: silver and niello. The mus...
Paten with Christogram and Repousse Border, Period: Early Byzantine, circa Mid 6th Century. Mater...