Gold cross-strap diadem with a Herakles knot set with five garnets
Object type: Diadem with Herakles knot
Department: Greek and Roman Art
Culture: Greek
Period: Hellenistic
Date: ca. 300–250 BCE
Medium: Gold, garnet
Dimensions: width as mounted 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm)
total H. as mounted 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
length of straps  7 1/2 in. (19 cm)
H. of Herakles knot  1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
Classification: Gold and Silver
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1958
Accession year: 1958