Dodona: Bronze Shield
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Dodona: Bronze Shield
Bronze fragment of a Macedonian shield.
Bronze fragment of a Macedonian shield with the inscription "ΒΑ(ΣΙ)ΛΕΥΣ" (basileus = king).
It is probably a votive offering of Pyrrhus after his victory against the Macedonian King Antigonus II Gonatas at Aous in 274 BCE. It is exhibited at the Ioannina Archaeological Museum.