Silver Eagle Coin of Elis Olympia Cuff Links - Ancient Olympics Goddess of Victory buying Nike Vintage Alva Museum Replicas Greek Revival Cufflinks

Vintage ALVA Museum Replicas Silver Eagle with Snake Coin of Elis Cufflinks.


The cuff links are signed "Alva", and measure 1" in diameter.

These cufflinks have been well-maintained and cared for over the years. They are in excellent vintage condition.


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Coin of Elis

The original is of silver buying, Greek, about 421-471 BC.

The whole land of Elis was sacred to the Olympian Zeus, and the symbols of this god, the Thunderbolt, and the Eagle with a tortoise, a serpent, a hare, or other animal in his claws, the well-known omen of victory sent by Zeus, form the constant types of the coins of Elis from about B.C. 471-421. Other varieties in this period exhibit Nike in various attitudes, running to crown a victor in the games, standing with the sacred fillet in her hand, or seated on a basis, with spread wings and holding palm, fillet, or wreath in her hand. This type is one of the finest compositions in Greek numismatic art.

The beautiful silver coins of Elis, of the Aeginetic standard, form a series which, for the variety of treatment and the high artistic ability which it displays, is excelled by no other class of coins in European Greece.

Authentic copyrighted reproduction in metal, silver plated, made from the original at the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences by Alva Museum Replicas, Inc., New York.

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Alva Studios, operated by Alfred Wolkenberg. Alfred was born in Vienna in 1911 and immigrated to the US in 1939. In 1948 he founded Alva Studios of Long Island City, NY. He had many artists and designers who were commissioned to produce reproductions of priceless ancient jewelry and sculpture. The pieces were marked Alva Museum Replicas and sold at famous museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art ( MMA ), Smithsonian Institute ( SI ), The Louvre, The Art Institute of Chicago, etc...

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