Zoilos (engraver)
Zoilos ( ancient Greek Ζωίλος ) was a in the 2nd century BC. Active Greek engraver who worked as a coin director under Philip V and Perseus . Among other things, he was the engraver of 179/78 BC. Ideal portraits of Philip V as Perseus on the tetradrachms minted in Amphipolis at that time .
literature
- Alfred von Sallet : The artist's inscriptions on Greek coins . Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1871, p. 24-25 .
- A. Glauning : Zoilos . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 547 .
- Hans Volkmann : Zoilos (1.) In: Der kleine Pauly , vol. 5, 1975, col. 1548.
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| SURNAME | Zoilos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC Chr. |