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Ancient Greek & Roman Antique
![Lot of 65 Ancient Roman Bronze Coins: **Originally Listed At $350** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 5th century CE. A fine study group of 65 struck bronze and copper coins, each depicting a regal figure on the obverse face and a myriad](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333224/180001446_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718320432)
![Rare Ancient Greek Phrygian Bronze Helmet: Eastern Greek, Anatolia (Turkey), Phrygian, Hellenistic Period, ca. 400 to 300 BCE. A spectacular leaded-bronze Phrygian helmet with the distinctive conical body and a curved terminus, a flat protrudi](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180116976_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718399015)
![Roman Marble Relief Mithras Killing Bull (Tauroctony): Roman, Imperial period, ca. 3rd century CE. An enticing marble relief depicting Mithras killing a sacred bull (tauroctony) - the iconic act of Mithras commemorated in the Mithraeum where Roman soldier](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974417_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![Silver Ring w/ Etruscan Carnelian Scarab - Figure, Vase: **First Time At Auction** Ancient Mediterranean, central Italy, Etruria, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE; Europe, ca. 19th to 20th century CE. A hand-carved carnelian scarab of stunning, ovoid form bearing](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333224/180159696_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718405476)
![Gold Ring w/ Roman Carnelian Intaglio of Ganymede: **First Time At Auction** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A beautifully carved carnelian depicting Jupiter (Greek Zeus) as an eagle in front of Ganymede. Greek mythology tells that](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333224/180159695_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718405477)
![Greek Cypro-Archaic Oinochoe w/ Bull's Eyes: **Originally Listed At $2000** Ancient Greece, Cyprus, Iron Age, Cypro-Archaic Phase, ca. 900 to 750 BCE. A hand-built pottery oinochoe of substantial size with an egg-shaped body, a tapered cylindric](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333224/180001441_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718320432)
![Neolithic Marble Steatopygous Idol (Voluptuous Female): Southeastern Europe, Balkans / Mediterranean Region, late Neolithic / Early Bronze Age, ca. 5000 to 3000 BCE. An important Neolithic marble voluptuous female figure known as a "steatopygous" idol, due](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180116983_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718399014)
![Stunning Roman Marble Head Goddess Venus: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd century CE. A beautiful life-size marble head of Venus (Greek Aphrodite), the goddess of love and beauty. Her visage presents with sizable, almond-shaped eyes, smoothly](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180116979_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718399014)
![Roman factory oil lamp, Type Bussière B IV 3, depicting bust of Mercury, front, wearing a winged: ITEM: Factory oil lamp, Type Bussière B IV 3, depicting bust of Mercury, front, wearing a winged petasus, framed by a caduceus and a purse and makers mark LMADIEC MATERIAL: Pottery CULTURE: Roman PER](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9098/332970/179742433_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718041824)
![Roman head of a woman / Portrait of a princess or an empress, Type Hanovre-Palazzo Corsini: ITEM: Head of a woman / Portrait of a princess or an empress, Type Hanovre-Palazzo Corsini MATERIAL: Marble CULTURE: Roman PERIOD: Severan period, 193 - 235 A.D DIMENSIONS: 350 mm x 210 mm x 230 mm, a](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9098/332970/179742408_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718041824)
![Pair of Phoenician Tanit Pottery Effigy Figures: **Originally Listed At $250** Ancient Eastern Mediterranean / Western Anatolia, Phoenicia, Tanit, ca. 6th to 2nd century BCE. A fine set of 2 mold-formed terracotta female figures, perhaps goddesses o](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333224/180001443_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718320432)
![Etruscan Terracotta Antefix of a Female Face, TL Tested: Italy, Etruscan, ca. 8th to 6th century BCE. A wonderful, mold-made ornamental element for the roof of a temple presenting a relief of a female face with almond-shaped eyes beneath arched brows, a pro](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974415_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![Greek plate with vegetal decoration: ITEM: Plate with vegetal decoration MATERIAL: Pottery CULTURE: Greek PERIOD: 4th Century B.C DIMENSIONS: 23 mm x 162 mm diameter CONDITION: Good condition PROVENANCE: Ex Dutch private](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9098/332970/179742424_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718041824)
![Greek, Proto-Corinthian piriform aryballos depicting bands and running dogs: ITEM: Piriform aryballos depicting bands and running dogs MATERIAL: Pottery CULTURE: Greek, Proto-Corinthian PERIOD: 675 - 650 B.C DIMENSIONS: 68 mm x 38 mm CONDITION: Good condition, small rep](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9098/332970/179742490_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718041824)
![Roman Glass Jar w/ Ribs & Trail Handles: **First Time At Auction** Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A yellow-green glass jar of squat, spherical form with a trio of glass trail handles arching from th](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333224/180293155_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718661272)
![Roman Glass Bottle w/ Green Hues, Ribs, & Trail Handle: Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A beautiful glass bottle formed via a pattern-molding process to create dozens of slender, vertical ribs around the cylindrica](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974425_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![Athenian Red Figure Squat Lekythos w/ Perseus: Greece, Athens (Attic), ca. 4th century BCE. A delightful red-figure squat lekythos featuring the head of Perseus wearing the winged helmet of Hermes and holding a sickle as he faces right. Size: 2.1"](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974411_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![Greek Attic White Ground Black Figure Lekythos: Ancient Greece, Athens, Attic, ca. 6th century BCE. A wheel-thrown pottery lekythos of inverted piriform construction that features a beautiful white ground upon which elaborate, black-figure geometri](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974413_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![1st C. Roman Millefiori Glass Dish: **Originally Listed At $4000** Roman Empire, 1st to 2nd century CE. Among the most valuable and time intensive examples of glass in the entire ancient world! Assembled from sections of a pre-formed co](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974422_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![Gold Ring w/ Roman Chalcedony Intaglio, Romulus & Remus: Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE; Europe, ca. 19th century CE. A gorgeous blue chalcedony intaglio from Imperial Rome, depicting the mythological twins of Romulus and Remus being nurs](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974418_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![Greek Hellenistic Gilt Terracotta Statue of Aphrodite: Ancient Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. An amazing large terra-cotta statue of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, standing in an elegant contrapposto position. She stands with her](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180116978_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718399015)
![Late Roman / Early Byzantine Marble Table Top: Roman, late Imperial to early Byzantine Period, ca. 4th to 5th century CE. A sizable Roman marble table top exhibiting expertly carved linear grooves that create a shallow central well. The surfaces a](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180116980_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718399014)
![Greek Hellenistic Gold Diadem (23K+): **Originally Listed At $800** Greece, Classical to Hellenistic Period, ca. 5th to 1st century BCE. A large piece of 98% gold foil (equivalent to 23K+), hammered and cut into a flexible sheet for use a](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333224/180001444_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718320432)
![Necklace w/ Roman, Persian, Islamic Glass Beads: **Originally Listed At $750** Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE; Near East, Islamic Period, ca. 500 to 1000 CE; Persia, modern day Iran and Turkey, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A gorgeous ensem](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333224/180001447_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718320432)
News about Ancient Greek & Roman Antique
![Closing soon: Met’s Chroma, revealing colorful truth of ancient sculpture](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Reconstruction-of-marble-finial-in-the-form-of-a-sphinx-detail-2022-1.jpg)
Closing soon: Met’s Chroma, revealing colorful truth of ancient sculpture
NEW YORK – Ancient Greek and Roman sculpture was once colorful, vibrantly painted, and richly adorned with detailed ornamentation. On view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through March 26, Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color reveals the colorful backstory of polychromy — meaning “many colors” in Greek — and presents new discoveries of surviving ancient color […]
![US returns smuggled ancient artifacts to Libya](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Hellenic-bust-of-a-veiled-woman-circa-350-BCE.png)
US returns smuggled ancient artifacts to Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) – The United States on March 31 returned a cache of smuggled ancient artifacts to Libya as the oil-rich Mediterranean country struggles to protect its heritage against the backdrop of years of war, turmoil and unrest. The repatriated items include two sculptures dating to the 4th century BCE from the ancient city of […]
![Native American ceramics, modern art star at Auctions at Showplace, Nov. 7](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Helen-Shupla-Pueblo-Blackware-Pottery-Melon-Vase-1.jpg)
Native American ceramics, modern art star at Auctions at Showplace, Nov. 7
NEW YORK – Auctions at Showplace will continue the fall auction season with an exciting sale on November 7. It will feature a diverse offering including Picasso ceramics, a selection of modern art, mid-century furnishings, Asian objects, antiquities, fine jewelry along with costume jewelry and luxury goods from prime New York Metropolitan area estates. Absentee and […]
![Newark Museum to host important Steuben glass exhibition](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Screen-Shot-2018-12-04-at-10.46.24-AM.png)
Newark Museum to host important Steuben glass exhibition
NEWARK, N.J. – A sparkling, colorful gift of Steuben glass from The Thomas N. Armstrong III Collection will be on display in an upcoming exhibition at the Newark Museum. Unexpected Color: A Journey Through Glass, opening on April 28, 2019, showcases more than 130 works in glass designed by Frederick Carder for the famed Steuben Glass Works […]