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Ancient Greek & Roman Antique
![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)
![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)
![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)
![Stunning Lifesize 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)
![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)
![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)
![1st C. Roman Millefiori Glass Dish: 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 composite blue and white mosaic g](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974422_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)
![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)
![1st C. Roman Glass Bottle (Pattern Molding): 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)
![Attic Red-Figure Squat Lekythos - Head of 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)
![Tall 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)
![Roman Chalcedony Intaglio Romulus & Remus (in Gold Ring): 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)
![Superb Roman Bronze Appliques - Busts of Hercules: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd century CE. A fine pair of bronze appliques of the legendary hero Hercules (Greek Herakles), each depicting him from the chest up and likely intended for a wagon or car](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974420_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![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)
![Fine Roman Marble Portrait Herm of Apollo: Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A wonderful marble portrait herm of Apollo with his hair arranged in 3 rows of coils at the top of his head, while long wavy tresses fall down to his](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974426_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![Apulian Red-Figure Plate w/ Lady of Fashion: Magna Graecia, southern Italy, Apulia, ca. 340 to 325 BCE. An elegant red-figure plate on a raised foot featuring a "Lady of Fashion" wearing a saccos (head scarf) with pearl strands and hair pins, a](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974412_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![Roman Gold Earrings w/ Garnets & Pearls, ex-Christie's: Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Imperial period, ca. 3rd century CE. A pair of gold pendant earrings comprised of a 'pelta' (shield) disc, pierced to form a rosette surrounding a central garnet bezel. T](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180116981_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718399014)
![Ancient Greek Alexander Drachm Coin & 14k Gold Necklace: Greece, Macedonian, Kingdom of Thrace, ca. 305 to 281 BCE. A spectacular ancient silver Greek coin that is inlaid in a modern gold setting as a pendant and strung on a chain as a wearable necklace. Th](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180357586_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718746494)
![Naturalistic Roman Marble Head of a Male Youth: Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. Skillfully sculpted from a single piece of marble, the head of a male youth with sensitively rendered features including heavy-lidded eyes with drill](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974432_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718311641)
![Roman funerary stele, PUBLISHED: ITEM: Funerary stele, fragment MATERIAL: Marble CULTURE: Roman PERIOD: 2nd - 3rd Century A.D DIMENSIONS: 130 mm x 160 mm CONDITION: Good condition PROVENANCE: Ex English private colle](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/9098/332970/179742436_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718041824)
![Antique Iron Portrait Plaque of Petrus Ramus, 18th Century: Antique cast iron sculpture plaque from the 18th century depicting a portrait of Petrus Ramus. Petrus Ramus (1515-1572) was a French humanist, logician, and educational reformer. He is best known for](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7277/331489/178781937_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718383961)
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 […]