![Greek Hellenistic Silver Ram's Head Earring: Ancient Greece, Hellenistic period, ca. 4th to 2nd century BCE. A single silver earring circlet that tapers out from a ram's head, with curled horns to the side. The slender but substantial silver wir](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/337307/182542466_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721691916)
Ancient Greek & Roman Jewelry
![Greek Hellenistic Silver Ram's Head Earring: Ancient Greece, Hellenistic period, ca. 4th to 2nd century BCE. A single silver earring circlet that tapers out from a ram's head, with curled horns to the side. The slender but substantial silver wir](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/337307/182542466_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721691916)
![Roman Glass in Silver Pendant: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A gorgeous sterling silver pendant constructed with the repurposed base of a Roman glass vessel, perhaps a drinking cup or a beaker. The glass pendan](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/337307/182542483_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721691916)
![ROMAN PROSTITUTE'S RING C.100-300 AD, SIZE 2: Gilt bronze, size 2 for wear on the small finger between the first and second joints as was the custom. 2.9mm rounded face band with the thickened bottom in the Roman taste. Rounded rectangular bezel](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/337260/182520563_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721662940)
![Roman Bronze Crossbow Fibula Finger Rings & Hair Coil: Roman, Imperial Period to Byzantine Empire, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A group of 4 ancient bronze adornments: a crossbow fibula, a hair coil, a ring, and ring fragment. The fragmentary signet face is](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/337307/182542480_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721691916)
![LATE ROMAN/MEDIEVAL RING 7th-10th CENTURY, SIZE 4 3/4: 7th-10th Century AD. Silvered bronze, size 4 3/4 with raised oval-shaped bezel probably to serve as a signet and never incised as often found. Rounded face band 2.5mm at the bottom flaring to the shou](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/337260/182520604_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721662940)
![ROMAN RING C.4th-6th CENTURY AD, SIZE 5 3/4: Size 5 3/4, oval form, gilt bronze with 2.0mm rounded face band flaring slightly to the shoulders. Lenticular bezel with flat face inscribed with a patter, perhaps a bird. Probably a signet ring. Surf](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/337260/182520716_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721662940)
![GREEK COMMERCE "COIN" NECKLACE C.700-600 BC: Predating coinage, these tokens, sometimes called arrowhead money, were used to facilitate the trade in slaves and food crops. They are bronze, refurbished, silver-plated, and suspended from a Sterlin](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/337260/182520720_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721662940)
![ANCIENT ROMAN WOMAN'S PENDANT NECKLACE, 1ST-3RD CENTURY: These small globular pendants were popular among common women in ancient Rome. Some have been described as prostitute's pendants and that view is widely published on the internet. This example is 11.3](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/337260/182520718_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721662940)
![ROMAN ARROWHEAD PENDANT NECKLACE, 3rd-5th CENTURY AD: The period of the fall of Rome and loss of power to Germanic Barbarians. Just over 1/2" length plus the suspension loop. Usually lost on the battlefield and not often found in such good preservation.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/337260/182520747_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721662940)
![ROMAN KEY RING C.100-300 AD, SIZE 8: Gilt bronze, size 8. Broad rounded band with integral intricately toothed key projection. These rings were used to open jewelry boxes, the ownership of which was prestigious. As a result, many were ma](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/337260/182520654_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721662940)
![ROMAN WHEEL OF FORTUNE AMULET NECKLACE, 3RD-6TH CENTURY AD: The Wheel of Fortune (Rota Fortuna) is one of the most enduring of ancient philosophical or religious concepts. It was pivotal in Ancient Greek and Roman Paganism and smoothly transitioned into Christ](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/337260/182520603_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721662940)
![ROMAN BRACELET C.100 BC-100 AD: Silvered bronze form and near-circular with 2.05" inner dimension. Rounded face section with slightly expanded center and flattened spatulate terminals. The ends decorated with lineal lines and transv](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/337260/182520849_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721662940)
![Three Roman Bronze Rings & 1 Roman Bronze/Iron Key Ring: Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 4th century CE. A set of 4 bronze rings, each of a wearable form with a smooth shank, and the ring with the thickest shank bears an iron key on top. Size of largest](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/337307/182542479_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721691916)
![FINE ROMAN RING C.4th-6th CENTURY AD, SIZE 5 1/2: Size 5 1/2 oval form, gilt bronze with 3.8 mm ridged face band flaring to the shoulders. The bottom with broad thickened band in the Roman taste. Raised lenticular bezel with flat face inscribed with](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/337260/182520667_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721662940)
![GREEK ARROWHEAD PENDANT NECKLACE, 300-100 BC: Hellenistic Period (after the death of Alexander the Great). The death of Alexander resulted in fragmentation and civil war resulting in a number of separate city-states. Just under 1" length plus the](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/337260/182520803_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721662940)
![ROMAN LEGIONARY ARMOR MOUNT NECKLACE, 100-300 AD: For the military pteruges, the leather scale armor element worn around the waist. These served as additional protection as they would help absorb a sword or spear blow and are in fact, a form of scale](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/337260/182520708_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721662940)
![ROMAN BRACELET C.100 BC-100 AD: Silvered bronze form and near-circular with 2 1/8" inner dimension. Deeply rounded face section expanding from the center to the flattened spatulate terminals. The ends decorated with punch work lines](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/337260/182520659_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721662940)
![ROMAN GLADIUS PENDANT NECKLACE 1ST-3RD CENTURY AD: The period of Christ, and the persecution of Christians. Just over 2" (2.07”) total length. Finely delineated hilt with a bulbous pommel, waisted grip, and flared cross guard. Tapered blade, pie](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/337260/182520622_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721662940)
![ROMAN WHEEL OF FORTUNE AMULET NECKLACE, 3RD-6TH CENTURY AD: The Wheel of Fortune (Rota Fortuna) is one of the most enduring of ancient philosophical or religious concepts. It was pivotal in Ancient Greek and Roman Paganism and smoothly transitioned into Christ](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/337260/182520796_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721662940)
![Roman / Early Byzantine Glass Pendants Zoomorphs: Late Roman to Early Byzantine, ca. 300 to 500 CE. A beautiful pair of glass amulets with a generally circular form and a flat bottom, a raised periphery, and an integral suspension loop. These are mol](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/337307/182542476_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721691916)
![4 Roman / Byzantine Bronze Rings (1 Archer's Ring): Roman, Imperial Period to early Byzantine Empire, ca. 2nd to 6th century CE. A gathering of 3 wearable rings - 2 with minimalist designs and the third with a circle-adorned bezel - as well as a later](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/337307/182542473_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721691916)
![ROMAN/BYZANTINE RING, 3RD-6TH CENTURY, SIZE 2 1/2: Gilt bronze, size 2 1/2 with 2.3mm medially ridged band flaring to the scalloped shoulders. Oval bezel cut with three strokes, probably serving as a signet. Professionally refurbished with the 24karat](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/337260/182520691_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721662940)
![GREEK/BALKAN BETROTHAL RING, 18TH-19TH CENTURY, SIZE 10: A well known type said to confer the promise, by a soldier being sent to a distant war, of faithfulness to this betrothed. See Ancient Rings, Pollio, p.137 for an identical example. Size 10 with 3.4mm](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/337260/182520668_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721662940)
![ROMAN ARROWHEAD PENDANT NECKLACE, 3rd-5th CENTURY AD: The period of the fall of Rome and loss of power to Germanic Barbarians. Just under 5/8" length plus the suspension loop. Usually lost on the battlefield and not often found in such good preservation.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/337260/182520657_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1721662940)
News about Ancient Greek & Roman Jewelry
![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 […]