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Ancient Greek & Roman Antique
![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)
![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)
![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)
![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)
![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)
![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)
![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)
![Greek AR Drachm Alexander the Great (14K Gold Pendant / 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)
![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)
![Tall 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)
![Roman Bronze Cautes / Cautopates Figure, ex-Sotheby's: Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. A rare and quite remarkable bronze figure of a cautes or cautopates, an attendant of the sun god Mithras, depicted traditionally in a Phrygian cap an](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/179974436_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)
![Superb Roman 21K+ Gold Ring, Coiled Snake w/ Garnet: Roman, Republic to Imperial period, ca. 100 BCE to 100 CE. A spectacular 21K+ gold snake ring inlaid with a garnet cabochon, the surface embellished with stamped markings for scales. The band is forme](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180585387_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719254259)
![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)
![2nd C. Roman Gold Earrings, ex-Christie's: Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd century CE. A lovely pair of gold pendant earrings, comprising a circular convex disc with beaded wire border and central gold boss, attached to](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180585384_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719002026)
![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)
![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)
![Translated Greek Marble Stele - Farewell Scene: Greece, Hellenistic period, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A stunning marble stele depicting a farewell scene between a soldier and a male and female figure, accompanied by 3 lines of Ancient Greek text](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180585381_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719002026)
![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)
![Phoenician / Carthage Paste Glass Bead (3 Faces): Ancient Eastern Mediterranean, Phoenicia or Carthage, ca. 5th to 2nd BCE. A paste-glass charm in the form of an anthropomorphic head, made from a cobalt blue with applied opaque white forming the faci](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180585386_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1719002026)
![Roman Nicolo Intaglio of Gryllus (in European Gold Ring): Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE; Western Europe, probably England or France, ca. late 19th to early 20th century CE. A fashionable ring, shaped from 51.09% gold, set with a hand-carv](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/333176/180510046_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1718922277)
![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)
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 […]