ANTIOCH. 'Daphné' (Daphne). Antakya. Ancient Syria (now

TITLE OF THE PRINT: 'Daphné' (De L'Asie) DATE PRINTED: 1683 IMAGE SIZE: Approx Overall page size 13 x 21cm approximately (5 x 8 inches); image size 10.5 x 14.5cm approximately (4 x 5.5 inches) TYPE

Daphne. Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). from Parergon Theatri. Hand-colored engraving. Antwerp, 1570-1612. 17 3/4 x 22 1/2 inches sheet. Handsome view of the paradise of Daphne, near Antioch in Modern S

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Ancient Near East, Tell Brak, modern day Syria, ca. 3500 to 3300 BCE. An incredible polished miniature votive stone bear, a very ancient depiction of the brown bears who now live in isolated areas of

Ancient Roman Provincial coin of Philip I Tetradrachm (minted in Antioch, Syria 244-249 AD) with 18k holder 1 5/8 inches long Coin details: SYRIA. Antioch. Philip I (AD 244-249). BI tetradrachm Obvers

Ancient Near East, Anatolia (central Turkey) and Northern Syria, Tell Halaf, ca. 5000 to 4000 BCE. The Halaf culture of Anatolia and ancient Syria came about in approximately 5000 BCE and created fema

Ancient Near East, Anatolia (central Turkey) and Northern Syria, Tell Halaf, ca. 5000 to 4000 BCE. The Halaf culture of Anatolia and ancient Syria came about in approximately 5000 BCE and created fema

Pre-Columbian, South America, Colombia, Tairona, ca. 1000 CE. A breathtaking shell ornament created by the Tairona peoples, an ancient and now extinct culture of Colombia, depicting a bird in a charac

Ancient Greek Coins Now Earrings And Pendant, Ca. 380 BC, H 2.2" 40g 3 pcs | Choker set with moonstones and Zeres coin. Pair earrings set with 7mm. moonstones. 14K yellow gold. Property of a Grosse Po

Syria. Decapolis. Antioch(?). Nero with Divus Claudius. AD 54-56. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.87g). Struck under AD 63-68. Laureate head of Nero to right, star behind; Rev. Laureate head of Divus Claudiu

Ancient Near East, Syria, ca. 3rd to 2nd century BCE. A beautiful, solid limestone altar with a recessed top for placing incense and a high relief seated griffin on the front. The altar has a tapered

Ancient Near East, Syria-Levant, ca. 1700 to 1600 BCE. A solid bronze figure, perhaps representing Shamash, the Near Eastern sun god, seated and holding both hands out, the right hand forming a fist w

Ancient Near East, Syria, ca. 2nd millennium BCE. This is a really fantastic, wide example of one of the most distinctive cast bronze forms from the ancient Near East. It is the "duckbill" design, cre

Ancient Near East, Syria, Bronze Age, 2300 to 2000 BCE. A wonderful leaded-bronze axe head with a cylindrical socketing shaft and a flared blade. The butt side of the socket features a broad fin with

**Originally Listed At $800** Ancient Near East, Syria, Syrian culture or early Syro-Hittite, ca. 15th to 13th century BCE. A hand-built pottery head of an idol, perhaps a worshipper, that is of consi

Ancient ISLAMIC, Egypt & Syria (Pre-Fatimid). Tulunids. Khumarawaih bin Ahmad. AH 270-282 / AD 884-896. Gold Dinar (23mm, 3.56 g, 6h). Citing al-Mufawwid as heir. Misr mint. Dated AH 273 (AH 886/7). A

Ancient Near East, Syria, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. An intriguing idol of abstract form, hand-built from pottery, with a columnar body and a slightly flared base. The slender figure ho

Ancient Near East, Syria, ca. 300 BCE. Wow! A sparkling and rare example of a faience dish decorated with an incised and painted motif of circles, lines, and waves. This was probably a votive gift to

Ancient Near East, Syria, ca. 1500 to 1200 BCE. A terracotta female fertility figure with bird-like facial features including large round eyes and a pointed beak-like nose, hands placed over her chest

Ancient Near East, Syria, Syro-Hittite, 2750 BCE to 1900 BCE. A wondrous Syro-Hittite pillar figurine with mysterious eyes and an almost bird-like presence, yet the monolithic body and necklace are di

**Originally Listed At $750** Ancient Near East, Syria, ca. late 3rd to early 2nd millennium BCE. An intriguing terracotta idol with a roughly triangular body, rounded peripheries, and a pair of pierc

Ancient Near East, Syria, Syrian Provincial, ca. 2500 to 1900 BCE. A fantastic leaded-bronze cachet seal bead with a zoomorphic creature etched into the face. The seal has a circular face with a long-

Ancient Near East, Syria, Syro-Hittite, 2750 BCE to 1900 BCE. A superb Syro-Hittite pillar figurine with characteristically mysterious eyes and an almost bird-like presence. At the same time, this swe